Memory for the Functional Characteristics of Climbing Walls: Perceiving Affordances

Boschker, M.S.J.; Bakker, Frank C.; Michaels, Claire F.

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“…Significant differences between expert and more inexperienced climbers have been observed in the recall of information. Experienced climbers are able to recall more information, and clusters of information, and tend to fixate on the functional aspects of a climbing wall that are pertinent to a successful ascents of a route, whilst inexperienced climbers focus more on the holds themselves (Boschker, Bakker, & Michaels, 2002). It was also found, through the comparison of high and low traverse conditions, that anxiety narrows attention and a climber's emotional state plays an important role in the perception and realisation of affordances (Pijpers et al, 2006).…”

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Current understanding in climbing psychophysiology research

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The sport of rock climbing places a significant physiological and psychological load on participants. Psychophysiological analysis provides a unique insight into affective states arising from the demands of climbing, and the impact that they have on performance. This review provides an overview of climbing psychophysiology research completed to date. To summarise, an on-sight lead ascent of a route elicits the greatest psychophysiological response in climbers, whilst a red-point top-rope ascent produces the least. The effects of climbing stimuli on an individual's performance appear to be conditional on their experience. In general, experienced climbers show superior performance and are less anxious than their less practiced counterparts, with significantly lower cognitive and somatic anxiety, increased self-confidence and lower values of the steroid stress hormone cortisol. It is likely that the experience-stressor-performance relationship is due to advanced climbers' greater understanding of the risks associated with the sport, their habituation to the stressors gained through practice and their ability to perform well with higher levels of anxiety. This review outlines pertinent psychological climbing stimuli, summarises current methodologies and presents a detailed review of climbing psychophysiology research. It also concludes with suggestions for improving the depth and breadth of future research, including the need for the refinement of existing measures.

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“…While current climbing literature is not exhaustive, there are other factors which have been shown to influence and explain variance in performance such as handgrip strength (Baláš et al 2012), climber flexibility (Brent et al 2009), and improved exercise economy (Baláš et al 2014). Further, these physical attributes are accompanied by technical and psychological factors, including but not limited to; an increase in efficiency of footwork (Baláš et al 2014), capacity to produce stable movement paths (Cordier et al 1993) and differences in the perception of affordances (Boschker et al 2002). Thus, while forearm flexor O2HTR is clearly an important factor, climbing ability is multi-faceted, and it should not be expected that one factor would fully explain all the variance in performance.…”

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Forearm muscle oxidative capacity index predicts sport rock-climbing performance

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DisclaimerThe University of Gloucestershire has obtained warranties from all depositors as to their title in the material deposited and as to their right to deposit such material.The University of Gloucestershire makes no representation or warranties of commercial utility, title, or fitness for a particular purpose or any other warranty, express or implied in respect of any material deposited.The University of Gloucestershire makes no representation that the use of the materials will not infringe any patent, copyright, trademark or other property or proprietary rights.The University of Gloucestershire accepts no liability for any infringement of intellectual property rights in any material deposited but will remove such material from public view pending investigation in the event of an allegation of any such infringement. PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR TEXT.This is a peer-reviewed, post-print (final draft post-refereeing) as accepted for publication version of the following published document: DisclaimerThe University of Gloucestershire has obtained warranties from all depositors as to their title in the material deposited and as to their right to deposit such material.The University of Gloucestershire makes no representation or warranties of commercial utility, title, or fitness for a particular purpose or any other warranty, express or implied in respect of any material deposited.The University of Gloucestershire makes no representation that the use of the materials will not infringe any patent, copyright, trademark or other property or proprietary rights.The University of Gloucestershire accepts no liability for any infringement of intellectual property rights in any material deposited but will remove such material from public view pending investigation in the event of an allegation of any such infringement. PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR TEXT. Title PageTitle: Forearm muscle oxidative capacity index predicts sport rock climbing performance Cup, these findings suggest that forearm flexor oxidative capacity index is an important determinant of rock climbing performance.

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“…In particular, in rock climbing, Boschker, Bakker and Michaels [46] demonstrated how experts recalled more information specifying the functional properties of a climbing wall (knowledge of a performance environment), neglecting to perceive its structural features (knowledge about a performance environment). Conversely, novices were not able to recall such functional properties of the wall to support their actions and they tended to report almost exclusively the structural (less functional) features of the holds [46]. For instance, if a rock climber grasps a surface hold because of its large size, instead of its shape or its orientation, he/she may be using the wrong structural feature (e.g., hold size instead of hold shape or hold orientation) to decide which hold to grasp and how to grasp it [47].…”

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“…The relationship between the physical properties of the environment and the individuals action capabilities constitutes an affordance [8]. In climbing, affordances refer to "climbing opportunities" [46], i.e., environmental properties that invite hold reach-ability, grasp-ability and climb-ability. In particular, in rock climbing, Boschker, Bakker and Michaels [46] demonstrated how experts recalled more information specifying the functional properties of a climbing wall (knowledge of a performance environment), neglecting to perceive its structural features (knowledge about a performance environment).…”

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“…In climbing, affordances refer to "climbing opportunities" [46], i.e., environmental properties that invite hold reach-ability, grasp-ability and climb-ability. In particular, in rock climbing, Boschker, Bakker and Michaels [46] demonstrated how experts recalled more information specifying the functional properties of a climbing wall (knowledge of a performance environment), neglecting to perceive its structural features (knowledge about a performance environment). Conversely, novices were not able to recall such functional properties of the wall to support their actions and they tended to report almost exclusively the structural (less functional) features of the holds [46].…”

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Ecological Dynamics: A Theoretical Framework for Understanding Sport Performance, Physical Education and Physical Activity

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2016

Springer Proceedings in Complexity

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This paper focuses on the role of Ecological Dynamics as a theoretical framework for analysing performance of athletes and sports teams as complex adaptive systems. It combines key concepts from ecological psychology and nonlinear dynamical system theory, seeking to enhance understanding of performance and learning contexts in sport, to aid the acquisition and transfer of adaptive human behaviours. In ecological psychology the continuous regulation of human behaviour is predicated on the role of information that emerges from the individual-environment system to guide activity. The information sources that constrain performance behaviours are affordances, which provide invitations for action offered by each individual's perception of functional relations with a performance environment. This information-based approach has been enhanced with the integration of tools and concepts from nonlinear dynamics to explain how information is cyclically related to the dynamics of a performance environment. Dynamical systems theory addresses the emergence of coordination tendencies that exist between and within components and levels of complex neurobiological systems. Ecological Dynamics identifies key properties of expertise in sport predicated on the performer-environment relationship as the appropriate scale of analysis. This paper introduces the key properties of expert movement systems that include multi-and meta-stability, the functional role of adaptive movement variability, redundancy, degeneracy and the attunement to affordances. Additionally, we discuss the concept of representative design, which in an ecological dynamics framework underpins the organisation of experimental and learning environments so that observations and acquired skills can be linked to emergent functional behaviours in a specific performance context.

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Memory for the Functional Characteristics of Climbing Walls: Perceiving Affordances

Cited by 72 publications

References 16 publications

Current understanding in climbing psychophysiology research

Current understanding in climbing psychophysiology research

Forearm muscle oxidative capacity index predicts sport rock-climbing performance

Ecological Dynamics: A Theoretical Framework for Understanding Sport Performance, Physical Education and Physical Activity

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