Action specificity increases anticipatory performance and the expert advantage in natural interceptive tasks

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-23

  Mann, David L ^a,b   Abernethy, Bruce ^c,d   Farrow, Damian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cricket; Expertise; Perception; Perceptual motor; Vision for action

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPORT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SPORTS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 77954386127     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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