Brief hypnotic intervention increases throwing accuracy

International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 199-206

  Jalene, Sharon ^a   Wulf, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus of Attention; Hypnosis; Motor Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893094229     PISSN: 17479541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/1747-9541.9.1.199     Document Type: Article

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