Attentional focus of sport spectators

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Deutscher übersetzter Titel:Der Aufmerksamkeitsschwerpunkt von Sportzuschauern
Autor:Wann, Daniel L.; Steele, Nathan L.
Erschienen in:Perceptual and motor skills
Veröffentlicht:86 (1998), 3 Part 2, S. 1163-1167, Lit.
Format: Literatur (SPOLIT)
Publikationstyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
Medienart: Gedruckte Ressource
Sprache:Englisch
ISSN:0031-5125, 1558-688X
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Erfassungsnummer:PU199909401928
Quelle:BISp

Abstract des Autors

To test the hypothesis that a player possessing the ball, i.e., the actor, is the most salient component of a football scenario and that, consequently, spectators tend to focus their attention on this person, subjects were asked to view a series of short video clip depicting college football plays. Subjects were asked to state their focus of attention following each clip. As predicted, subjects reported greater focus on the actor than on other aspects of the environment. Potential explanations are proposed for the unexpected finding that attention became decreasingly actor-orientated as the video progressed. Verf.-Referat