Perceptual-motor skills of "look ahead" and training

• Project/Area Number: 18K10893
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 59020:Sports sciences-related
• Research Institution: Keio University
• Principal Investigator: KATO Takaaki 慶應義塾大学, 環境情報学部(藤沢), 准教授 (30365481)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000); Fiscal Year 2020: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000); Fiscal Year 2019: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
• Keywords: 知覚スキル / 眼球運動 / 熟達化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the visual search activities of skilled athletes by measuring their eye movements and to explore the perceptual-motor skills. First, we evaluated the characteristics of the visual search activities of skilled athletes on various athletic fields, and then we analyzed the predictive eye movements in a simulated environment, and further explored the process of acquiring perceptual-motor skills for "looking ahead" and its application to training.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、特にスポーツ競技場面において、未だ明確となっていない予期的な眼球運動に着目し、時間的および空間的な熟練競技者特有の先読みについて検討していること、さらには熟練者が有する知覚運動スキルについて、熟達化研究における記述的および機能的アプローチからスキル獲得のプロセスを解明し、トレーニングへの応用を目指したことにおいて学術的意義および社会的意義が高いと考えられる。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Using “Enzan No Metsuke” (Gazing at the Far Mountain) as a Visual Search Strategy in Kendo (2020)
  • Author(s): Kato Takaaki
  • Journal Title: Frontiers in Sports and Active Living Volume: 2 Pages: 40-40
  • DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2020.00040
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Presentation] Microsaccade dynamics reveals skilled soccer players’ ability to modulate scope of visual spatial attention for scene anticipation. (2020)
  • Author(s): Saijo, N., Kato, T., Yoneya, M., Kashino, M.
  • Organizer: NASPSPA Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] The effects of differences in the executive functions between decision-making and visual search strategies of soccer players. (2020)
  • Author(s): Natsuhara, T., Kato, T., Nakayama, M.
  • Organizer: NASPSPA Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Skilled players control the span of visual spatial attention effectively during anticipation tasks in sports: evidence from microsaccadedynamics (2019)
  • Author(s): Takaaki Kato, Naoki Saijo, Makoto Yoneya, Makio Kashino
  • Organizer: 20th European Conference on Eye Movements
  • Int'l Joint Research