Cognitive Load and Energy Balance Knowledge in High-School Physical Education

Anqi Deng1, Ang Chen2

  • 1Behavioral Medicine Research Group, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.

Journal of Teaching in Physical Education : JTPE
|January 16, 2023
PubMed
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