Attention, working-memory control, working-memory capacity, and sport performance: The moderating role of athletic expertise.
The aim of this research was to detangle the association between attention, working-memory (focusing on both control and capacity functions), and sport performance across athletic expertise. Specifically, the mediating effect of working-memory-control and working-memory-capacity on the attention and...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of Sport Science Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 240 - 250 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Feb2021
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