Vision and Gaze Behaviour Flashcards
TRUE or FALSE: Skill acquisition is purely based on movement automaticity.
FALSE. Skill acquisition includes perception, selection and action.
What is typically the primary source of sensory information used to anticipate the actions of others to plan movements?
Visual perception.
How do scan paths compare between expert and novice athletes?
Experts tend to have more systematic and efficient scan paths.
Define anticipatory skill.
The ability to fixate on important stimuli in order to plan movements based on visual perception.
TRUE or FALSE: Novice performers have a fixation pattern based on anticipation.
FALSE. The erratic fixation patterns of novice athletes tend to be based on reaction, rather than anticipation.
Describe the effect of anxiety on visual search, as discovered by Ellmers, Cocks, and Young (2019).
Low-risk adults were seen to reduce their visual search when anxiety was induced.
Which paper provided evidence for anxiety increasing the fear response?
Cleworth & Carpenter (2016) found that, when anxious, people perceived themselves to be moving more than they actually were.
What causes sensory conflict in high anxiety situations?
Over-activation of the vestibular and somatosensory systems leads to an over-dependence on vision, causing sensory conflict.
What effect does anxiety have on movement planning?
Reductions in visual search tends to cause a more cautious approach to movement planning.