The effect of training representative tasks on perceptual-cognitive skills: Identifying involved mental processes

The main purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of representative tasks on anticipation and decision - making skills in the laboratory environment. 58 participants with mean age 22. 30 ± 3.08 selected based on inclusion criteria and purposefully allocated in five groups (cognitive, cognitive-motor, motor, athlete (skilled) and control). A video-based temporal occlusion test was used to first assess the anticipatory and decision-making skills based on the situations (monitoring, evaluating events, predicting future events, and planning future actions). Cognitive and cognitive-motor groups experienced 8 session training in lab atmosphere, then all groups completed a post-test. Accuracy and quality of anticipation and decision-making was recorded during verbal reports. The frequencies of correct tactical responses were calculated and evaluated for each statement type. Data were analyzed using analysis of covariance in SPSS 21. The results showed that the effect of group on design and planning for decision making was significant (F (53,4)) = 3.68, P = 0.011, eta coefficient 0.23) and the athlete )skilled ( group had high values compared to the cognitive group in this variable (p