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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Sports Science
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Decision-making under time pressure is crucial in dynamic environments.
  • Attentional capabilities are hypothesized to influence performance in complex tasks.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between individual differences in attentional capability and decision-making performance in football offside events.
  • To determine if attentional focus impacts accuracy in complex dynamic situations.

Main Methods:

  • 24 professional football assistant referees (ARs) participated.
  • ARs completed an offside decision-making task and an attention-demanding task.
  • Attentional capability was assessed, particularly along the horizontal meridian of focus.

Main Results:

  • Assistant referees with higher attentional capability along the horizontal meridian made fewer errors in offside judgments.
  • A positive correlation was observed between specific attentional abilities and decision-making accuracy.

Conclusions:

  • Enhanced attentional capabilities, especially in conscious perception of multiple processes, are beneficial for decision-making performance in sports.
  • Targeted training of attentional focus may improve assistant referees' accuracy in critical offside calls.