Action Perception in Athletes: Expertise Facilitates Perceptual Discrimination.

ABSTRACT: Prior research has demonstrated that athletes outperform non-athletes on action perception tasks involving anticipation of sport-related actions. We conducted two experiments to determine whether this advantage persists on tasks without anticipation and/or transfers to non-sport actions. In Experiment 1, motor experts (sprinters) and non-experts were shown two consecutive videos of an athlete either walking or sprinting. The participants' task was to indicate whether the videos were identical or different. The sprinters were more accurate in these judgments than non-experts, indicating that their athleticism was associated with motor expertise that enhanced their perception of both expert and everyday actions. Further analysis revealed that participants who reported basing their decisions

SUBMITTER: Harrison RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10363944 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature