Spotting expertise in the eyes: Billiards knowledge as revealed by gaze shifts in a dynamic visual prediction task

Journal of Vision

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Crespi, Sofia ^a,b   Robino, Carlo ^a,c   Silva, Ottavia ^a   De'Sperati, Claudio ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c 2Easy srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aiming sports; Billiards; Expertise; Eye movements; Knowledge; Mental imagery; Motion; Simulation; Trajectory extrapolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPORT;

ADULT; AGED; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPORTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870262610     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/12.11.30     Document Type: Article

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