Effects of anxiety, a cognitive secondary task, and expertise on gaze behavior and performance in a far aiming task

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 427-435

  Nibbeling, Nicky ^a,b   Oudejans, Raôul R D ^a   Daanen, Hein A M ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attentional Control Theory; Dart throwing; Gaze behavior; Perceptual motor performance; Sport psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857709971     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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