The effect of a four-week, web-based visual skills training program on attention, timing and eye-hand coordination in 13 to 15-year-old adolescents
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2017
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
There is a rising concern that more and more children struggle to pay attention
and to concentrate in school. The ability to concentrate on a task, switching
attention between different tasks and inhibiting impulsive responses is very
important in developing cognitive control. This lack of attention can negatively
influence school performance, motor skills development, the acquisition of sport
skills and eventually sport performance. Visual skills are needed for daily activities
such as reading and writing and this assists in the ability to attend to these tasks.
This study aims to determine whether a web-based, computerized visual skills
training program has an influence on cognitive skills such as continuous attention,
timing, as well as proactive and reactive eye-hand coordination skills. Forty-two
adolescents (aged 13 - 15 years) participated in this study. The adolescents were
divided into an experimental group (n = 23) and a controlled group (n = 19). Preand
post-cognitive sustained attention and timing tests, as well as eye-hand
including proactive and reactive coordination tests were conducted.
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Magister Sport, Recreation and Exercise Science - MSRES