DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x25103087 ISSN: 0140-525X

Integrating seeing-for-movement and seeing-for-thought in elite action

David L. Mann, Wayne Wu

Abstract

Elite athletes perform visually guided actions under severe temporal constraints. Reconsidering conscious versus unconscious vision, we present evidence from elite athletes that challenges the conceptualization of unconscious action guidance and propose instead distinguishing seeing-for-movement and seeing-for-thought. Elite athletes appear to use both in a coordinated manner when performing visually guided actions.

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