• DOI:10.1016/J.PSYCHSPORT.2006.10.007
Corpus ID: 143189299

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}
}

D. Gucciardi, J. Dimmock

Published 2008

Psychology

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

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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