Vision and Gaze Behaviour

Question 1

TRUE or FALSE: Skill acquisition is purely based on movement automaticity.

Answer 1

FALSE. Skill acquisition includes perception, selection and action.

Question 2

What is typically the primary source of sensory information used to anticipate the actions of others to plan movements?

Answer 2

Visual perception.

Question 3

How do scan paths compare between expert and novice athletes?

Answer 3

Experts tend to have more systematic and efficient scan paths.

Question 4

Define anticipatory skill.

Answer 4

The ability to fixate on important stimuli in order to plan movements based on visual perception.

Question 5

TRUE or FALSE: Novice performers have a fixation pattern based on anticipation.

Answer 5

FALSE. The erratic fixation patterns of novice athletes tend to be based on reaction, rather than anticipation.

Question 6

Describe the effect of anxiety on visual search, as discovered by Ellmers, Cocks, and Young (2019).

Answer 6

Low-risk adults were seen to reduce their visual search when anxiety was induced.

Question 7

Which paper provided evidence for anxiety increasing the fear response?

Answer 7

Cleworth & Carpenter (2016) found that, when anxious, people perceived themselves to be moving more than they actually were.

Question 8

What causes sensory conflict in high anxiety situations?

Answer 8

Over-activation of the vestibular and somatosensory systems leads to an over-dependence on vision, causing sensory conflict.

Question 9

What effect does anxiety have on movement planning?

Answer 9

Reductions in visual search tends to cause a more cautious approach to movement planning.