TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceiving and moving in sports and other high-pressure contexts
AU - Oudejans, R.R.D.
AU - Nieuwenhuys, A.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - From an ecological psychological perspective, the current chapter discusses the influence of anxiety on the perception, selection, and realization of affordances in sports and other high-pressure contexts, particularly police work. Drawing on recent developments in the anxiety-performance literature (i.e., the attentional control theory) the authors' experimental work on the impact of anxiety on perceptual-motor performance is described. Furthermore, several experiments showing positive effects of training with anxiety on performance under pressure are discussed. We argue that through reality-based training with anxiety, processes that underlie performance might be recalibrated to the new task constraints, thereby preventing a degradation of eventual performance in stressful situations. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
AB - From an ecological psychological perspective, the current chapter discusses the influence of anxiety on the perception, selection, and realization of affordances in sports and other high-pressure contexts, particularly police work. Drawing on recent developments in the anxiety-performance literature (i.e., the attentional control theory) the authors' experimental work on the impact of anxiety on perceptual-motor performance is described. Furthermore, several experiments showing positive effects of training with anxiety on performance under pressure are discussed. We argue that through reality-based training with anxiety, processes that underlie performance might be recalibrated to the new task constraints, thereby preventing a degradation of eventual performance in stressful situations. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
U2 - 10.1016/S0079-6123(09)01304-1
DO - 10.1016/S0079-6123(09)01304-1
M3 - Article
SN - 0079-6123
VL - 174
SP - 35
EP - 48
JO - Progress in Brain Research
JF - Progress in Brain Research
ER -