An External Focus of Attention Enhances Manual Tracking of Occluded and Visible Targets

The present study investigated the enhancement effects of an external focus-of-attention (FOA) in the context of a manual-tracking task, in which participants tracked both visible and occluded targets. Three conditions were compared, which manipulated the distance of the FOA from the participant as...

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Main Authors: Matthew eSchlesinger, Jared ePorter, Robert eRussell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00591/full