Enhanced expectancies improve performance under pressure

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue JAN, 2012, Pages

  McKay, Brad ^a   Lewthwaite, Rebecca ^b,c   Wulf, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b RANCHO LOS AMIGOS NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

confidence; Motor skill; Perceived ability; Throwing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859611320     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00008     Document Type: Article

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