Differences in visual search behavior between expert and novice individual sports athletes: a systematic review with meta-analysis.

Front Physiol · 2026 · PMC13215826 · PMID 42222294

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Expert athletes were slightly older than novices, but the overall difference did not reach statistical significance (SMD = 0.31; 95% CI = −0.27 to 0.89; Z = 1.05, p = 0.30) ( Figure 3 ). τ2 = 1.20; χ2 = 96.41, df = 16, p < 0.00001; I2 = 83%; Begg’s test = 0.0638.

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