Spatial anticipation
What Spatial anticipation means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definitions of Spatial anticipation
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Reference: AQA
The prediction of where an event or action will occur, contrasted with temporal anticipation, which predicts when it will occur.
Predicting what action will occur and where it will take place in the environment.
Predicting where an action or object will go.
Topics that use Spatial anticipation
- Efficiency of information processing to include: (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Accuracy, timing and consistency of response
- Anticipation
- Anticipation and cue detection
- Arousal, attention and performance
- Chaining
- Choice reaction time
- Cue detection
- Decision making
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