Fencing expertise and physical fitness enhance action inhibition

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 509-514

  Chan, John S Y ^a   Wong, Alan C N ^a   Liu, Yu ^b   Yu, Jie ^a   Yan, Jin H ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fencing performance; Inhibitory control; Motor skill; Physical fitness

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960945937     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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