COMPUTER TASK FOR ASSESSMENT AND TRAINING OF ATTENTION: APPLICATION IN SPORT TRAINING

Authors

  • Antonio Hernández Mendo
  • Raúl Ramos Pollán
Keywords: attention, trainning of attention, evaluation of attention, Sport Psychology

Abstract

In this research we present a new the computerized version of the grid exercise, its management and its funcional values.This software allows evaluation and trainning of wide and narrow external attention; according to Nideffer and Sharpe's (1978) ACT's basic postulates. This program, implemented under windows –a multitasking environment- specially allows presentation of stimulus ocupying two sensorial channels. Besides, this design allows the use of distractor stimulus and rythym's kinesiological interiorization. We finish showing the applications of this computerized task within the field of sports psychology applied to trainning and competition.

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Author Biographies

Antonio Hernández Mendo

Departamento de Psicología Social y Básica Facultad de Psicología Universidad de Santiago de Compostela

Raúl Ramos Pollán

Facultad de Informática.Universidad de La Coruña Becario del Centre Europeen de la Recherche Nucleair (CERN) CN-División (Ginebra)
How to Cite
Hernández Mendo, A., & Ramos Pollán, R. COMPUTER TASK FOR ASSESSMENT AND TRAINING OF ATTENTION: APPLICATION IN SPORT TRAINING. Anales de Psicología / Annals of Psychology, 11(2), 183–191. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/analesps/article/view/30041
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Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity

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