The influence of anxiety on action-specific perception

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 353-361

  Cañal Bruland, Rouwen ^a   Pijpers, J R ^a   Oudejans, Raôul R D ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attention; Performance; Size perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; VISION;

ADULT; ANXIETY; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SPACE PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951081182     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800903447588     Document Type: Article

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