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

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TitleAction specificity increases anticipatory performance and the expert advantage in natural interceptive tasks
AuthorsMann, DL3 4
Abernethy, B1 2
Farrow, D3
KeywordsCricket
Expertise
Perception
Perceptual-motor
Vision-for-action
Issue Date2010
PublisherElsevier BV. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/actpsy
CitationActa Psychologica, 2010, v. 135 n. 1, p. 17-23 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2010.04.006
AbstractThe relationship between perception-action coupling and anticipatory skill in an interceptive task was examined using an in-situ temporal occlusion paradigm. Skilled and novice cricket batsmen were required to predict the direction of balls bowled towards them under four counterbalanced response conditions of increasing perception-action coupling: (i) verbal, (ii) lower-body movement only, (iii) full-body movement (no bat), and (iv) full-body movement with bat (i.e., the usual batting response). Skilled but not novice anticipation was found to improve as a function of coupling when responses were based on either no ball-flight, or early ball-flight information, with a response requiring even the lowest degree of body movement found to enhance anticipation when compared to a verbal prediction. Most importantly, a full-body movement using a bat elicited greater anticipation than an equivalent movement with no bat. This result highlights the important role that the requirement and/or opportunity to make bat-ball interception may play in eliciting skill differences for anticipation. Results verify the importance of using experimental conditions and task demands that closely reflect the natural performance environment in order to reveal the full nature of the expert advantage. © 2010.
ISSN0001-6918
2011 Impact Factor: 2.255
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.108
DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2010.04.006
ReferencesReferences in Scopus
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dc.contributor.authorMann, DL
dc.contributor.authorAbernethy, B
dc.contributor.authorFarrow, D
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-13T07:21:07Z
dc.date.available2011-06-13T07:21:07Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractThe relationship between perception-action coupling and anticipatory skill in an interceptive task was examined using an in-situ temporal occlusion paradigm. Skilled and novice cricket batsmen were required to predict the direction of balls bowled towards them under four counterbalanced response conditions of increasing perception-action coupling: (i) verbal, (ii) lower-body movement only, (iii) full-body movement (no bat), and (iv) full-body movement with bat (i.e., the usual batting response). Skilled but not novice anticipation was found to improve as a function of coupling when responses were based on either no ball-flight, or early ball-flight information, with a response requiring even the lowest degree of body movement found to enhance anticipation when compared to a verbal prediction. Most importantly, a full-body movement using a bat elicited greater anticipation than an equivalent movement with no bat. This result highlights the important role that the requirement and/or opportunity to make bat-ball interception may play in eliciting skill differences for anticipation. Results verify the importance of using experimental conditions and task demands that closely reflect the natural performance environment in order to reveal the full nature of the expert advantage. © 2010.
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dc.identifier.citationActa Psychologica, 2010, v. 135 n. 1, p. 17-23 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2010.04.006
dc.identifier.citeulike7264077
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2010.04.006
dc.identifier.epage23
dc.identifier.hkuros182607
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000280541000003
dc.identifier.issn0001-6918
2011 Impact Factor: 2.255
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.108
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.pmid20507831
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-77954386127
dc.identifier.spage17
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/134238
dc.identifier.volume135
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherElsevier BV. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/actpsy
dc.publisher.placeNetherlands
dc.relation.ispartofActa Psychologica
dc.relation.referencesReferences in Scopus
dc.subjectCricket
dc.subjectExpertise
dc.subjectPerception
dc.subjectPerceptual-motor
dc.subjectVision-for-action
dc.titleAction specificity increases anticipatory performance and the expert advantage in natural interceptive tasks
dc.typeArticle
Author Affiliations
  1. University of Queensland
  2. The University of Hong Kong
  3. Australian Institute of Sport
  4. University of New South Wales