Cognitive Issues in Motor Expertise

Cognitive Issues in Motor Expertise
Author: J. Starkes
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 393
Release: 1993-09-15
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0080867561

The intent of this book is to describe those perceptual and cognitive components which contribute to skilled motor performance in a wide variety of disciplines, including sports, microsurgery, video games, and speech. Also considered are issues in the measurement of motor skill, the development of motor skill across the life span, and the importance of individual differences in the development of motor skill. Many chapters contain studies employing the expertise approach used so successfully to study cognitive skills in psychology. Using this approach, expert performers are compared to novices on domain relevant laboratory tasks in order to determine whether specific cognitive or perceptual processes are related to performance differences.This volume will be of value to kinesiologists, sport psychologists, physical educators, and cognitive psychologists who are interested in a new perspective on the nature of motor skills. The majority of the chapters include reviews of the literature necessary to understand the case being made. Thus, the book may be understood by any reader with a basic course in psychology or motor behavior.

Sport and Exercise Psychology Research

Sport and Exercise Psychology Research
Author: Markus Raab
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 524
Release: 2016-06-18
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0128036656

Sport and Exercise Psychology Research: From Theory to Practice provides a comprehensive summary of new research in sport and exercise psychology from worldwide researchers. Encompassing theory, research, and applications, the book is split into several themed sections. Section 1 discusses basic antecedents to performance including fitness, practice, emotion, team dynamics, and more. Section 2 identifies factors influencing individual performance. Section 3 discusses applied sport psychology for athletes and coaches, and section 4 includes approaches from exercise psychology on motivation and well-being. The book includes a mix of award winning researchers from the European Sport Psychology Association, along with top researchers from the U.S. to bring an international overview to sport psychology. - Includes international contributions from Europe and the U.S. - Encompasses theory, research, and applications - Includes sport psychology and exercise research - Features applied information for use with coaches, teams, and elite athletes - Identifies performance enhancers and inhibitors

Visual Perception and Action in Sport

Visual Perception and Action in Sport
Author: A. Mark Williams
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 468
Release: 1999
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780419182900

This book provides a detailed review of much of the existing research on visual perception and sports performance. It summarises and integrates the findings of up to five hundred articles from areas as diverse as cognitive and ecological psychology.

Understanding Expertise

Understanding Expertise
Author: Fernand Gobet
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2017-09-16
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1137571969

What makes an expert? What strategies do they use? If you're an expert in one domain, are you more likely to become an expert in a second? In examining questions like these, Professor Fernand Gobet provides a comprehensive overview of the field of expertise. With research from a wide range of disciplines, including psychology, neuroscience, sociology, philosophy, education, law and artificial intelligence, this is the definitive guide to the subject. Understanding Expertise: A Multidisciplinary Approach - Considers expertise on a number of levels ranging from the neural to the psychological and the social; - Critically evaluates current theories and approaches; - Addresses issues of key importance for society, with implications for training methods and the development of artificial expert systems.

Skill Acquisition in Sport

Skill Acquisition in Sport
Author: A. Mark Williams
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 596
Release: 2004-07-31
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1134489056

Success in sport depends on the athlete's ability to develop and fine-tune a specific set of motor skills. In this book leading authorities within the field provide a comprehensive review of current research and theory in sports skills acquisition.

Handbook of Sport Psychology

Handbook of Sport Psychology
Author: Gershon Tenenbaum
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 962
Release: 2007-10-05
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0470068248

Endorsed by the International Society of Sport Psychology, this classic reference draws on an international roster of experts and scholars in the field who have assembled state-of-the-art knowledge into this thorough, well-rounded, and accessible volume. It is completely updated to reflect the latest research and is an indispensable resource for any student or professional interested in the field of sport psychology.

Interceptive Actions in Sport

Interceptive Actions in Sport
Author: Simon Bennett
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2004-03-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1134548982

Dynamic interceptive actions are those actions for which the body, or an implement, must be moved into the right place at the right time in order to accomplish a task. These actions are particularly prevalent in sport, for example reaching to catch a ball or running towards a target to make a tackle. This book is the first to offer a comprehensive review of existing theoretical research on dynamic interceptive actions, as well as close examination of specific, practical applications. The book includes material on: * catching * wielding tennis rackets * putting in golf * controlling and kicking a soccer ball. It is essential reading for anybody with a close interest in motor learning and control or skill acquisition, and will be of interest to students of sport psychology, movement science and coaching science.

Routledge Handbook of Sport Expertise

Routledge Handbook of Sport Expertise
Author: Joseph Baker
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 672
Release: 2015-03-24
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1317691172

Understanding and developing expertise is an important concern for any researcher or practitioner working in elite or high performance sport. Whether it's identifying talented young athletes or developing methods for integrating cutting-edge sport science into daily coaching practice, scientists, coaches and researchers all need to understand the skills, characteristics, and knowledge that distinguish the expert performer in sport. The Routledge Handbook of Sport Expertise is the first book to offer a comprehensive overview of current research and practice in the emerging field of sports expertise. Adopting a multi-disciplinary, multi-faceted approach, the book offers in-depth discussion of methodological and philosophical issues in sport expertise, as well as the characteristics that describe sporting ‘experts’ and how they can be facilitated and developed. Exploring research, theory and practice, the book also examines how scientists and practitioners can work together to improve the delivery of applied sport science. With contributions from many of the world’s leading researchers in expertise and skill acquisition in sport, the Routledge Handbook of Sport Expertise is important reading for any advanced student, researcher, coach or sport science support officer looking to better understand this cutting-edge topic.

Perception, Cognition, and Decision Training

Perception, Cognition, and Decision Training
Author: Joan N. Vickers
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2007
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9780736042567

Joan Vickers presents evidence on gaze control within visual perception and action in sport as well as the science underlying decision training.

Motor Skills and Their Foundational Role for Perceptual, Social, and Cognitive Development

Motor Skills and Their Foundational Role for Perceptual, Social, and Cognitive Development
Author: Klaus Libertus
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2017-05-18
Genre: Motor ability in children
ISBN: 2889451593

Motor skills are a vital part of healthy development and are featured prominently both in physical examinations and in parents’ baby diaries. It has been known for a long time that motor development is critical for children’s understanding of the physical and social world. Learning occurs through dynamic interactions and exchanges with the physical and the social world, and consequently movements of eyes and head, arms and legs, and the entire body are a critical during learning. At birth, we start with relatively poorly developed motor skills but soon gain eye and head control, learn to reach, grasp, sit, and eventually to crawl and walk on our own. The opportunities arising from each of these motor milestones are profound and open new and exciting possibilities for exploration and interactions, and learning. Consequently, several theoretical accounts of child development suggest that growth in cognitive, social, and perceptual domains are influences by infants’ own motor experiences. Recently, empirical studies have started to unravel the direct impact that motor skills may have other domains of development. This volume is part of this renewed interest and includes reviews of previous findings and recent empirical evidence for associations between the motor domain and other domains from leading researchers in the field of child development. We hope that these articles will stimulate further research on this interesting question.