EXSS2025 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Motor System, Electrodermal Activity, Psychological Refractory Period

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: Exercise and Sport Science
• Course: EXSS2025
• Professor: Ross Sanders

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Factors influencing rt (tied closely to attention): performer, readiness, alertness, arousal, motivation, age, health etc, stimulus factors. What is attention? (cid:498) taking possession by the mind in clear & vivid form, of one out of several trains of thought. Attention types: voluntary, goal-directed, executive function driven & controlled attention, goal-directed can be focused internally or externally, choice of where to direct your attention, perceived meaning & learning (decide what to focus on) 2 (cid:498)it"s easy to miss the things that you"re not paying attention to(cid:499) Makes you more attentive to what will happen next): pupil diameter (increase when under pressure, skin resistance (moisture/perspiration, decreases w/ increased activation, hr: (increase when under pressure) Major problem = significant no. of subjects (e. g. , ~10%) appear to be lying & fail test, when in fact they are not lying: capacity or resource, assess someone(cid:495)s activation state with a.