"Decisions, decisions, decisions": Transfer and specificity of decision-making skill between sports

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作者
Causer J. [1 ]
Ford P.R. [1 ]
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[1] Brain and Behaviour Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L3 3AF, Byrom Street
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Cognitive processes; Knowledge; Perceptual-cognitive skill; Skill acquisition;
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10.1007/s10339-014-0598-0
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The concept of transfer of learning holds that previous practice or experience in one task or domain will enable successful performance in another related task or domain. In contrast, specificity of learning holds that previous practice or experience in one task or domain does not transfer to other related tasks or domains. The aim of the current study is to examine whether decision-making skill transfers between sports that share similar elements, or whether it is specific to a sport. Participants (n = 205) completed a video-based temporal occlusion decision-making test in which they were required to decide on which action to execute across a series of 4 versus 4 soccer game situations. A sport engagement questionnaire was used to identify 106 soccer players, 43 other invasion sport players and 58 other sport players. Positive transfer of decision-making skill occurred between soccer and other invasion sports, which are related and have similar elements, but not from volleyball, supporting the concept of transfer of learning. © 2014 Marta Olivetti Belardinelli and Springer-Verlag.
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页码:385 / 389
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