The publications listed here have used the PLATO spectacles for investigating topics related to (among other things) sports psychology and/or sports training.
Abernethy, B., Gill, D. P., Parks, S. L., & Packer, S. T. (2001). Expertise and the Perception of Kinematic and Situational Probability Information. Perception, 30(2), 233–252. https://doi.org/10.1068/p2872
Bennett, S. J., Hayes, S. J., & Uji, M. (2018). Stroboscopic Vision When Interacting With Multiple Moving Objects: Perturbation Is Not the Same as Elimination. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 1290. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01290
Brenton, J. (2018). Learning and transfer of visual anticipation in skilled cricket batsmen [PhD Thesis]. Murdoch University.
Carboch, J., Ďurčo, D., & Zrníková, S. M. (2022). Practicing Badminton Serve with the Absence of Visual Feedback. Physical Activity Review, 10(2), 32–38. https://doi.org/10.16926/par.2022.10.19
Cho, W., Kobayashi, M., Kambara, H., Tanaka, H., Kagawa, T., Sato, M., Kim, H., Miyakoshi, M., Makeig, S., Iversen, J. R., & Yoshimura, N. (2026). Decomposing Juggling Skill into Sequencing, Prediction, and Accuracy: A Computational Model with Low-Gravity VR Training. Sensors, 26(1), 294. https://doi.org/10.3390/s26010294
De Oliveira, R. F., Huys, R., Oudejans, R. R. D., Van De Langenberg, R., & Beek, P. J. (2007). Basketball Jump Shooting Is Controlled Online by Vision. Experimental Psychology, 54(3), 180–186. https://doi.org/10.1027/1618-3169.54.3.180
Dicks, M., Button, C., & Davids, K. (2010). Availability of Advance Visual Information Constrains Association-Football Goalkeeping Performance during Penalty Kicks. Perception, 39(8), 1111–1124. https://doi.org/10.1068/p6442
Dunton, A. (2020). The impact of spatial occlusion training on complex motor skills in sport. [PhD Thesis]. Cork Institute of Technology.
Elliott, D., Chua, R., & Pollock, B. J. (1994). The influence of intermittent vision on manual aiming. Acta Psychologica, 85(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/0001-6918(94)90016-7
Elliott, D., & Hansen, S. (2010). Visual regulation of manual aiming: A comparison of methods. Behavior Research Methods, 42(4), 1087–1095. https://doi.org/10.3758/BRM.42.4.1087
Elliott, D., Zuberec, S., & Milgram, P. (1994). The effects of periodic visual occlusion on ball catching. Journal of Motor Behavior, 26(2), 113–122. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222895.1994.9941666
Fadde, P. J. (2016). Instructional Design for Accelerated Macrocognitive Expertise in the Baseball Workplace. Frontiers in Psychology, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00292
Farrow, D., & Abernethy, B. (2002). Can anticipatory skills be learned through implicit video based perceptual training? Journal of Sports Sciences, 20(6), 471–485. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640410252925143
Goonetilleke, R. S., Hoffmann, E. R., & Lau, W. C. (2009). Pistol shooting accuracy as dependent on experience, eyes being opened and available viewing time. Applied Ergonomics, 40(3), 500–508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2008.09.005
Higuchi, T. (2020). The relationship between fundamental baseball batting ability and fastball hitting accuracy (p. 8) [Departmental Bulletin Paper]. Fukuoka Institute of Technology.
Higuchi, T., Nagami, T., Nakata, H., Watanabe, M., Isaka, T., & Kanosue, K. (2016). Contribution of Visual Information about Ball Trajectory to Baseball Hitting Accuracy. PLOS ONE, 11(2), e0148498. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0148498
Junge-Bornholt, L. E., Wachsmann, F. D., Maurer, H., Hegele, M., Müller, H., & Maurer, L. K. (2025). Outcome prediction abilities of basketball players shooting free throws. PLOS One, 20(8), e0330545. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0330545
Land, W. M., Tenenbaum, G., Ward, P., & Marquardt, C. (2013). Examination of Visual Information as a Mediator of External Focus Benefits. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 35(3), 250–259. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.35.3.250
López-Moliner, J., Brenner, E., Louw, S., & Smeets, J. B. J. (2010). Catching a gently thrown ball. Experimental Brain Research, 206(4), 409–417. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-010-2421-1
Luis, M., & Tremblay, L. (2008). Visual Feedback Use during a Back Tuck Somersault: Evidence for Optimal Visual Feedback Utilization. Motor Control, 12(3), 210–218. https://doi.org/10.1123/mcj.12.3.210
Mann, D. L. (2010). Vision and expertise for interceptive actions in sport [PhD Thesis]. University of New South Wales, Australia.
