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Cognition and motor performance: Effect of psyching-up strategies on three motor tasks

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  1. North Texas State University, USA

    Robert S. Weinberg

  2. Michigan State University, USA

    Daniel Gould

  3. North Texas State University, USA

    Allen Jackson

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Weinberg, R.S., Gould, D. & Jackson, A. Cognition and motor performance: Effect of psyching-up strategies on three motor tasks. Cogn Ther Res 4, 239–245 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01173655

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