Is optimal vision required for the successful execution of an interceptive task?

Mann, David L.; Ho, Nathan Y.; Souza, Neilsen J. De; Watson, Damien R.; Taylor, S.J.

doi:10.1016/j.humov.2006.12.003

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“…This has been shown by the maintenance of performance despite high levels of blur in tasks such as the basketball free throw (Applegate & Applegate, 1992) and golf putting (Bulson, Ciuffreda, & Hung, 2008). Although these particular tasks would not be considered to be visually onerous, this resilience to blur has been replicated in an interceptive striking task (cricket batting) which is much more likely to require fine online visual-motor manipulations (Mann, Abernethy, & Farrow, 2010b;Mann, Ho, De Souza, Watson, & Taylor, 2007). Collectively, these results are consistent with Norman's (2002) conceptualization of visual clarity being a limitation to ventrally based but not dorsally based tasks.…”

Section: Experimental Taskmentioning

confidence: 99%

Visual information underpinning skilled anticipation: The effect of blur on a coupled and uncoupled in situ anticipatory response

Abernethy

Farrow

2010

Attention, Perception & Psychophysics

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Section: Experimental Taskmentioning

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Visual information underpinning skilled anticipation: The effect of blur on a coupled and uncoupled in situ anticipatory response

Abernethy

Farrow

2010

Attention, Perception & Psychophysics

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“…A recent study showed that elite cricket batsmen experienced no decrease in performance levels when hitting cricket balls delivered to them at approximately 30 m/s even when foveal vision was temporarily impaired by wearing contact lenses to induce myopic blur. 58 Depending on the spatio-temporal demands of the task and the intentions of the batsman a range of visual search strategies can be employed to support their actions.…”

Section: Typical Female-favored Memorymentioning

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Why women see differently from the way men see? A review of sex differences in cognition and sports

2014

Journal of Sport and Health Science

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The differences of learning and memory between males and females have been well documented and confirmed by both human and animal studies. The sex differences in cognition started from early stage of neuronal development and last through entire life span. The major biological basis of the gender-dependent cognitive activity includes two major components: sex hormone and sex-related characteristics, such as sex-determining region of the Y chromosome (SRY) protein. However, the knowledge of how much biology of sex contributes to normal cognitive function and elite athletes in various sports are still pretty limited. In this review, we will be focusing on sex differences in spatial learning and memory – especially the role of male- and female-type cognitive behaviors in sports.

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“…For example, in studies of cricket batting, ball projection machines have been used in experiments to assess gaze behaviors (Croft, Button, & Dicks, 2010;Land & McLeod, 2000), visual function (Mann, Ho, De Souza, Watson, & Taylor, 2007), and movement organization (primarily temporal responses between skill levels; Weissensteiner, Abernethy, & Farrow, 2009). However, the use of ball projection machines (with velocities ranging from 26 to 30 m•s -1 ) has revealed significant differences in the spatiotemporal responses of performers (skilled and experienced to lessskilled and developmental juniors), when compared with facing a "live" bowler projecting a ball at the same speed (Gibson & Adams, 1989;Pinder, Renshaw, & Davids, 2009;Renshaw, Oldham, Davids, & Golds, 2007).…”

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Manipulating informational constraints shapes movement reorganization in interceptive actions

Pinder

Davids

Renshaw

et al. 2011

Atten Percept Psychophys

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Movement organization of cricket batters' actions was analyzed under three distinct experimental task constraints: a representative condition of a practice context in which the batters batted against a "live" bowler, a ball projection machine, and a near life-size video simulation of a bowler. Results showed that each distinct set of task constraints led to significant variations in the patterns of movement control. Removal of advanced information sources from a bowler's actions when the batters faced the ball projection machine caused significant delays in movement initiation, resulting in reduced peak bat swing velocities and a reduction in the quality of bat-ball contact, when compared with batting against a "live" bowler. When responding to a two-dimensional video simulation, batters were able to use information from the bowlers' action, enabling fidelity of initial behavioral responses consistent with the task of batting against a "live" bowler. However, without interceptive task requirements or actual ball flight information, significant variations in downswing initiation timing and peak bat velocities were demonstrated. Findings stress the need for representative experimental and learning designs in fast ball sports for developing performers.

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Is optimal vision required for the successful execution of an interceptive task?

Cited by 58 publications

References 16 publications

Visual information underpinning skilled anticipation: The effect of blur on a coupled and uncoupled in situ anticipatory response

Visual information underpinning skilled anticipation: The effect of blur on a coupled and uncoupled in situ anticipatory response

Why women see differently from the way men see? A review of sex differences in cognition and sports

Manipulating informational constraints shapes movement reorganization in interceptive actions

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