Wulf on Attentional Focus and Motor Learning

Commentaries Ryan Brydges, Adam Dubrowski, & Heather Carnahan: Attentional Focus and Motor Learning: Possible Applications to Health Professions Education ........................................................................................................... 15 Andreas Bund, Josef Wiemeyer, & Regine Angert: Attentional Focus and Motor Learning: Notes on Some Problems of a Research Paradigm ................................................................................................................ 17 Felix Ehrlenspiel: Constraining Action Through Attentional Focusing Happens at Points in Time ....................................................... 19 Mathias Hegele & Daniel Erlacher: Focusing Along Multiple Dimensions: Spatial, Temporal, and Modal Aspects of Distality ........... 21 Nicola J. Hodges & Paul Ford: Skillful Attending, Looking and Thinking ............................................................................................. 23 Bernhard Hommel: Goals, Attention, and the Dynamics of Skill Acquisition: Commentary on Wulf .................................................... 25 Stefan Künzell: Optimal Attentional Focus in Practical Sport Settings: Always External or Task Specific?......................................... 27 David Marchant: Staying Focused: Additional Questions and Issues for Future Attentional Focus Research .................................... 29 Heiko Maurer & Karen Zentgraf: On the How and Why of the External Focus Learning Advantage ................................................... 31 Franz Mechsner: How Does the Distribution of Spatial Attention Affect the Quality of Movement Performance? ............................... 33 Adina Mornell: Opening Musicians’ Ears to Attentional Focus ............................................................................................................. 35 Hermann Müller: De-Automization in Motor Learning? Answers and Open Questions ....................................................................... 37 Richard Mullen: Attentional Focus and Motor Learning: Some Caveats and Cautions ........................................................................ 39 Raôul R. D. Oudejans, Johan M. Koedijker, & Peter J. Beek: An Outside View on Wulf’s External Focus: Three Recommendations ......................................................................................................................................................... 41 Jamie M. Poolton, Jonathan P. Maxwell, Richard S. W. Masters, & John van der Kamp: Moving With an External Focus: Automatic or Simply Less Demanding? ............................................................................... 43 Markus Raab: On the Value of the Attentional Focus Concept: Elaborate and Specify! ...................................................................... 45 Daniel M. Russell: Attentional Focus on the Invariant Control Variables ............................................................................................. 47 John Toner & Aidan Moran: The Influence of Attentional Focus on Motor Performance and Learning: A Brief Critique of Gabriele Wulf's Article ................................................................................................................................. 49 Matthias Weigelt, Thomas Schack, & Wilfried Kunde: Attentional Focus Effects Highlight the Role of Mental Representations in Motor Control ................................................................................................................................. 51 Craig A. Wrisberg: An Applied Sport Psychological Perspective on the Relative Merits of an External and Internal Focus of Attention .................................................................................................................................. 53 Michael Ziessler: Effect Codes Are Important for Learning and Control of Movement Patterns .......................................................... 55