Putting like a pro: The role of positive contagion in golf performance and perception

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Lee, Charles ^a   Linkenauger, Sally A ^b   Bakdash, Jonathan Z ^c   Joy Gaba, Jennifer A ^a   Profitt, Dennis R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; OBJECT MANIPULATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BELIEF; SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADULT; FEMALE; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPORT;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FEMALE; GOLF; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054790982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026016     Document Type: Article

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