Oculomotor examination of the weapon focus effect: does a gun automatically engage visual attention? [PDF]
, 2013 A person is less likely to be accurately remembered if they appear in a visual scene with a gun, a result that has been termed the weapon focus effect (WFE).
Flowe, Heather D. +2 more
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Defining the Focus of Attention: Effects of Attention on Perceived Exertion and Fatigue.
Frontiers in Psychology, 2011 This manuscript presents two experiments designed to explore the effects of attention on perceived exertion and time to failure in a fatiguing athletic task. There were two major motivating factors for these experiments.
Keith eLohse, David E Sherwood
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Effects of Progressive Exercise on Attentional Focus [PDF]
Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1992 To replicate 1986 work of Salmela and Ndoye on whether physical arousal from riding a stationary bicycle led to narrowing of attentional focus 17 subjects responded to a verbal 5-choice RT task while pedalling to exhaustion. Increased heart rates with increased physical stress (bicycle resistance increased) was not associated with narrowing of ...
Côté, Jean +2 more
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An analysis of teachers’ instructions and feedback at a contemporary dance university
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 BackgroundGiven the demands posed by excessive practice quantities in modern dance, physical and mental health can be compromised. Therefore, there is a need to consider how quality of practice may be improved and possibly even reduce training times ...
Benjamin F. Soerel +15 more
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Peripheral cues and gaze direction jointly focus attention and inhibition of return [PDF]
, 2015 Centrally presented gaze cues typically elicit a delayed inhibition of return (IOR) effect compared to peripheral exogenous cues. We investigated whether gaze cues elicit early onset IOR when presented peripherally.
Hudson, Matthew, Skarratt, Paul A.
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Review about comorbidities of behavioural disorders in children and adolescents: The focus on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder [PDF]
, 2017 Disruptive behavior disorders (DBD) present high comorbidity rate mainly for opposite-defiant disorders that are frequent among children, adolescents and adults affected by with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), probably as result of ...
Barbanera F. +9 more
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Frequent external focus feedback enhances motor learning
Frontiers in Psychology, 2010 The present study examined the hypothesis that feedback inducing an external focus of attention enhances motor learning if it is provided frequently (i.e., 100%) rather than less frequently. Children (10-12 year olds) practiced a soccer throw-in task and
Gabriele eWulf +3 more
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The Effect of Attentional Focus of Supra-Postural Task on Performance and Learning of Postural Control in Girls Aged between 9 and 12 [PDF]
رشد و یادگیری حرکتی ورزشی, 2017 Postural control is one of the important abilities in daily life and sport activities of human beings and the importance of focus of attention is always discussed in this issue.
Nastaran Naderirad +2 more
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Letter to the editor concerning the article “Performance of gymnastics skill benefits from an external focus of attention” by Abdollahipour, Wulf, Psotta & Nieto (2015) [PDF]
, 2016 Abdollahipour, Wulf, Psotta, & Nieto (2015) recently published data in Journal of Sports Sciences to show that an external focus of attention promotes superior performance effects (gymnastics jump height and judged movement form score) when compared to ...
Carson, H.J.,, Collins, D., Toner, J.
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From Gaze to Focus of Attention [PDF]
, 1999 Identifying human gaze or eye-movement ultimately serves the purpose of identifying an individual's focus of attention. The knowledge of a person's object of interest helps us effectively communicate with other humans by allowing us to identify our conversants' interests, state of mind, and/or intentions.
Stiefelhagen, Rainer +3 more
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