The Differential Effects of Attentional Focus in Children with Moderate and Profound Visual Impairments

It has been consistently reported that an external focus of attention leads to better motor performance than an internal focus, but no research to date has explored this effect in a population with visual impairments (VI). External focus statements typically reference something in the environment (e...

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Main Authors: Scott W. T. McNamara, Kevin A. Becker, Lisa M. Silliman-French
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01804/full