Nonlinear model of attention focus during accumulated effort

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 591-597

  Balagué, Natàlia ^a   Hristovski, Robert ^b   Aragonés, Daniel ^a   Tenenbaum, Gershon ^c  

^a National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia   (Spain)

^b SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumulated effort; Attention focus; Metastability; Nonlinear dynamics; Spontaneous emergence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859909918     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2012.02.013     Document Type: Article

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