Focused attention enhances processing of some aspects of the world at the expense of unattended items. Although focused attention has been studied for decades, few studies have measured individual and group differences in how people distribute attention. In three studies, we explored differences in the breadth and distribution of attention as a function of athletic expertise. Study 1 found 25% ...

This paper presents a web based Sports Picks eXpert System (SPXS). The SPXS is an Expert System (ES) which knowledge is the database since 1990 of all the National Basketball Association (NBA) games and analysis of betting variables such as, against the spread points (ATS), total points line (TPL), difference of points; among others, from a team perspective. The SPXS try to mimic the sports han...

We examined the effect of expertise on cortical activation during sports anticipation using functional MRI. In experiment 1, recreational players predicted badminton stroke direction and the pattern of active clusters was consistent with a proposed perception-of-action network. This pattern was not replicated in a stimulus-matched, action-unrelated control task. In experiment 2, players of thre...

the aim of this study was to explain and prioritize the barriers facing privatization of sports in iran. first, complementary data were gathered, coded and analyzed through the review of the theoretical bases, comparative studies and deep semi–structured interviews with experts in order to identify the barriers facing privatization of sports. after identifying the barriers, the obtained variabl...

The December issue of the JCCA has been devoted to highlighting the significant advances being made by Sports Chiropractic in Canada. In Canada, Sports Chiropractic is regulated by the College of Chiropractic Sports Sciences (Canada), CCSS(C). Chartered as a Specialty College of the chiropractic profession in 1984, the CCSS(C) is an educational and coordinating organization that acts as the Reg...

INTRODUCTION A Canadian sports chiropractic research agenda has yet to be defined. The Delphi method can be utilized to achieve this purpose; however, the sample of experts who participate can influence the results. To better inform sample selection for future research agenda development, we set out to determine if differences in opinions about research priorities exist between chiropractors wh...

this study aimed to identify and rank the most important environmental factors for the popularity of recreational sports in iran. only those sensitive aspects of the environment to which recreational sports should react were considered in order to survive. this study was performed consecutively in two qualitative and quantitative phases by mixed heuristic method. for this purpose the experts of...