External relative to internal attentional focus enhances motor performance and learning in visually impaired individuals
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15510%2F20%3A73592230" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15510/20:73592230 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09638288.2019.1566408" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09638288.2019.1566408</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2019.1566408" target="_blank" >10.1080/09638288.2019.1566408</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
External relative to internal attentional focus enhances motor performance and learning in visually impaired individuals
Original language description
Background: Research has demonstrated the advantages of an external relative to internal focus of attention for enhancing motor performance and learning across diverse tasks, contexts and populations. However, research has yet to examine whether this finding holds true for individuals who have a major visual impairment in discrete and locomotion-based continuous motor tasks. Methods: In experiment 1, twenty-four visually impaired participants were asked to kick a soccer ball with their dominant foot to a target 7 meters away. Participants performed 10 trials within an internal focus (concentration on inside of the foot), external focus (concentration on the ball), and control (no focus instructions) conditions, in a counterbalanced order. In experiment 2, thirty-nine visually impaired adults were asked to ride a rehabilitation Pedalo for a distance of 7 meters. Participants were randomly assigned to either an internal focus (focus on the feet), external focus (focus on the platform), or control (no focus instructions) group. Retention and transfer tests were conducted on day 2. Results: An external focus resulted in more accurate kicks and faster pedalo movement times compared to an internal focus. Conclusions: These findings indicate that visual information does not mediate external focus benefits for motor performance and learning.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50302 - Education, special (to gifted persons, those with learning disabilities)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA18-16130S" target="_blank" >GA18-16130S: The effects of attentional focus on visual perception and motor performance</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
ISSN
0963-8288
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
42
Issue of the periodical within the volume
18
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
2621-2630
UT code for WoS article
000565425800007
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85061231946