Psychological, muscular and kinematic factors mediate performance under pressure

Psychophysiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1109-1118

  Cooke, Andrew ^a   Kavussanu, Maria ^a   McIntyre, David ^a   Ring, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attention; Competition; Golf putting; Movement kinematics; Processing efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649431281     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2010.01021.x     Document Type: Article

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