Influence of varying focus of attention conditions on dart throwing performance in experts and novices

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 287-297

  Schorer, J ^a   Jaitner, T ^b   Wollny, R ^c   Fath, F ^d   Baker, J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^d BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Expertize; Instruction; Motor control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84862906172     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2992-5     Document Type: Article

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