The influence of viewing perspective on decision-making and visual search behaviour in an invasive sport

International Journal of Sport Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 546-564

  Mann, David L ^a,b   Farrow, Damian ^b   Shuttleworth, Richard ^b   Hopwood, Melissa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Expertise; Eye movements; Simulation; Soccer

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949374820     PISSN: 00470767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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