Effect of task-relevant cues and state anxiety on motor performance.
12 experienced, female trampolinists participated in a field study designed to test the conscious processing hypothesis, which predicts that the combination of task-relevant knowledge and high state anxiety will impair motor performance. Results supported the hypothesis; however, an alternative attentional explanation of the data was also identified.
Hardy
L
L
University of Wales, Bangor.
Mullen
R
R
Martin
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D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D003463:Cues; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009048:Motor Skills