Prof. Dr. Christian Vater

Journal Article

Vater, Christian; Schnyder, Urs; Müller, Daniel (2024). That was a foul! How viewing angles, viewing distances, and visualization methods influence football referees’ decision-making. German journal of exercise and sport research, 54(3), pp. 476-485. Springer 10.1007/s12662-024-00947-5

Vater, Christian (2024). Viewing angle, skill level and task representativeness affect response times in basketball defence. Scientific reports, 14(1) Springer Nature 10.1038/s41598-024-53706-9

Vukojević, Božo; Vater, Christian; Laborde, Sylvain (2024). The role of resonance frequency in slow-paced breathing: Systematic review. Current Issues in Sport Science (CISS), 9(2), 080. Bern Open Publishing 10.36950/2024.2ciss080

DeCouto, B S; Fawver, B; Thomas, J L; Williams, A M; Vater, C (2023). The role of peripheral vision during decision-making in dynamic viewing sequences. Journal of sports sciences, 41(20), pp. 1852-1867. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/02640414.2023.2301143

Vater, Christian; Mann, David L (2023). Are predictive saccades linked to the processing of peripheral information? Psychological research, 87(5), pp. 1501-1519. Springer 10.1007/s00426-022-01743-2

Vater, Christian; Wolfe, Benjamin; Rosenholtz, Ruth (2022). Peripheral vision in real-world tasks: A systematic review. Psychonomic bulletin & review, 29(5), pp. 1531-1557. Springer 10.3758/s13423-022-02117-w

Vater, Christian; Gray, Rob; Holcombe, Alex O. (2021). A critical systematic review of the Neurotracker perceptual-cognitive training tool. Psychonomic bulletin & review, 28(5), pp. 1458-1483. Springer 10.3758/s13423-021-01892-2

Vater, Christian; Strasburger, Hans (2021). Review: The Top Five Peripheral Vision Tools in Sport. Optometry and vision science, 98(7), pp. 704-722. American Academy of Optometry 10.1097/OPX.0000000000001732

Vater, Christian; Mann, David (2021). Sports athletes use predictive saccades! But why? Journal of vision, 21(9), p. 2623. ARVO 10.1167/jov.21.9.2623

Klostermann, André; Vater, Christian; Kredel, Ralf; Hossner, Ernst-Joachim (2020). Perception and Action in Sports. On the Functionality of Foveal and Peripheral Vision. Frontiers in sports and active living, 1(66) Frontiers 10.3389/fspor.2019.00066

Vater, Christian; Klostermann, André; Kredel, Ralf; Hossner, Ernst-Joachim (2020). Detecting motion changes with peripheral vision: On the superiority of fixating over smooth-pursuit tracking. Vision Research, 171, pp. 46-52. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.visres.2020.04.006

Vater, Christian; Luginbühl, Simon; Magnaguagno, Lukas (2019). Testing the functionality of peripheral vision in a mixed-methods football field study. Journal of sports sciences, 37(24), pp. 2789-2797. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/02640414.2019.1664100

Vater, Christian; Williams, A. Mark; Hossner, Ernst-Joachim (2019). What do we see out of the corner of our eye? The role of visual pivots and gaze anchors in sport. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 13(1), pp. 81-103. Routledge 10.1080/1750984X.2019.1582082

Hausegger, Thomas; Vater, Christian; Hossner, Ernst-Joachim (2019). Peripheral Vision in Martial Arts Experts: The Cost-Dependent Anchoring of Gaze. Journal of sport & exercise psychology, 41(3), pp. 137-146. Human Kinetics Publishers 10.1123/jsep.2018-0091

Vater, Christian (2019). How selective attention affects the detection of motion changes with peripheral vision in MOT. Heliyon, 5(8), e02282. Elsevier 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02282

Vater, Christian (2019). Peripheral Perception in Sport: Functionalities and Challenges. Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie, 26(4), pp. 159-165. Hogrefe 10.1026/1612-5010/a000274

Vater, Christian; Kredel, Ralf; Hossner, Ernst-Joachim (2017). Examining the functionality of peripheral vision: From fundamental understandings to applied sport science. Current Issues in Sport Science, 2(010) Innsbruck University Press 10.15203/CISS_2017.010

Kredel, Ralf; Vater, Christian; Klostermann, André; Hossner, Ernst-Joachim (2017). Eye-Tracking Technology and the Dynamics of Natural Gaze Behavior in Sports: A Systematic Review of 40 Years of Research. Frontiers in psychology, 8, pp. 1-15. Frontiers Research Foundation 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01845

