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The psychological refractory period, anticipation and motor programmes
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The psychological refractory period and its use in sport, spatial and temporal anticipation and their risks, motor programmes and subroutines in a tennis serve, and how they become automatic.
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What is the psychological refractory period?
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Why does the psychological refractory period occur?
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What is the psychological refractory period?
Model answer
The psychological refractory period is a delay in responding to a second stimulus that arrives while the first is being processed. The brain can deal with only one stimulus at a time.
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Why does the psychological refractory period occur?
Model answer
The single channel hypothesis states that information is processed one piece at a time. A second stimulus must wait until the first is dealt with.
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How is the psychological refractory period used in sport?
Model answer
A dummy or feint gives an opponent a false first stimulus. The opponent is slow to react to the real move.
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What is anticipation?
Model answer
Anticipation is predicting what will happen before it happens. Anticipation reduces reaction time.
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What is spatial anticipation?
Model answer
Spatial anticipation is predicting what will happen or where. A goalkeeper predicts which side a penalty will go.
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What is temporal anticipation?
Model answer
Temporal anticipation is predicting when something will happen. A sprinter predicts when the gun will fire.
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