Perceiving and acting upon spaces in a VR rugby task: Expertise effects in affordance detection and task achievement

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 305-321

  Correia, Vanda ^a   Araújo, Duarte ^a   Cummins, Alan ^b   Craig, Cathy M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affordance; Decision making; Expertise; Perception action coupling; Rugby union; Team sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864099876     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: 15432904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.34.3.305     Document Type: Article

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