Links between attention, performance pressure, and movement in skilled motor action

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 301-306

  Gray, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

action; attention; kinematics; pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053596385     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721411416572     Document Type: Article

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