The effect of experience on the perception of affordances for aperture crossing in cycling

Vauclin, P, Wheat, J ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1107-6452, Wagman, JB and Seifert, L, 2024. The effect of experience on the perception of affordances for aperture crossing in cycling. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 74: 102698. ISSN 1469-0292

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Abstract

To ride successfully and safely, cyclists must perceive and act on the affordances that are available in a given situation. This study investigated whether experience in perceiving and acting with respect to a person-plus-object system would influence whether and how a person choses to cross an aperture of different widths, especially in relation to their maximal action capabilities. We also explore whether the distribution of action modes reflects this effect. We examined the performance (i.e., the probability of successfully crossing the aperture) and the decision (i.e., the probability of attempting to cross the aperture) of 8 experienced cyclists and 16 occasional cyclists in an aperture crossing task. In term of performance, experienced cyclists demonstrated greater ability to cross narrower apertures than occasional cyclists, but there were no such differences when aperture width was scaled to maximal action capabilities. In term of decision, both experienced and occasional cyclists tended to over-estimate their abilities, but the experienced cyclists did so to a greater extent. Our findings indicate that experience improves the ability to perform more complex tasks due to utilizing a wider repertoire of actions, but not necessarily the ability to perceive and actualize (action-scaled) affordances.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Psychology of Sport and Exercise
Creators:	Vauclin, P., Wheat, J., Wagman, J.B. and Seifert, L.
Publisher:	Elsevier BV
Date:	September 2024
Volume:	74
ISSN:	1469-0292
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102698 DOI S1469029224001092 Publisher Item Identifier 2180785 Other
Rights:	This accepted manuscript is shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International License.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Science and Technology
Record created by:	Melissa Cornwell
Date Added:	31 Jul 2024 12:02
Last Modified:	31 Jul 2024 12:02
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/51860

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