Quiet eye training: The acquisition, refinement and resilient performance of targeting skills

European Journal of Sport Science

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL.1, 2014, Pages

  Vine, Samuel J ^a   Moore, Lee J ^a   Wilson, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anxiety; attention; pressure; Quiet eye; skill acquisition; visuomotor control

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; EXERCISE; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTION; EXERCISE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84893122870     PISSN: 17461391     EISSN: 15367290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17461391.2012.683815     Document Type: Review

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