Emerging sports science research reveals that expert performance in rapid and reactive skills such as baseball batting, return-of-serve in tennis, and goalie play in hockey and soccer is based on superior perceptual-cognitive skills that allow a competitor to perceive predictive cues in an opponent's actions. Situational decision-making, such as the pass/dribble/shoot decision of soccer or bask...

Objectives: This study investigates the impact of neurofeedback on perceptual-motor skills of 5 to 12 years old children with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD). Methods: In this clinical study, 40 children between the ages of 5-12 years, who were patients of the Tavanesh Clinic and diagnosed with ADHD, were randomly chosen and divided into two groups of control and t...

Segal, Marilyn Effects of Four Different Perceptual Training Programs on IQ and Reading Readiness in the Lower Socio-Fcononic Level Ksindergarten Child. Feb 71 /Up.: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, New York, 7ebruary 1971 EDPS Price Mr-$0.65 Auditory Perception, Auditory Training, Behavioral Obleotives, Curriculum Development, Cu...

In humans, auditory perception reaches maturity over a broad age range, extending through adolescence. Despite this slow maturation, children are considered to be outstanding learners, suggesting that immature perceptual skills might actually be advantageous to improvement on an acoustic task as a result of training (perceptual learning). Previous non-human studies have not employed an identica...

Background: Visual perception is the ability to interpret and use what is seen. Interpretation is a mental process involving cognition, which gives meaning to the visual stimulus. Any dysfunction in different components of visual perception may lead to problems in activities of daily living, academics etc. It has been proven that visual perceptual and visual motor skills are different abilities...

This study examined the relative contribution of visual, perceptual, and cognitive skills to the development of expertise in soccer. Elite and sub-elite players, ranging in age from 9 to 17 years, were assessed using a multidimensional battery of tests. Four aspects of visual function were measured: static and dynamic visual acuity; stereoscopic depth sensitivity; and peripheral awareness. Perc...

We investigated a visual-perceptual and haptic-perceptual training program to enhance motor skills and Chinese handwriting performance among children with handwriting difficulties. The participants were 28 first- and second-grade children with handwriting difficulties. They were matched according to age and then randomly assigned into a control group or an experimental group. Participants in th...

In this article self-efficacy research is reviewed in domains relevant to education. Research addressing cognitive skills, social skills, motor skills, and career choices has shown that self-efficacy is an important construct that helps to explain students' learning and performance of achievement-related behaviors. Research also has identified variables that are associated with educational cont...

the purpose of this research was to determine the effects of perceptual motor training on improving the motor abilities of children with developmental coordination disorder. a total of 194 male and female elementary school students (aged between 6 and 11) were selected from three regions of tehran and participated voluntarily in this study. the subjects were randomly assigned to two groups of e...