Influence of sports expertise level on attention in multiple object tracking
(Einfluss des sportlichen Leistungsniveaus auf die Aufmerksamkeit beim Tracking mehrerer Objekte)
Background: This study aimed to investigate whether performance in a multiple object tracking (MOT) task could be improved incrementally with sports expertise, and whether differences between experienced and less experienced athletes, or non-athletes, were modulated by load.
Methods: We asked 22 elite and 20 intermediate basketball players, and 23 non-athletes, to perform an MOT task under three attentional load conditions (two, three, and four targets). Accuracies were analyzed to examine whether different levels of sports expertise influence MOT task performance.
Results: The elite athletes displayed better tracking performance compared with the intermediate or non-athletes when tracking three or four targets. However, no significant difference was found between the intermediate athletes and the non-athletes. Further, no differences were observed among the three groups when tracking two targets.
Discussion: The results suggest that the effects of expertise in team ball sports could transfer to a non-sports-specific attention task. These transfer effects to general cognitive functions occur only in elite athletes with extensive training under higher attentional load.
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Schlagworte: | Wahrnehmung Leistung Leistungsfähigkeit Spielsportart Basketball Bewegungsgenauigkeit kognitive Fähigkeit |
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Notationen: | Trainingswissenschaft |
DOI: | 10.7717/peerj.5732 |
Veröffentlicht in: | PeerJ |
Veröffentlicht: |
2018
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Jahrgang: | 6 |
Heft: | e5732 |
Seiten: | 1-11 |
Dokumentenarten: | Artikel |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Level: | hoch |