Vater, Christian; Kredel, Ralf; Hossner, Ernst-Joachim (2017). Disentangling vision and attention in multiple object tracking: How crowding and collisions affect gaze anchoring and dual-task performance. Journal of vision, 17(5), pp. 1-13. ARVO 10.1167/17.5.21

Vater, Christian; Kredel, Ralf; Hossner, Ernst-Joachim (2017). Detecting target changes in multiple object tracking with peripheral vision: More pronounced eccentricity effects for changes in form than in motion. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 43(5), pp. 903-913. American Psychological Association 10.1037/xhp0000376

Vater, Christian; Kredel, Ralf; Hossner, Ernst-Joachim (2016). Detecting single-target changes in multiple object tracking: The case of peripheral vision. Attention, perception, & psychophysics : AP&P, 78(4), pp. 1004-1019. Springer 10.3758/s13414-016-1078-7

Knabenhans, H. P.; Frei, N.; Vater, Christian (2016). Schiedsrichter von einem anderen Stern? - Optimierung der Schiedsrichterausbildung durch neuartige Analysemethoden (Teil 1). der handballschiedsrichter, 1, pp. 4-7. Philippka-Sportverlag

Knabenhans, H. P.; Frei, N.; Vater, Christian (2016). Schiedsrichter von einem anderen Stern? - Optimierung der Schiedsrichterausbildung durch neuartige Analysemethoden (Teil 2). der handballschiedsrichter, 2, pp. 17-21. Philippka Sportverlag

Knabenhans, H. P.; Frei, N.; Vater, Christian (2016). Schiedsrichter von einem anderen Stern? - Optimierung der Schiedsrichterausbildung durch neuartige Analysemethoden (Teil 3). der handballschiedsrichter, 3, pp. 19-23. Philippka Sportverlag

Klostermann, André; Vater, Christian; Kredel, Ralf (2016). Tackling Quiet Eye issues on a functional level – comment on Vickers. Current Issues in Sport Science, 1, pp. 1-3. Innsbruck University Press 10.15203/CISS_2016.110

Klostermann, André; Vater, Christian; Kredel, Ralf; Hossner, Ernst-Joachim (2015). Perceptual Training in Beach Volleyball Defence: Different Effects of Gaze-Path Cueing on Gaze and Decision-Making. Frontiers in psychology, 6 Frontiers Research Foundation 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01834

Vater, C.; Roca, A.; Williams, A. M. (2015). Effects of Anxiety on Anticipation and Visual Search in Dynamic, Time-Constrained Situations. Sport, exercise, and performance psychology, 5(8), pp. 179-192. American Psychological Association 10.1037/spy0000056

Vater, Christian; Weigel, Peter (2015). Rückblick auf die 9. dvs-Sommerakademie vom 3. bis 8. August 2014 in Heidelberg. Ze-phir, 21(1), pp. 36-37. Deutsche Vereinigung für Sportwissenschaft / Kommission Wissenschaftlicher Nachwuchs

Stöckel, Tino; Vater, Christian (2014). Hand preference patterns in expert basketball players: Interrelations between basketball-specific and everyday life behavior. Human movement science, 38, pp. 143-151. Elsevier 10.1016/j.humov.2014.09.002

Hossner, Ernst-Joachim; Vater, Christian (2014). Wörterbuch Bewegungs- und Trainingswissenschaft. Sportwissenschaft, 44(4), pp. 240-241. Hofmann 10.1007/s12662-014-0338-8

Book Section

Vater, Christian; Klostermann, André; Kredel, Ralf; Hossner, Ernst-Joachim (2019). The role of peripheral vision in sports and everyday life. In: Williams, A. Mark; Jackson, Robin C. (eds.) Anticipation and Decision-Making in Sport (pp. 79-98). Philadelphia: Routledge

Book

Klostermann, André; Vater, Christian; Hossner, Ernst-Joachim (eds.) (2019). Sportmotorik 2019. Adaptation, Lernen und virtuelle Welten. Abstractband zur 16. Jahrestagung der dvs-Sektion Sportmotorik vom 16.-18. Januar 2019 in Bern. Universität Bern

Conference or Workshop Item

Vater, Christian (May 2023). An online investigation of the visual and motor influences on action prediction of a volleyball set action (Unpublished). In: 10th meeting of Expertise and Skill Acquisition Network ESAN. Manchester. 17-18. Mai 2023.

Dhaliwal, Michael; Krueger, Matthew; Vater, Christian; Hodges, Nicola J. (May 2023). An online investigation of the visual and motor influences on action prediction of a volleyball set action. In: 10th meeting of Expertise and Skill Acquisition Network ESAN (Book of abstracts). Manchester. 17-18 Mai 2023.

