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doi:10.22028/D291-35897
Title: | Table tennis expertise influences dual-task costs in timed and self-initiated tasks |
Author(s): | Schaefer, Sabine Amico, Gianluca |
Language: | English |
Title: | Acta Psychologica |
Volume: | 223 |
Publisher/Platform: | Elsevier |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Free key words: | Dual-tasking Cognition Table tennis Motor skill learning |
DDC notations: | 796 Sports |
Publikation type: | Journal Article |
Abstract: | Theories on resource sharing predict that performances will suffer under dual-task conditions. However, in creases in skill level should decrease attentional resources needed to perform a task, resulting in a reduction of dual-task costs. The current study investigates whether table tennis experts are better able than novices to keep up their motor and cognitive performances in a dual-task situation. Two different cognitive tasks, 3-back and Counting Backwards in steps of 7, and two different table tennis tasks, returns and serves, were assessed in each possible cognitive-motor task combination in a within-subjects design. While 3-back and returns were timed, Counting Backwards and serves were self-initiated. We assumed that self-initiated tasks increase dual-task costs, since the scheduling of the responses requires attentional resources. As predicted, dual-task costs of novices were considerably higher (35%) than those of experts, who did not show costs (− 1%). The predicted increase of costs for self-initiated tasks was only observed in the experts, while novices showed a tendency to reduce their dual task costs for self-initiated tasks. It is argued that this is due to the psychometric properties of the underlying task, since timed tasks were specified by a fixed number of targets and responses. We conclude that cognitive-motor dual-task costs may be a valuable measure of sporting skill, over and above “pure” motor or cognitive performances. |
DOI of the first publication: | 10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103501 |
Link to this record: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:291--ds-358970 hdl:20.500.11880/32718 http://dx.doi.org/10.22028/D291-35897 |
ISSN: | 0001-6918 |
Date of registration: | 4-Apr-2022 |
Description of the related object: | Supplementary data |
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Faculty: | HW - Fakultät für Empirische Humanwissenschaften und Wirtschaftswissenschaft |
Department: | HW - Sportwissenschaft |
Professorship: | HW - Prof. Dr. Sabine Schäfer |
Collections: | SciDok - Der Wissenschaftsserver der Universität des Saarlandes |
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