Transfer of Expert Visual Anticipation to a Similar Domain

Autor: Sean Müller, Christopher G. Moore
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 67:186-196
ISSN: 1747-0226
1747-0218
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2013.798003
Popis: The experiment reported in this paper examined the capability of expert and near-expert baseball batters and novices to transfer anticipatory skill to a cricket batting prediction task. A video-simulation temporal occlusion paradigm was used to first assess the anticipatory skill of expertise groups in a baseball batting prediction task (learning sport) and, second, to assess the capability of expertise groups to transfer anticipation skill to a cricket batting prediction task (transfer sport). Results showed that expert and near-expert baseball batters were superior to novices at anticipating pitch type based upon pre-ball-flight advance information. Only expert baseball batters were capable of transferring their anticipatory skill to predict delivery type based upon advance information in the bowler's action, whilst near-experts and novices relied upon ball-flight information. The findings extend understanding of transfer of learning in the motor domain and some theoretical/empirical concepts of transfer.
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