000119726 001__ 119726 000119726 005__ 20240319081021.0 000119726 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.3389/fpsyg.2022.903518 000119726 0248_ $$2sideral$$a129763 000119726 037__ $$aART-2022-129763 000119726 041__ $$aeng 000119726 100__ $$aMarcen-Cinca, Noel 000119726 245__ $$aVisual Perception in Expert Athletes: The Case of Rock Climbers 000119726 260__ $$c2022 000119726 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000119726 5203_ $$aThe purpose of the present study was to examine the visual perception system in expert climbers through a psychophysical optical test in a cross-sectional study. Twenty-seven male participants with an International Rock Climbing Research Association (IRCRA) best on-sight lead skill level ranging between 18 and 27 and a best red-point level ranging between 18 and 29 completed a series of psychophysical optic tests assessing their visual field, visual acuity, and contrast sensitivity. Climbers were divided by their best red-pointed lead level, and, following IRCRA recommendations, two groups were created: an advanced group (IRCRA redpoint level between 18 and 23), and an elite-high elite group (IRCRA redpoint level between 24 and 29). The elite group presented more training days per week (5.25 ± 1.28), best on-sighted lead level (24.63 ± 1.92 IRCRA), and best red-pointed lead level (26.63 ± 2.56 IRCRA) than the advanced group (3.67 ± 0.91 training days per week, 19.50 ± 1.04 IRCRA on-sighted level and 20.67 ± 1.57 IRCRA red-pointed level). Better visual perception outputs were produced by the group of elite climbers in visual field tests; no differences were observed between the two groups for visual acuity and contrast sensitivity tests. Overall, findings indicate that best climbers performed better at the visual perception tasks that tested their visual field. Such better perception from best climbers is discussed given (1) the greater time they spend coercing the visual system during practicing climbing and (2) the specific complexity of the stimuli as they are confronted to harder routes where holds are less perceptible and the time to find best hold sequences is constrained. 000119726 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA-FSE/S08-20R 000119726 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 000119726 590__ $$a3.8$$b2022 000119726 592__ $$a0.891$$b2022 000119726 591__ $$aPSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY$$b34 / 147 = 0.231$$c2022$$dQ1$$eT1 000119726 593__ $$aPsychology (miscellaneous)$$c2022$$dQ2 000119726 594__ $$a4.5$$b2022 000119726 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000119726 700__ $$aSanchez, Xavier 000119726 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-6591-0801$$aOtin, Sofia$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000119726 700__ $$aCimarras-Otal, Cristina 000119726 700__ $$aBataller-Cervero, Ana Vanessa 000119726 7102_ $$12002$$2647$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Física Aplicada$$cÁrea Óptica 000119726 773__ $$g13 (2022), 903518 [8 pp.]$$pFront. psychol.$$tFrontiers in Psychology$$x1664-1078 000119726 8564_ $$s1355129$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/119726/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000119726 8564_ $$s2548325$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/119726/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000119726 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:119726$$particulos$$pdriver 000119726 951__ $$a2024-03-18-16:12:08 000119726 980__ $$aARTICLE