Psychophysiological stress response of adolescent chess players during problem-solving tasks

Juan Pedro Fuentes-García1, Telmo Pereira2, Maria António Castro3

  • 1Faculty of Sport Science, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain.

Physiology & Behavior
|July 12, 2019
PubMed

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