Conducted 3 experiments with 34 professional athletes using the secondary-task interference procedure to assess the time course of mental effort (i.e., allocation of attentional resources) in different sports. The primary sports were volleyball, 100m-dash, 110m-hurdles and tennis; the secondary task was always to emit, as quickly as possible, a verbal response to an acoustic signal. According to the logic of the secondary-task interference, speed of response to the acoustic signal should be inversely related to the resource demands of the primary task at a given moment. The acoustic signal was presented at different times while Ss were performing to estimate the time course of resource allocation. Results show that allocation of resources varied as a function of (a) the moment in which the acoustic signal was presented; (b) the type of performance; and (c) the degree of performance difficulty.
Titolo: | Temporal dimensions of mental effort in different sports |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 1988 |
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Abstract: | Conducted 3 experiments with 34 professional athletes using the secondary-task interference procedure to assess the time course of mental effort (i.e., allocation of attentional resources) in different sports. The primary sports were volleyball, 100m-dash, 110m-hurdles and tennis; the secondary task was always to emit, as quickly as possible, a verbal response to an acoustic signal. According to the logic of the secondary-task interference, speed of response to the acoustic signal should be inversely related to the resource demands of the primary task at a given moment. The acoustic signal was presented at different times while Ss were performing to estimate the time course of resource allocation. Results show that allocation of resources varied as a function of (a) the moment in which the acoustic signal was presented; (b) the type of performance; and (c) the degree of performance difficulty. |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11577/2461935 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 01.01 - Articolo in rivista |