Attentional processes and choking under pressure

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 671-689

  Schücker, Linda ^a   Hagemann, Norbert ^b   Strauss, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ATTENTION; BASKETBALL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ATTENTION; BASKETBALL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84880928271     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/30.25.PMS.116.2.671-689     Document Type: Article

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