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 …

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 …

Perceptual-cognitive training of athletes

J Faubert, L Sidebottom - Journal of Clinical Sport …, 2012 - journals.humankinetics.com
This present article discusses an approach to training high-level athletes' perceptual-
cognitive skills. The intention herein is to (a) introduce concepts in regard to what may be …

Perceptual-cognitive expertise in sport: Some considerations when applying the expert performance approach

AM Williams, KA Ericsson - Human movement science, 2005 - Elsevier
The number of researchers studying perceptual-cognitive expertise in sport is increasing.
The intention in this paper is to review the currently accepted framework for studying expert …

Professional athletes have extraordinary skills for rapidly learning complex and neutral dynamic visual scenes

J Faubert - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
Evidence suggests that an athlete's sports-related perceptual-cognitive expertise is a crucial
element of top-level competitive sports. When directly assessing whether such experience …

Perceptual-cognitive skills and their interaction as a function of task constraints in soccer

A Roca, PR Ford, AP McRobert… - Journal of Sport and …, 2013 - journals.humankinetics.com
The ability to anticipate and to make decisions is crucial to skilled performance in many
sports. We examined the role of and interaction between the different perceptual-cognitive …

Perceptual-cognitive expertise in sport: A meta-analysis

DTY Mann, AM Williams, P Ward… - Journal of sport and …, 2007 - journals.humankinetics.com
Research focusing on perceptual-cognitive skill in sport is abundant. However, the existing
qualitative syntheses of this research lack the quantitative detail necessary to determine the …

Training perceptual-cognitive skills: Can sport psychology research inform military decision training?

P Ward, D Farrow, KR Harris, AM Williams… - Military …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
In military and sports tasks, individuals are often required to perform in a complex and
dynamic environment and obtain a tactical advantage over an opponent even when only …

Training perceptual skill in field hockey: Is there transfer from the laboratory to the field?

AM Williams, P Ward, C Chapman - Research quarterly for exercise …, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
During the past two decades a considerable amount ofresearch has focused on expert
performance in sport (eg, see Ericsson, 1996; Starkes & Allard, 1993; Tenenbaum, 1999) …

Perceptual-cognitive skill and the in situ performance of soccer players

MJJ van Maarseveen, RRD Oudejans… - Quarterly journal of …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Many studies have shown that experts possess better perceptual-cognitive skills than
novices (eg, in anticipation, decision making, pattern recall), but it remains unclear whether …