The field of view is more useful in golfers than regular exercisers
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Murphy, Karen
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2017
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Superior visual attention skills are vital for excellent sports performance. This study used a cognitive
skills approach to examine expert and novice differences in a visual spatial attention task. Thirtytwo
males aged 18 to 42 years completed this study in return for course credit or monetary incentive.
Participants were expert golfers (N = 18) or exercise controls (N = 14). Spatial attention was assessed
using the useful field of view task which required participants to locate a target shown 10°,
20°, and 30° of eccentricity from centre in very brief presentations. At each degree of eccentricity,
golfers were more accurate ...
View more >Superior visual attention skills are vital for excellent sports performance. This study used a cognitive skills approach to examine expert and novice differences in a visual spatial attention task. Thirtytwo males aged 18 to 42 years completed this study in return for course credit or monetary incentive. Participants were expert golfers (N = 18) or exercise controls (N = 14). Spatial attention was assessed using the useful field of view task which required participants to locate a target shown 10°, 20°, and 30° of eccentricity from centre in very brief presentations. At each degree of eccentricity, golfers were more accurate at locating the target than the exercise controls. These results provide support for the broad transfer hypothesis by demonstrating a link between golf expertise and better performance on an objective measure of spatial attention skills. Therefore, it appears that sports expertise can transfer to expertise in non-sport related tasks.
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View more >Superior visual attention skills are vital for excellent sports performance. This study used a cognitive skills approach to examine expert and novice differences in a visual spatial attention task. Thirtytwo males aged 18 to 42 years completed this study in return for course credit or monetary incentive. Participants were expert golfers (N = 18) or exercise controls (N = 14). Spatial attention was assessed using the useful field of view task which required participants to locate a target shown 10°, 20°, and 30° of eccentricity from centre in very brief presentations. At each degree of eccentricity, golfers were more accurate at locating the target than the exercise controls. These results provide support for the broad transfer hypothesis by demonstrating a link between golf expertise and better performance on an objective measure of spatial attention skills. Therefore, it appears that sports expertise can transfer to expertise in non-sport related tasks.
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Journal Title
Advances in Cognitive Psychology
Volume
13
Issue
1
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Psychology
Cognitive and computational psychology
Cognition
Sport and exercise psychology