title: From vision to decision: the role of visual attention in elite sports performance.
abstract: Elite sports performance fundamentally relies on a complex set of brain functions engaged once visual signals are relayed from the eye. In this review, we overview a series of these neural mechanisms-focusing specifically on the critical role of attention in sculpting the visual processing that takes place leading up to a decision. These brain functions are introduced within the theoretical concept of the 'Perception-Action Cycle.' Vision does not stop at the eye but requires a coordinated set of brain mechanisms called on to convert visual input into rapid decisions about action.
authors.affiliation: From NeuroScouting LLC, Cambridge, MA.
authors.forename: Brian T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Wesley C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Clapp
mesh_terms: D054874:Athletic Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D003657:Decision Making / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*