| Top-level players' visual control of interceptive actions: Bootsma and van Wieringen (1990) 20 years later. | |
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PMID: 20695718 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Using a two-step approach, Van Soest et al. (2010) recently questioned the pertinence of the conclusions drawn by Bootsma and Van Wieringen (1990) with respect to the visual regulation of an exemplary rapid interceptive action: the attacking forehand drive in table tennis. In the first step, they experimentally compared the movement behaviors of their participants under conditions with and without vision available during the execution of the drive. In the second step, through simulation they evaluated the extent to which a preprogrammed pattern of muscle stimulation acting on the dynamical characteristics of the musculoskeletal system could explain the patterns of movement observed, including the phenomena of kinematic convergence and compensatory variability. In this contribution, we show how methodological and conceptual shortcomings, pertaining to both parts of Van Soest et al.'s study, severely limit the impact of their findings. We argue that their conclusion-denying the possibility of visual regulation of rapid interceptive actions-cannot be upheld in the light of the existing evidence, while Bootsma and Van Wieringen's conclusion-in favor of the visual regulation of rapid interceptive actions in top-level players- still holds strong, even after 20 years. Irrespective of the trends of the moment, we suggest that both appropriate experimentation and principled theorization need to be deployed before a model-based predictive architecture can be considered as a serious alternative to a (more parsimonious) information-based control architecture. |
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Authors:
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Reinoud J Bootsma; Laure Fernandez; Antoine H P Morice; Gilles Montagne |
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Type: Comment; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance Volume: 36 ISSN: 1939-1277 ISO Abbreviation: J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform Publication Date: 2010 Aug |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-08-10 Completed Date: 2010-12-20 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7502589 Medline TA: J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1056-63; discussion 1064-6 Citation Subset: IM |
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Institut des Sciences du Mouvement E. J. Marey-UMR 6233, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France. reinoud.bootsma@univmed.fr |
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Acceleration Athletic Performance* Attention* Distance Perception Humans Isometric Contraction Motion Perception* Motor Skills Orientation Professional Competence Psychomotor Performance* Psychophysics Reaction Time* Sensory Deprivation Space Perception* Tennis / psychology* Time Perception |
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J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform. 2010 Aug;36(4):1040-55
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