Sensitivity to fine-grained and coarse visual information: The effect of blurring on anticipation skill

International Journal of Sport Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 461-475

  Jackson, Robin C ^a   Abernethy, Bruce ^a   Wernhart, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Expertise; Perception; Visual cues

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949374205     PISSN: 00470767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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