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An experiment to investigate the affect of selective attention on the performance of a motor skill.
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An experiment to investigate the affect of selective attention on the performance of a motor skill. Selective attention if the process whereby people concentrate on one stimulus or one cue to the exclusion of others. A motor skill is when the voluntary movement is predominant and perception plays a less significant role, therefore is physical action. A perceptual motor skill combines perception and movement components. Information is received by the senses analysed and made meaningful. A cognitive motor skill is the ability to solve problems by thinking, therefore the main component if intellectual/ mental; therefore we are able to acquire knowledge. In sport motor, cognitive and perceptual skills are all incorporated and therefore often referred to as a motor skill. Consequently selective attention and motor skills are related as an essential aspect of the process of producing a motor response is the selection of information from the environment on which the response can...
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