Peripheral vision and perceptual asymmetries in young and older martial arts athletes and nonathletes

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2465-2476

  Muiños, Mónica ^a,b   Ballesteros, Soledad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Horizontal vertical anisotropy; Judo athletes; Karate athletes; Martial arts; Peripheral vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATHLETE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MARTIAL ART; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATHLETES; HUMANS; MALE; MARTIAL ARTS; MIDDLE AGED; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930520971     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: 1943393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-014-0719-y     Document Type: Article

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