Putts that get missed on the right: Investigating lateralized attentional biases and the nature of putting errors in golf

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 369-374

  Roberts, Ross ^a   Turnbull, Oliver H ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bisection tool; Line bisection; Pseudoneglect; Sport performance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ATTENTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GOLF; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955486303     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410903536467     Document Type: Article

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