Cognitive Processes and Learner Strategies in the Acquisition of Motor Skills

Visuospatial Attention Lateralization in Volleyball Players and in Rowers

“…Visuospatial attention is a cognitive function considered to represent an important determinant of success in open-skill sports (McAuliffe, 2004). In such sports, the environment is constantly changing and movements have to be continually adapted, so they are also called "externally paced skills" (Singer, 1980). In competitions, the main source of this continuous variation is the opponents' behaviour and actions-above all, strategic feints meant to confuse or fool the other competitors.…”