Previous work is yet to provide a cognitive measure of attention using multiple measures to capture the complexity of this process (i.e. adapting attentional resources via greater visual search sensitivity and ability to ignore distractor patterns),
– Vaughan and Laborde (242)
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This paper by Dr Robert Vaughan and Dr Sylvain Laborde investigates the mediating effect of working-memory-control and working-memory-capacity on the attention-performance relationship in relation to athlete expertise.
Understanding this relationship may help to design sport-specific training programmes targeting them in order to improve performance.
– Vaughan and Laborde (248)
Dr Vaughan and Dr Laborde’s article can be downloaded here via York St John institutional access.
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