Action preferences and the anticipation of action outcomes
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Action preferences and the anticipation of action outcomes.
Skilled performers of time-constrained motor actions acquire information about the action preferences of their opponents in an effort to better anticipate the outcome of that opponent's actions. However, there is reason to doubt that knowledge of an opponent's action preferences would unequivocally influence anticipatory responses in a positive way. It is possible that overt information about a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Psychologica
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0001-6918
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2014.07.004