Relationship between Quiet Eye And Performance: Study of Duration And Location of Gaze

Dehghanizade, Jalal; Mohammadzade, Hasan

doi:10.22059/jmlm.2019.255425.1367

Document Type : Research Paper I Open Access I Released under CC BY-NC 4.0 license

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¹ .Assistant Professor in Motor Behavior, Faculty of sport sciences. Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

² . Professor, Faculty of sport sciences. Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22059/jmlm.2019.255425.1367

Abstract

Relationship between Quiet Eye duration And Performance: Study of Duration And Location of Gaze
Quiet eye is considered as a special gaze to a location of Motor space that is an indicator of motor control. The Aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between quiet eye durations and location of gaze fixation with performance. The research sample included 60 right-handed boys (19-22 yr). The Snellen chart was used to assess vision. Task was a golf putting and the visual information was recorded through eye track glasses and motor information via a Video camera (SONY). The results of the Pearson correlation coefficient test showed the relationship between quiet eye and performance. Also, the correlation between the location of gaze fixation with quiet eye and performance was determined by Eta correlation coefficient. The results of ANOVA test showed that there was a significant difference between location of gaze fixation in quiet eye and performance variables. In other words, the duration and location of the fixation affect the motor performance. The components of vision can have an effective role in motor control. The quiet eye is a perceptual skill associated with expertise and superior performance. The benefit of the phenomenon has been demonstrated in a range of sporting tasks. The mechanism(s) underpinning this phenomenon are much-debated and are associated with varying assumptions.

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Journal of Sports and Motor Development and Learning

Relationship between Quiet Eye And Performance: Study of Duration And Location of Gaze

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Volume 12, Issue 1
July 2020
Pages 67-83

Relationship between Quiet Eye And Performance: Study of Duration And Location of Gaze

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Volume 12, Issue 1July 2020Pages 67-83

Volume 12, Issue 1
July 2020
Pages 67-83