Multiple measures of visual attention predict novice motor skill performance when attention is focused externally

Human Movement Science

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1161-1174

  Kasper, Ryan W ^a   Elliott, James C ^a   Giesbrecht, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Attention networks; Motor execution; Motor processes; Skill focus

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ERROR; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ATTENTION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CUES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870249385     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: 18727646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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