Psychological features of attention in archery

Leonov, S.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University

Polikanova, Irina S. Lomonosov Moscow State University

Fig. 1. Efficiency of «blindness to change» method

Fig 2. Efficiency of Landolt (broken) rings test

Fig. 3. The influence of age on memory effectiveness

Fig. 4. The influence of age on «slowdown 5->20» indicator

Fig. 5. The influence of experience on «slowdown 5->20» indicator

Table 1. Method indicators by gender

	Males		Females
	Mean Value	Standard Divergent	Mean Value	Standard Divergent
Working time used by Landolt (broken) rings test	563,68*	153,81	493,47*	147,77
Attention concentration index for Landolt (broken) rings test	89,08**	20,75	104,60**	23,41
Pace for Landolt (symbols per minute) rings test	101,48*	22,87	116,65*	26,34

* Differences are significant at 0,05

** Differences are significant at 0,01

Table 2. Method values in archers of different age

	The Younger		The Older
	Mean Value	Standard Divergent	Mean Value	Standard Divergent
Slowdown 5->20 for "blindness to change" method	2.85*	0.50	3.40*	0.97

* Differences are significant at 0,05

Table 3. Method values in archers with different levels of professional success

	Russian Region Team		Russian Team
	Mean Value	Standard Divergent	Mean Value	Standard Divergent
Number of mistakes for "red-black tables" method	3,50*	2,04	2,38*	2,40
Reaction for "red-black tables" method	4,79*	0,82	4,26*	0,98

* Differences are significant at 0,05

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