Quiet eye training expedites motor learning and aids performance under heightened anxiety: The roles of response programming and external attention

Psychophysiology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1005-1015

  Moore, Lee J ^a   Vine, Samuel J ^a   Cooke, Andrew ^b   Ring, Christopher ^b   Wilson, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Heart rate deceleration; Kinematics; Motor learning; Quiet eye; Visuomotor control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862332363     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2012.01379.x     Document Type: Article

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