Kick it like Ballack: The effects of goalkeeping gestures on goal-side selection in experienced soccer players and soccer novices

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 942-956

  Weigelt, Matthias ^a   Memmert, Daniel ^b   Schack, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gestures; Implicit action priming; Soccer penalty; Sports performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOAL ATTAINMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84871006006     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2012.719494     Document Type: Article

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