I see what you don't see - What the looks in soccer reveal?

In the current issue of the Journal of Cognitive Psychology, further results of the DFG project 'Visual information intake and attention in sport' have been published. This time, the visual range of soccer players was examined when solving tactical decision-making tasks. To this end, Professor Hagemann from the IfSS at the University of Kassel, together with colleagues from the Universities of Münster, Amsterdam and Hanover, used a method in which only a specific area around the gaze fixation is visible. By varying the size of the area, the visual range can be estimated when looking at sporting decision-making situations. In the present case, this did not differ between soccer players and less experienced control subjects.

Contact and further information at:
Prof. Dr. Norbert Hagemann
cms.uni-kassel.de/sport/hagemann

Link to the article: URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2011.496723

Cañal-Bruland, R., Lotz, S., Hagemann, N., Schorer, J. & Strauss, B. (2011). Visual span and change detection in soccer: An expertise study. Journal of Cognitive Psychology iFirst DOI: 10.1080/20445911.20442011.20496723.