Choking under pressure in sensorimotor skills: Conscious processing or depleted attentional resources?
@article{Gucciardi2008ChokingUP, title={Choking under pressure in sensorimotor skills: Conscious processing or depleted attentional resources?}, author={D. Gucciardi and J. Dimmock}, journal={Psychology of Sport and Exercise}, year={2008}, volume={9}, pages={45-59} }
Abstract Objectives This study examined and compared the conscious processing hypothesis and the attentional threshold hypothesis as explanations for choking under pressure. Design A 2×3 (anxiety level × putting condition) within group design was employed. Methods Twenty experienced golfers with handicaps ranging from 0 to 12 putted using three explicit knowledge cues, three task-irrelevant knowledge cues, and a single swing thought cue under low and high anxiety to test these opposing… CONTINUE READING
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