Does a virtual audience influence rowing?

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part P: Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 117-128

  Wellner, M ^a   Sigrist, R ^a   Von Zitzewitz, J ^a   Wolf, P ^a   Riener, R ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Choking; Motivation; Performance; Pressure; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOURAL CHANGES; CHOKING; PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRESSURE SITUATION; SKILL LEVELS; SMALL SAMPLE SIZE; VIRTUAL REALITY TECHNOLOGY;

MOTIVATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

EID: 77951175179     PISSN: 17543371     EISSN: 1754338X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/17543371JSET33     Document Type: Article

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