Quiet eye duration and gun motion in elite shotgun shooting

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1599-1608

  Causer, Joe ^a   Bennett, Simon J ^a   Holmes, Paul S ^b   Janelle, Christopher M ^c   Williams, A Mark ^a,d  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

EXPERTISE; KINEMATICS; TARGET SHOOTING; VISUAL BEHAVIOR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOMECHANICS; EYE MOVEMENT; FIREARM; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOMECHANICS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FIREARMS; HUMANS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954946313     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181d1b059     Document Type: Article

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