The Role of Anxiety in Perceiving and Realizing Affordances

Pijpers, J.R.; Oudejans, Raôul R. D.; Bakker, Frank C.; Beek, Peter J.

doi:10.1207/s15326969eco1803_1

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“…It should be said that the GIE was introduced as a measure of spatial complexity following Cordier and colleagues [1][2][3][4] and has since been adapted to investigate skill [4,5], practice [4] and route design [6] effects. To be clear, your concerns have been discussed elsewhere and for a full theoretical treatment I refer you to Cordier s 1994 and 1996 papers, both, published in Human Movement Science [1,4] (and see also [3]).…”

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Constraints representing a meta-stable régime facilitate exploration during practice and transfer of learning in a complex multi-articular task

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Human Movement Science

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Section: Responsementioning

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Constraints representing a meta-stable régime facilitate exploration during practice and transfer of learning in a complex multi-articular task

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2018

Human Movement Science

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“…Alterations in height have also been used to manipulate anxiety levels, relying on individual's fear of falling and the presence of real physical danger to elicit negative affective states (Spielberger, 1966). These studies have examined the anxiety -performance relationship (Pijpers, Oudejans, Holsheimer, & Bakker, 2003), the affect of anxiety on visual attention (Nieuwenhuys, Pijpers, Oudejans, & Bakker, 2008), anxiety-induced changes in movement in a whole body task and the role of anxiety in perceiving and realising affordances (Pijpers, Oudejans, Bakker, & Beek, 2006). 2.1.2.…”

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“…Within climbing research the authors recommend the adoption of Draper, Canalejo, et al's (2011) convention for the summary of climbing grades and the standardised division of experience across these grades. Climbing routes present a complex problemsolving task; the correct perception of affordances that a route offers plays a significant role in the success of an ascent (Pijpers et al, 2006). Affordances, in a climbing context, describe the link between the visual properties of holds and the more general climbing environment and the action, or actions, which may be performed with them (Gibson, 1979).…”

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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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“…To be able to prevent choking, it is important to understand the mechanisms underlying this phenomenon. There is converging evidence that pressure-induced anxiety causes shifts in attention that lead to decrements in performance (e.g., Behan & Wilson, 2008;Gucciardi et al, 2010;Murray & Janelle, 2003;Nieuwenhuys, Pijpers, Oudejans, & Bakker, 2008;Pijpers, Oudejans, Bakker, & Beek, 2006;Vickers & Williams, 2007). With respect to perceptual-motor tasks, self-focus theories claim that with increased anxiety there are shifts in attention to internal matters.…”

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