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

被引:119
作者
Mann, David L. [1 ]
Abernethy, Bruce [2 ,3 ]
Farrow, Damian
机构
[1] Univ New S Wales, Sch Optometry & Vis Sci, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
[2] Univ Hong Kong, Inst Human Performance, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[3] Univ Queensland, Sch Human Movement Studies, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia
关键词
Expertise; Perception; Cricket; Vision-for-action; Perceptual-motor; PERCEPTION; DISSOCIATION;
D O I
10.1016/j.actpsy.2010.04.006
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
The 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. Crown Copyright (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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