Context modulates evidence accumulation in split-second handball penalty decisions.

ABSTRACT: Due to severe time constraints, goalkeepers regularly face the challenging task to make decisions within just a few hundred milliseconds. A key finding of anticipation research is that experts outperform novices by using advanced cues which can be derived from either kinematic or contextual information. Yet, how context modulates decision-making in split-second decisions remains to be determined. Here, we aimed at examining the influence of contextual information on real-time evidence accumulation in split-second decision-making using handball penalty decisions. In Exp. 1 we validated the applicability of hierarchical drift-diffusion modeling (HDDM) for the chosen split-second handball penalty scenario. Following validation, Exp. 2 directly addressed the main aim, namely, to examine how co

SUBMITTER: Weinberg H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11790534 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature