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@article{citeulike:4298784, abstract = {<p>In tennis, as in many disciplines of sport, fine spatio-temporal resolution is required to reach optimal performance. While many studies on tennis have focused on anticipatory skills or decision making, fewer have investigated the underlying visual perception abilities. In this study, we used a battery of seven visual tests that allowed us to assess which kind of visual information processing is performed better by tennis players than other athletes (triathletes) and non-athletes. We found that certain time-related skills, such as speed discrimination, are superior in tennis players compared to non-athletes and triathletes. Such tasks might be used to improve tennis performance in the future.</p>}, author = {Overney, Leila S. and Blanke, Olaf and Herzog, Michael H.}, citeulike-article-id = {4298784}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002380}, day = {11}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0002380}, journal = {PLoS ONE}, keywords = {behavioral-study, expertise, sport, task-battery, time-perception}, month = {June}, number = {6}, pages = {e2380+}, posted-at = {2009-04-10 20:54:58}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Public Library of Science}, title = {Enhanced Temporal but Not Attentional Processing in Expert Tennis Players}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002380}, volume = {3}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4298784 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4298784 N2 - <p>In tennis, as in many disciplines of sport, fine spatio-temporal resolution is required to reach optimal performance. While many studies on tennis have focused on anticipatory skills or decision making, fewer have investigated the underlying visual perception abilities. In this study, we used a battery of seven visual tests that allowed us to assess which kind of visual information processing is performed better by tennis players than other athletes (triathletes) and non-athletes. We found that certain time-related skills, such as speed discrimination, are superior in tennis players compared to non-athletes and triathletes. Such tasks might be used to improve tennis performance in the future.</p> IS - 6 JF - PLoS ONE TI - Enhanced Temporal but Not Attentional Processing in Expert Tennis Players PB - Public Library of Science VL - 3 SP - e2380 KW - behavioral-study KW - expertise KW - sport KW - task-battery KW - time-perception AU - Overney, Leila AU - Blanke, Olaf AU - Herzog, Michael PY - 2008/06/11/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002380 ER -