Perception and Action in Sports. On the Functionality of Foveal and Peripheral Vision

An optimal coupling between perception and action is crucial for successful performance in sports. In basketball, for example, a stable fixation onto the basket helps to gain precise visual information of the target to successfully throw a basketball into the basket. In basketball-defense situations...

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Autores principales: Klostermann, André, Vater, Christian, Kredel, Ralf, Hossner, Ernst-Joachim
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7739830/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33344989
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2019.00066
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author Klostermann, André
Vater, Christian
Kredel, Ralf
Hossner, Ernst-Joachim
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description An optimal coupling between perception and action is crucial for successful performance in sports. In basketball, for example, a stable fixation onto the basket helps to gain precise visual information of the target to successfully throw a basketball into the basket. In basketball-defense situations, however, opposing players cutting to the basket can be detected by using peripheral vision as less precise information are sufficient to mark this player. Those examples elucidate that to solve a given task foveal and peripheral vision can be used to acquire the necessary information. Following this reasoning, the current state of our framework will be presented that allows one to predict the functionality of one or the other or both depending on the current situation and task demands. In more detail, for tasks that require high motor precision like in far-aiming tasks, empirical evidence suggests that stable foveal fixations facilitate inhibitory processes of alternative action parameterization over movement planning and control. However, more complex situations (i.e., with more than one relevant information source), require peripheral vision to process relevant information by positioning gaze at a functional location which might actually be in free space between the relevant information sources. Based on these elaborations, we will discuss complementarities, the role of visual attention as well as practical implications.
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spelling pubmed-77398302020-12-17 Perception and Action in Sports. On the Functionality of Foveal and Peripheral Vision Klostermann, André Vater, Christian Kredel, Ralf Hossner, Ernst-Joachim Front Sports Act Living Sports and Active Living An optimal coupling between perception and action is crucial for successful performance in sports. In basketball, for example, a stable fixation onto the basket helps to gain precise visual information of the target to successfully throw a basketball into the basket. In basketball-defense situations, however, opposing players cutting to the basket can be detected by using peripheral vision as less precise information are sufficient to mark this player. Those examples elucidate that to solve a given task foveal and peripheral vision can be used to acquire the necessary information. Following this reasoning, the current state of our framework will be presented that allows one to predict the functionality of one or the other or both depending on the current situation and task demands. In more detail, for tasks that require high motor precision like in far-aiming tasks, empirical evidence suggests that stable foveal fixations facilitate inhibitory processes of alternative action parameterization over movement planning and control. However, more complex situations (i.e., with more than one relevant information source), require peripheral vision to process relevant information by positioning gaze at a functional location which might actually be in free space between the relevant information sources. Based on these elaborations, we will discuss complementarities, the role of visual attention as well as practical implications. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-01-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7739830/ /pubmed/33344989 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2019.00066 Text en Copyright © 2020 Klostermann, Vater, Kredel and Hossner. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Hossner, Ernst-Joachim
Perception and Action in Sports. On the Functionality of Foveal and Peripheral Vision
title Perception and Action in Sports. On the Functionality of Foveal and Peripheral Vision
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title_fullStr Perception and Action in Sports. On the Functionality of Foveal and Peripheral Vision
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title_short Perception and Action in Sports. On the Functionality of Foveal and Peripheral Vision
title_sort perception and action in sports. on the functionality of foveal and peripheral vision
topic Sports and Active Living
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7739830/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33344989
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2019.00066
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