Studying cognitive adaptations in the field of sport: Broad or narrow transfer? A comment on Allen, Fioratou, and McGeorge (2011)

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 481-488

  Furley, Philip ^a   Memmert, Daniel ^a  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ATTENTION; HUMANS; MEMORY; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 80855164520     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/05.23.PMS.113.5.481-488     Document Type: Review

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