The influence of motor expertise and motor experience on action and actor recognition

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 403-415

  Hohmann, Tanja ^a,b   Troje, Nikolaus F ^c   Olmos, Adriana ^c   Munzert, Jörn ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anticipation; Basketball; Biological motion; Motor experience; Point light displays; Visual experience

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BASKETBALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; SKILL; ADULT; COLLEGE STUDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 79959340113     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2011.525504     Document Type: Article

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