Improving performance by anchoring movement and “nerves”

Human Movement Science

Volumn 49, Issue , 2016, Pages 239-247

  Iso Ahola, Seppo E ^a   Dotson, Charles O ^a   Jagodinsky, Adam E ^b   Clark, Lily C ^b   Smallwood, Lorraine L ^b   Wilburn, Christopher ^b   Weimar, Wendi H ^b   Miller, Matthew W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anchoring; Performance; Psychological pressure

Indexed keywords

GOLF; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOBARISM; TIGER; AROUSAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

AROUSAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GOLF; HUMANS; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84978997785     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: 18727646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2016.07.008     Document Type: Article

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