The role of domain-specific and domain-general cognitive functions and skills in sports performance: A meta-analysis.

A Kalén, E Bisagno, L Musculus, M Raab… - Psychological …, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
Cognition plays a key role in sports performance. This meta-analytic review synthesizes
research that examined the relationship between cognitive functions, skills, and sports …

Attributes of expert anticipation should inform the design of virtual reality simulators to accelerate learning and transfer of skill

S Müller, E Dekker, K Morris-Binelli, B Piggott, G Hoyne… - Sports Medicine, 2023 - Springer
Expert sport performers cope with a multitude of visual information to achieve precise skill
goals under time stress and pressure. For example, a major league baseball or cricket batter …

Perception-action coupling in anticipation research: A classification and its application to racket sports

K Huesmann, F Loffing - Frontiers in psychology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Anticipation is key to performance in many sports. By definition, anticipation as a perceptual-
cognitive process is meant to inform action and help athletes reduce potential motor costs …

Expert goalkeepers' and coaches' views on anticipation and cue utilisation facing backcourt throws in handball goalkeeping

K Huesmann, J Schorer, D Büsch, J Witt… - Frontiers in Sports and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Handball goalkeepers have to act under severe spatio-temporal pressure in
both standardised (eg, 7 m penalty) and non-standardised situations (eg, backcourt throws) …

Optimal integration of kinematic and ball-flight information when perceiving the speed of a moving ball

H Nakamoto, K Fukuhara, T Torii… - Frontiers in Sports and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In order to intercept a moving target such as a baseball with high spatio-temporal accuracy,
the perception of the target's movement speed is important for estimating when and where …

Differences in decision-making behavior between elite and amateur team-handball players in a near-game test situation

M Hinz, N Lehmann, N Aye, K Melcher… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Athletic features distinguishing experts from non-experts in team sports are relevant for
performance analyses, talent identification and successful training. In this respect …

Elite players invest additional time for making better embodied choices

M Hinz, N Lehmann, L Musculus - Frontiers in psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Expert athletes are determined to make faster and better decisions, as revealed in several
simple heuristic studies using verbal reports or micro-movement responses. However …

Visual search strategies and game knowledge in junior Australian rules football players: testing potential in talent identification and development

L Kassem, B Pang, S Dogramaci, C MacMahon… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
This study explored video-based decision-making and eye-movement behavior as a
complementary method to assess the decision-making skills and knowledge of elite junior …

Working memory capacity of biological Motion's basic unit: decomposing biological motion from the perspective of systematic anatomy

C Wang, Y Zhou, C Li, W Tian, Y He, P Fang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Many studies have shown that about three biological motions (BMs) can be maintained in
working memory. However, no study has yet analyzed the difficulties of experiment materials …

Born to score? The relationship between left-handedness and success from the 7-meter line

A Laxdal, A Ivarsson, S Thorgeirsson, T Haugen - Symmetry, 2022 - mdpi.com
An asymmetry in the prevalence of left-handedness vs. right-handedness in society has
supposedly resulted in negative frequency-dependent advantages for left-handers in …