Mann, D. L., Abernethy, B., & Farrow, D. (2010). Action specificity increases anticipatory performance and the expert advantage in natural interceptive tasks. Acta Psychologica, 135(1), 17–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2010.04.006
Mann, D. L., Abernethy, B., Farrow, D., Davis, M., & Spratford, W. (2010). An event-related visual occlusion method for examining anticipatory skill in natural interceptive tasks. Behavior Research Methods, 42(2), 556–562. https://doi.org/10.3758/BRM.42.2.556
Metzler, J. N. (2007). The significance of locus-of-esteem enhancements in pride-based assessment of the need for achievement [PhD Thesis]. Pennsylvania State University.
Monfared, S. S., Tenenbaum, G., Folstein, J. R., & Ericsson, K. A. (2019). Allocation of Attention to Visual and Nonvisual Perceptual Channels by Marksmen During Aiming: Skill-Level Differences. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 41(6), 386–400. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2019-0060
Müller, S., & Abernethy, B. (2006). Batting with occluded vision: An in situ examination of the information pick-up and interceptive skills of high- and low-skilled cricket batsmen. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 9(6), 446–458. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2006.03.029
Müller, S., & Abernethy, B. (2012). Expert Anticipatory Skill in Striking Sports: A Review and a Model. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 83(2), 175–187. https://doi.org/10.1080/02701367.2012.10599848
Müller, S., & Abernethy, B. (2014). An expertise approach to training anticipation using temporal occlusion in a natural skill setting. Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning, 9, 295–312.
Oudejans, R., & Coolen, B. (2003). Human kinematics and event control: On-line movement registration as a means for experimental manipulation. Journal of Sports Sciences, 21(7), 567–576. https://doi.org/10.1080/0264041031000101917
Oudejans, R. R. D. (2012). Effects of Visual Control Training on the Shooting Performance of Elite Female Basketball Players. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 7(3), 469–480. https://doi.org/10.1260/1747-9541.7.3.469
Oudejans, R. R. D., Van De Langenberg, R. W., & (Vana) Hutter, R. I. (2002). Aiming at a far target under different viewing conditions: Visual control in basketball jump shooting. Human Movement Science, 21(4), 457–480. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-9457(02)00116-1
Rosalie, S. M., & Müller, S. (2013). Timing of in Situ Visual Information Pick-Up that Differentiates Expert and Near-Expert Anticipation in a Complex Motor Skill. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 66(10), 1951–1962. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2013.770044
Rosalie, S. M., & Müller, S. (2014). Expertise Facilitates the Transfer of Anticipation Skill across Domains. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 67(2), 319–334. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2013.807856
Shim, J., Carlton, L. G., Chow, J. W., & Chae, W.-S. (2005). The Use of Anticipatory Visual Cues by Highly Skilled Tennis Players. Journal of Motor Behavior, 37(2), 164–175. https://doi.org/10.3200/JMBR.37.2.164-175
Starkes, J. L., Edwards, P., Dissanayake, P., & Dunn, T. (1995). A New Technology and Field Test of Advance Cue Usage in Volleyball. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 66(2), 162–167. https://doi.org/10.1080/02701367.1995.10762223
Wilkins, L., & Gray, R. (2015). Effects of Stroboscopic Visual Training on Visual Attention, Motion Perception, and Catching Performance. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 121(1), 57–79. https://doi.org/10.2466/22.25.PMS.121c11x0
Yeung, A. C. M. (2015). The influence of false feedback on the action specific effect in novice motor skill performance [MSc Thesis]. McMaster University.