Scaling sporting equipment for children promotes implicit processes during performance

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 30, Issue , 2014, Pages 247-255

  Buszard, Tim ^a,b   Farrow, Damian ^a,c   Reid, Machar ^b   Masters, Rich S W ^d,e  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TENNIS AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Child; Dual task; Implicit learning; Modified equipment; Motor learning; Skill acquisition; Talent development; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITION; DUAL-TASK PERFORMANCE (TEST); FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMPLICIT MEMORY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPORT; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TENNIS; WORKING MEMORY; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ATTENTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTOR SKILLS; SPORTS EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84908275381     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2014.07.004     Document Type: Article

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