Comparing Performance of Volleyball Players and Non Sport Practing People on Volluntary and Automatic Orienting Visual Attention Tasks: An Exploratory Study

Attention is the selection of information to improve central nervous system functioning. In this study, reaction times (RT) of 6 volleyball players and 6 non sports practitioners were compared during voluntary and automatic orienting of attention tasks. In Experiment I (voluntary) a central fixation...

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Main Authors: Luiz Renato Rodrigues Carreiro, Iara Ribeiro Ferreira, Walter Machado-Pinheiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie 2009-07-01
Series:Psicologia
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Online Access:http://editorarevistas.mackenzie.br/index.php/ptp/article/view/1656/1220