Toward a unified fielder theory: What we do not yet know about how people run to catch a ball

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1347-1355

  McLeod, Peter ^a   Reed, Nick ^a   Dienes, Zoltan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPORTS;

EID: 85047682277     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.27.6.1347     Document Type: Article

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