The role of action anticipation in specific sport performance: A three-level meta-analysis and systematic review in temporal occlusion paradigm

IF 3.1 2区心理学 Q2 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM

Psychology of Sport and Exercise Pub Date : 2025-03-14 DOI:10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102839

Tao Song, Mingzhu Ye, Gesi Teng, Weikun Zhang, Antao Chen

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Abstract

Action anticipation is crucial for athletes, enabling them to make the most accurate decisions possible under time constraints and significantly impacting sports performance. This study systematically consolidates key findings from research on action anticipation in sports using the temporal occlusion paradigm to achieve the following five objectives: (1) quantifying the magnitude of the advantage of sports experts in action anticipation; (2) examining whether this expert advantage transfers to familiar and unfamiliar sports and, if so, quantifying its magnitude; (3) testing whether methodological manipulations significantly affect the quantification of action anticipation abilities; (4) reviewing whether temporal occlusion training can improve action anticipation abilities; and (5) inferring the relationship between action anticipation scores in the laboratory and actual movement performance in sports. We identified 111 original articles from databases including Web of Science, APA PsycInfo, PubMed, and Cochrane Library for qualitative analysis. Of these, 127 effect sizes contributed by 100 studies were analyzed using a three-level meta-analysis to achieve objectives (1) to (3), and 12 studies were included in a systematic review to achieve objectives (4) to (5). Corresponding to five objectives, our data indicate that: (1) The magnitude of the advantage of sports experts in action anticipation is strong (Hedges' g = 1.15, 95 % CI [0.97, 1.33], p < 0.001). (2) This expert advantage neither transfers to familiar sports nor unfamiliar sports. (3) Commonly used manipulations, such as stimulus size, response mode, participant selection, and sport category, in the temporal occlusion paradigm consistently yield substantial effects. (4) Temporal occlusion training can improve action anticipation abilities. (5) A small to moderate correlation exists between action anticipation scores in the laboratory and actual movement performance in sports. These findings provide a comprehensive understanding of the crucial role of action anticipation in specific sports performance.

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Psychology of Sport and Exercise 医学-心理学

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6.40

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5.90%

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172

审稿时长

69 days

期刊介绍： Psychology of Sport and Exercise is an international forum for scholarly reports in the psychology of sport and exercise, broadly defined. The journal is open to the use of diverse methodological approaches. Manuscripts that will be considered for publication will present results from high quality empirical research, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, commentaries concerning already published PSE papers or topics of general interest for PSE readers, protocol papers for trials, and reports of professional practice (which will need to demonstrate academic rigour and go beyond mere description). The CONSORT guidelines consort-statement need to be followed for protocol papers for trials; authors should present a flow diagramme and attach with their cover letter the CONSORT checklist. For meta-analysis, the PRISMA prisma-statement guidelines should be followed; authors should present a flow diagramme and attach with their cover letter the PRISMA checklist. For systematic reviews it is recommended that the PRISMA guidelines are followed, although it is not compulsory. Authors interested in submitting replications of published studies need to contact the Editors-in-Chief before they start their replication. We are not interested in manuscripts that aim to test the psychometric properties of an existing scale from English to another language, unless new validation methods are used which address previously unanswered research questions.