Evaluating weaknesses of “perceptual-cognitive training” and “brain training” methods in sport: An ecological dynamics critique

I Renshaw, K Davids, D Araújo, A Lucas… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The recent upsurge in “brain training and perceptual-cognitive training,” proposing to
improve isolated processes, such as brain function, visual perception, and decision-making …

Perceptual-cognitive skill training and its transfer to expert performance in the field: Future research directions

DP Broadbent, J Causer, AM Williams… - European journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Perceptual-cognitive skills training provides a potentially valuable method for training
athletes on key skills, such as anticipation and decision-making. It can be used when …

Sport practitioners as sport ecology designers: how ecological dynamics has progressively changed perceptions of skill “acquisition” in the sporting habitat

CT Woods, I McKeown, M Rothwell, D Araújo… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Over two decades ago, and raised theoretical concerns associated with traditional,
reductionist, and mechanistic perspectives of movement coordination and skill acquisition …

Principles of motor learning in ecological dynamics: a comment on functions of learning and the acquisition of motor skills (with reference to sport)

K Davids, I Renshaw, R Pinder… - Open Sports Sciences …, 2012 - eprints.qut.edu.au
This paper provides a commentary on the contribution by Dr Chow who questioned whether
the functions of learning are general across all categories of tasks or whether there are …

Off-court generic perceptual-cognitive training in elite volleyball athletes: Task-specific effects and levels of transfer

MT Fleddermann, H Heppe, K Zentgraf - Frontiers in psychology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background: The nature of perceptual-cognitive expertise in interactive sports has gained
more and more scientific interest over the last two decades. Research to understand how …

Cognitive enhancement: a comparative review of computerized and athletic training programs

D Moreau, ARA Conway - International Review of Sport and …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Cognitive enhancement refers to any type of improvement in cognitive performance
following targeted interventions. Cognitive training is a rapidly growing market with potential …

Practice-enhancing technology: a review of perceptual training applications in sport

D Farrow - Sports Technology, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
This paper outlines practice-enhancing technologies commonly referred to as perceptual
training approaches that are designed to improve the decision-making skills of athletes …

Perceptual‐cognitive expertise in sport and its acquisition: Implications for applied cognitive psychology

AM Williams, PR Ford, DW Eccles… - Applied Cognitive …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We review contemporary research on perceptual‐cognitive expertise in sport and consider
implications for those working in the field of applied cognitive psychology. We identify the …

Variability of practice as an interface between motor and cognitive development

C Pesce, R Croce, TD Ben-Soussan… - … Journal of Sport and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
In this commentary, we highlight intriguing commonalities between the research areas of
exercise and cognition and motor skill development and learning. While these two research …

Modified perceptual training in sport: a new classification framework

SM Hadlow, D Panchuk, DL Mann, MR Portus… - Journal of Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objectives To overview a framework that provides a theoretically-grounded approach to
predicting the types of modified perceptual training tasks that will stimulate transfer of …