Vater, Christian (May 2023). Gaze behavior of football players is explained by task demands rather than players’ creativity: A virtual-reality experiment with natural action responses (Unpublished). In: 55. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie (asp). Stuttgart. 18.-20. Mai 2023.

Vater, Christian; Pinchuk, Svitlana; Zahno, Stephan (May 2023). Gaze behavior of football players is explained by task demands rather than players’ creativity: A virtual-reality experiment with natural action responses (Unpublished). In: 55. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie (asp). Stuttgart. 18.-20. Mai.

Zahno, Stephan; Vater, Christian (February 2023). Creativity and gaze behaviour in football. Current Issues in Sport Science (CISS), 8(2). Bern: Bern Open Publishing 10.36950/2023.2ciss044

Vater, Christian (12 May 2021). The role of peripheral vision in ball games: Revisiting notions from Davids (1984) (Unpublished). In: 9th meeting of the Expertise and Skill Acquisition Network. Book of Abstracts. Online event. 12.05.2021.

Vater, Christian (May 2021). Sports athletes use predictive saccades! But why? (Unpublished). In: Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting. Virtual Meeting. 21.-26. Mai 2021.

Vater, Christian; Louis, Ian; Bumbach, Daniel (2021). Der Schulterblick im Fußball – Kinematische Analysen und ein Okklusionsparadigma. In: Höner, Oliver; Wachsmuth, Svenja; Reinhard, Martin Leo; Schultz, Florian (eds.) Abstractband. 53. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie: Talententwicklung & Coaching im Sport. Tübingen. 13.05.-15.05.2021.

Vater, Christian; Hossner, Ernst-Joachim (May 2020). Testing mechanisms of peripheral vision in a virtual-reality 3-vs-3 soccer situation. In: Zukunft der Sportpsychologie - zwischen Verstehen und Evidenz. Salzburg. 21.-23.05.2020.

Vater, Christian (May 2020). Testing mechanisms of peripheral vision in a virtual-reality 3-vs-3 soccer situation (Unpublished). In: Zukunft der Sportpsychologie - zwischen Verstehen und Evidenz. Salzburg. 21.-23.05.2020.

Vater, Christian (January 2020). Do the eyes tell the truth? Mechanisms of peripheral-vision usage and practical implications. In: Kind, Sport und Gesundheit. 12. SGS-Jahrestagung. Basel. 06.-07.02.2020.

Vater, Christian; Kredel, Ralf; Hossner, Ernst-Joachim (June 2019). Influence of Peripheral Perception on Motor Control (Unpublished). In: 51. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Sportpsychologie: Angewandte Sportpsychologie. Halle. 30.05 - 01.06.2019.

Vater, Christian (August 2018). Peripheral vision in sports: On the role of visual pivots, gaze anchors and zoom spots (Unpublished). In: Invited talk at decision-making symposium. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

Vater, Christian (June 2018). What the eyes can(not) tell: Current discussions about the role of peripheral vision in sports (Unpublished). In: Research Colloquium. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

Vater, Christian (4 May 2018). Influence of Peripheral Perception on Motor Control (Unpublished). In: Invited talk at Max-Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics. Tübingen, Germany.

Vater, Christian; Magnaguagno, Lukas; Luginbühl, Simon; Vogel, Sascha; Hossner, Ernst-Joachim (February 2018). Testing the functionality of peripheral vision in a mixed-methods football field study. In: Leistung im Sport - 10. Jahrestagung der sportwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft der Schweiz (SGS). Abstractband. Magglingen. 08.-09.02.2018.

Vater, Christian; Kredel, Ralf; Hossner, Ernst-Joachim (13 September 2017). Towards the cost-benefit function of peripheral vision in sports. In: Schwirtz, Ansgar; Mess, Filip; Demetriou, Yolanda; Senner, Veit (eds.) Innovation & Technologie im Sport. 23. Sportwissenschaftlicher Hochschultag der Deutschen Vereinigung für Sportwissenschaft. Schriften der Deutschen Vereinigung für Sportwissenschaft: Vol. 265. Hamburg: Czwalina

Vater, Christian; Kredel, Ralf; Hausegger, Thomas; Hossner, Ernst-Joachim (25 May 2017). How High-Level Athletes Use Peripheral Vision In Martial Arts. In: Zuber, Claudia; Schmid, Julia; Schmidt, Mirko; Wegner, Mirko; Conzelmann, Achim (eds.) 49. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie (asp) (p. 119). Bern: Universität Bern, Bern Open Publishing

