title: Keeping an Eye on Noisy Movements: On Different Approaches to Perceptual-Motor Skill Research and Training.
abstract: Contemporary theorizing on the complementary nature of perception and action in expert performance has led to different emphases in the study of movement coordination and gaze behavior. On the one hand, coordination research has examined the role of variability in movement control, evidencing that variability facilitates individualized adaptations during both learning and performance. On the other hand, and at odds with this principle, the majority of gaze behavior studies have tended to average data over participants and trials, proposing the importance of universal 'optimal' gaze patterns in a given task, for all performers, irrespective of stage of learning. In this article, we discuss new lines of inquiry with the aim of reconciling these two distinct approaches. We consider the role of inter- and intra-individual variability in gaze behaviors and suggest directions for future research.
authors: Department of Sport and Exercise Science, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK. matt.dicks@port.ac.uk.
authors: Matt
authors: M
authors: Dicks
authors: School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
authors: Chris
authors: C
authors: Button
authors: Centre for Sports Engineering Research, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, England, UK.
authors: Keith
authors: K
authors: Davids
authors: Physical Education and Sports Science, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
authors: Jia Yi
authors: JY
authors: Chow
authors: Faculty of Behavioral and Movement Sciences, MOVE Research Institute Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.|Institute of Human Performance, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.
authors: John
authors: J
authors: van der Kamp
mesh_terms: D005133:Eye Movements; D005403:Fixation, Ocular; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D009048:Motor Skills; D010465:Perception; D011597:Psychomotor Performance