Topical review: Perceptual-cognitive skills, methods, and skill-based comparisons in interceptive sports

NJ Hodges, PA Wyder-Hodge… - Optometry and Vision …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
We give a comprehensive picture of perceptual-cognitive (PC) skills that could contribute to
performance in interceptive sports. Both visual skills that are low level and unlikely …

A systematic investigation of the effect of action observation training and motor imagery training on the development of mental representation structure and skill …

T Kim, C Frank, T Schack - Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Action observation training and motor imagery training have independently been studied
and considered as an effective training strategy for improving motor skill learning. However …

Mental representation and mental practice: experimental investigation on the functional links between motor memory and motor imagery

C Frank, WM Land, C Popp, T Schack - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Recent research on mental representation of complex action has revealed distinct
differences in the structure of representational frameworks between experts and novices …

Perceptual-cognitive changes during motor learning: the influence of mental and physical practice on mental representation, gaze behavior, and performance of a …

C Frank, WM Land, T Schack - Frontiers in psychology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Despite the wealth of research on differences between experts and novices with respect to
their perceptual-cognitive background (eg, mental representations, gaze behavior), little is …

Random versus blocked practice to enhance mental representation in golf putting

D Fazeli, HR Taheri… - Perceptual and motor …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
The purpose of this study was to investigate changes in mental representation from either
random or blocked practice when engaged in golf putting. Thirty participants were randomly …

Mental representation and motor imagery training

T Schack, K Essig, C Frank, D Koester - Frontiers in human …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Research in sports, dance and rehabilitation has shown that basic action concepts (BACs)
are fundamental building blocks of mental action representations. BACs are based on …

Cognitive representations and cognitive processing of team-specific tactics in soccer

H Lex, K Essig, A Knoblauch, T Schack - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Two core elements for the coordination of different actions in sport are tactical information
and knowledge about tactical situations. The current study describes two experiments to …

[HTML][HTML] Corticospinal excitability is facilitated by combined action observation and motor imagery of a basketball free throw

DJ Wright, G Wood, DL Eaves, AM Bruton… - Psychology of Sport and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objectives This experiment investigated the extent to which independent action observation,
independent motor imagery and combined action observation and motor imagery of a sport …

The mental representation of the human gait in young and older adults

T Stöckel, R Jacksteit, M Behrens, R Skripitz… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The link between mental representation (MREP) structures and motor performance has
been evidenced for a great variety of movement skills, but not for the human gait. Therefore …

The influence of attentional focus on the development of skill representation in a complex action

WM Land, C Frank, T Schack - Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 2014 - Elsevier
Objectives Recent research has indicated that performers' mental representation of a motor
skill changes over the course of learning. In the present study, we sought to ascertain …