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• Anticipatory regulation are cognitive and affective processes involved?
  Henare Broughton
  Published on: 1 December 2009
• Evolution and pacing strateges
  fergus j dignan
  Published on: 28 July 2009

• Published on: 1 December 2009

  Anticipatory regulation are cognitive and affective processes involved?

  • Henare Broughton, PhD candidate

  I read your fascinating article with much interest. Do you think that in simple terms that anticipatory regulation may be an aspect of the decision-making the athlete makes before execution of an action. In the instance of longer duration exercise eg a marathon a decision is made then physiological systems amongst others come into action as you have described. Prior learning and adaptation may be involved as well as genetic and en...

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  I read your fascinating article with much interest. Do you think that in simple terms that anticipatory regulation may be an aspect of the decision-making the athlete makes before execution of an action. In the instance of longer duration exercise eg a marathon a decision is made then physiological systems amongst others come into action as you have described. Prior learning and adaptation may be involved as well as genetic and environmental factors. The particular learning aspects include; cognition, perception and affection. The knowledge to be gained from this study could have particular importance to injury prevention in sport, notably when fatigue is an issue. Central fatigue and peripheral fatigue. Henare Broughton PhD candidate School of Psychology Trinity College Dublin Ireland.

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• Published on: 28 July 2009

  Evolution and pacing strateges

  • fergus j dignan, doctor

  I read the review article on the anticipatory regulation of performance and pacing strategies by Dr R Tucker in the June edition of BJSM with great interest. The idea that there is a part of the brain, as yet undiscovered,which enables one to judge the optimal work rate for a given task, is an intriguing one. From a Darwinian view point, the idea of there being a template in the brain that one could draw upon in determin...

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  I read the review article on the anticipatory regulation of performance and pacing strategies by Dr R Tucker in the June edition of BJSM with great interest. The idea that there is a part of the brain, as yet undiscovered,which enables one to judge the optimal work rate for a given task, is an intriguing one. From a Darwinian view point, the idea of there being a template in the brain that one could draw upon in determining pacing strategy, carries great merit. Anthropologists have learnt of a hunting strategy used by Bushmen from Southern Africa in which the prey, such as a Kudo, is chased for many hours until it collapses in exhaustion. The Bushmen pace themselves, such that they do not succumb to exhaustion, and are able to follow the tracks of the animal when they lose sight of it. The same principle can be seen with the hunting behaviour of wolves. Having spotted a weak member of a herd of elk or other deer, they will chase it for hours on end if necessary. It is obvious that the most successful hunters will be those who can judge their pace the best. The genes of these hunters are more likely to be passed through to the next generation. An athlete's ability to judge pace is therefore likely to be the consequence of millions of years of mammalian evolution.

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