A Systematic Review of the Effects of Practice, Exercise, and Sport Experience on Gap Interception Behavior

ABSTRACT

Researchers have studied human perception-action systems during interceptive tasks in real or virtual situations. Training and practice may enhance perception and action in dynamic gap interception tasks like crossing a road. For relevant studies, we thoroughly searched PubMed, PsycINFO, ScienceDirect, ResearchGate, and SPORTDiscus. We reviewed and summarized research to determine how task-specific practice, exercise, and sports experience affect perception-action capacities when intercepting a moving gap. Specifically, we examined how sports experience influences perception-action coupling in street crossing. Task-specific and sports skills may improve perception-action in everyday activities. Hence, task-specific practice and perception-action coupling in sports may increase perceptual-motor skills for dynamic gap interception tasks.

KEYWORDS:

• Perceptual-motor skills
• practice
• exercise & sport
• perception
• road crossing

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