Differences in oculomotor behaviour between elite athletes from visually and non-visually oriented sports

International Journal of Sport Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 489-505

  Morgan, Stuart ^a   Patterson, John ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cycling; Expertise; Eye movements; Netball; Swimming; Vision for perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949415212     PISSN: 00470767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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