Anxiety and perceptual-motor performance: toward an integrated model of concepts, mechanisms, and processes

Under anxiety, people sometimes perform poorly. This concerns cognitive performance (e.g., taking an important exam) as well as perceptual-motor performance (e.g., picking up a cup from a table). There is still much debate about how anxiety affects perceptual-motor performance. In the current paper...

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Published in:	Psychological research Vol. 76; no. 6; pp. 747 - 759
Main Authors:	Nieuwenhuys, Arne, Oudejans, Raôul R. D.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.11.2012 Springer Springer Nature B.V Springer-Verlag
Subjects:	Activity levels. Psychomotricity Affectivity. Emotion Anxiety Anxiety - physiopathology Attention - physiology Behavior Behavioral Science and Psychology Biological and medical sciences Control theory Emotions Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Humans Indexing in process Models, Psychological Original Original Article Performance Anxiety - physiopathology Personality. Affectivity Psychological research Psychology Psychology Research Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Psychomotor activities Psychomotor Performance - physiology Movement Execution Climbing Wall Dispositional Factor Police Officer Action Possibility Human Affect affectivity Vision Perception Cognition Anxiety Models Review Motricity
ISSN:	0340-0727, 1430-2772, 1430-2772
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