Field Dependence and Reaction Time in Senior Tennis Players (65 and Over)
- 1 April 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 46 (2), 585-586
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1978.46.2.585
Abstract
Rod-and-frame errors and speed of response are both thought to reflect, in part, differential ability in selective attention, or one's ability to focus on the salient perceptual factors of a given environment. The present study involved an investigation of 18 “super-senior” tennis players aged 70 yr. and over who participated in the national championship tournament. Their data were compared with the data from a similar aged heterogeneous group. The super-seniors were significantly more field independent and had much more rapid simple reaction times and total-body response time than their counterparts.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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