Visual processing traits of students with motor skill underachivement

Research Project

Project/Area Number	25870121
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Developmental mechanisms and the body works Sports science
Research Institution	Saitama University
Principal Investigator	FURUTA Hisashi 埼玉大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (80432699)
Project Period (FY)	2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000)
Keywords	運動不振 / ワーキングメモリ / 視覚探索方略 / 予測技能 / バレーボール / サーブレシーブ / 視覚探索行動 / アンダーハンドパス
Outline of Final Research Achievements	In physical education classes, there are some learners whose motor skills hardly improve due to their clumsiness whereas the other learners can make their motor skills advanced. Enhancing motor skills of students with underachievement of motor skill is an important task of physical education teachers. Therefore, visual processing traits of students with motor skill underachievement were examined. The results were as the followings. 1) There are no clear relationship between working memory capacity and motor skill underachievement. 2) Students with motor skill underachievement employed different visual search strategies, from those of control-group students and experienced volleyball players.