Anxiety, Movement Kinematics, and Visual Attention in Elite-Level Performers

Emotion

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 595-602

  Causer, Joe ^a   Holmes, Paul S ^b   Smith, Nickolas C ^b   Williams, A Mark ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attentional control theory; Expertise; Quiet eye; Shotgun shooting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAMERA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; GAZE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; SPORT; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT;

ANXIETY; ATTENTION; BIOMECHANICS; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; FIREARMS; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959289125     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023225     Document Type: Article

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