Short and sweet close, and a cigar!-why size perception relates to performance

Perception

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 354-356

  Cañal Bruland, Rouwen ^a   Pijpers, J Rob ^a   Oudejans, Raôul R D ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Action; Perception; Skill; Sport

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPORT;

ANXIETY; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SIZE PERCEPTION; SPORTS;

EID: 84860898850     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p7255     Document Type: Article

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