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Transfer of expert visual anticipation to a similar domain
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Transfer of expert visual anticipation to a similar domain

C.G. Moore and S. Müller
The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Vol.67(1), pp.186-196
2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2013.798003
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Abstract

The experiment reported in this paper examined the capability of expert and near-expert baseball batters and novices to transfer anticipatory skill to a cricket batting prediction task. A video-simulation temporal occlusion paradigm was used to first assess the anticipatory skill of expertise groups in a baseball batting prediction task (learning sport) and, second, to assess the capability of expertise groups to transfer anticipation skill to a cricket batting prediction task (transfer sport). Results showed that expert and near-expert baseball batters were superior to novices at anticipating pitch type based upon pre-ball-flight advance information. Only expert baseball batters were capable of transferring their anticipatory skill to predict delivery type based upon advance information in the bowler’s action, whilst near-experts and novices relied upon ball-flight information. The findings extend understanding of transfer of learning in the motor domain and some theoretical/empirical concepts of transfer.

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1 Clinical & Life Sciences
1.172 Sports Science
1.172.414 Training Optimization
Web Of Science research areas
Physiology
Psychology
Psychology, Biological
Psychology, Experimental
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Psychiatry/Psychology
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