While the experience of flow is often described in attentional terms—focused concentration
or task absorption—specific cognitive mechanisms have received limited interest. We …

Introduction The quiet eye (final fixation to a specific target prior to movement initiation) is a
perceptual skill robustly associated with expertise and superior performance. The benefit of …

Although sport is played with the body, it is won in the mind. Inspired by this idea, the second
edition of this popular textbook provides a comprehensive critical introduction to sport and …

The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a brief quiet eye (QE) training
intervention aimed at optimizing visuomotor control and putting performance of elite golfers …

Virtual reality (VR) provides the potential for immersive and engaging training solutions for
improving sport performance. However, if VR training is to be adopted and used in an …

The present study examined how the level of trait anxiety, which is a personality
characteristic, influences state anxiety and penalty shoot-out performance under pressure by …

Anxiety has been shown to disrupt visual attention, visuomotor control and subsequent shot
location in soccer penalty kicks. However, optimal visual attention has been trained in other …

This study investigated the effects of psychological pressure on cognitive anxiety, challenge
and threat appraisals, gaze behavior, and action performance during an esport task among …

People can often anticipate the outcome of another person's actions based on visual
information available in the movements of the other person's body. We investigated this …

This chapter discusses the research that points to a role for effective gaze behavior in
supporting expert-like planning and control of visually guided skills. The quiet eye (QE) is …