Klostermann, André; Vater, Christian; Hossner, Ernst-Joachim (25 May 2017). Perceptual-skill training for decision making in beach-volleyball defence: Scrutinising the colour-cue method. In: Zuber, Claudia; Schmid, Julia; Schmidt, Mirko; Conzelmann, Achim (eds.) Gelingende Entwicklung im Lebenslauf. Abstractband der 49. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie (asp) (pp. 63-64). Bern: Universität Bern, Bern Open Publishing

Klostermann, André; Vater, Christian; Hossner, Ernst-Joachim (9 March 2017). Perceptual training in beach-volleyball defence: No beneficial effects of colour-cue interventions. Abstractband zur 15. Jahrestagung der dvs-Sektion Sportmotorik vom 8.-10. März 2017 in Augsburg. Cogito, ergo commoveo - Multitasking im Sport, 6, p. 92. Hamburg: Feldhaus

Vater, Christian; Kredel, Ralf; Hossner, Ernst-Joachim (9 February 2017). You can track but not detect: How attention alters change-detection rates in MOT. In: 9th SGS / 4S Annual Meeting. Zürich. 09.02.2017-10.02.2017.

Hossner, Ernst-Joachim; Klostermann, André; Kredel, Ralf; Vater, Christian (2017). Mobiles Eye-Tracking im Sport: Anwendungen, Probleme, Lösungen. (Unpublished). In: 15. Jahrestagung der dvs-Sektion Sportmotorik. Augsburg. 8.-10.032017.

Vater, Christian; Hossner, Ernst-Joachim (29 September 2016). Gaze strategies in peripheral motion detection: On the superiority of fixations over smooth pursuit eye movements (SPEM). Perception, 45(2 Suppl). Pion

Vater, Christian; Klostermann, André; Hossner, Ernst-Joachim (June 2016). Gaze strategies in peripheral motion detection: On the superiority of anchoring over tracking. Journal of sport & exercise psychology, 38(Suppl.), p. 113. Human Kinetics Publishers

Spörri, N.; Vater, C.; Lorenzetti, S.; Hossner, E.-J. (2016). Reduced foveal vision enhances peripheral monitoring and peripheral event detection. In: 8. Jahrestagung der sportwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft der Schweiz (SGS), Sportwissenschaft — im Singular! (p. 97). Sportwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft der Schweiz

Vater, C.; Klostermann, A.; Hossner, E.-J. (2016). Impairments of peripheral motion change detection during smooth pursuit eye movements. In: 8. Jahrestagung der sportwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft der Schweiz (SGS) «Sportwissenschaft — im Singular!» (p. 105). Sportwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft der Schweiz

Hausegger, T.; Vater, C.; Hossner, E.-J. (2016). Peripheral vision in martial arts: How anchoring gaze helps athletes in Kung Fu and Tae Kwon Do (Unpublished). In: Sportwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft der Schweiz (SGS). Sportwissenschaft — im Singular!. Bern. 18.-19.02.2016.

Vater, Christian; Riedener, Lukas; Hossner, Ernst-Joachim (2016). Anticipation of Beach Volleyball Attacks: A Comparison of Natural Versus Animated Virtual-Reality Scenes. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 87(Suppl.), p. 63. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/02701367.2016.1200439

Vater, Christian; Hossner, Ernst-Joachim (5 March 2015). Funktionalität peripherer Wahrnehmung bei Trackingaufgaben. In: The athlete's brain in action: Neuronale Aspekte motorischer Kontrolle im Sport. Schriften der Deutschen Vereinigung für Sportwissenschaft: Vol. 241 (p. 68). Hamburg: Feldhaus

Schnyder, Urs; Vater, Christian; Kredel, Ralf; Hossner, Ernst-Joachim (12 February 2015). Peripheral perception in offside decision-making in football. In: 7. Jahrestagung der sportwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft der Schweiz (SGS). „Sportwissenschaften - Im Plural ?“. Sportwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft der Schweiz

Vater, Christian; Kredel, Ralf; Hossner, Ernst-Joachim (11 February 2015). Funktionalität peripherer Wahrnehmung bei Trackingaufgaben (Unpublished). In: 7. Jahrestagung der Sportwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft der Schweiz (SGS). „Sportwissenschaften - Im Plural ?“. Lausanne. 12.-13.02. 2015.

Vater, Christian; Kredel, Ralf; Hossner, Ernst-Joachim (2015). Detecting single-target changes in multiple object tracking: The case of peripheral vision. Journal of sport & exercise psychology, 37(Suppl.), p. 64. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology: Human Kinetics Publishers

Klostermann, André; Vater, Christian; Hossner, Ernst-Joachim (25 September 2014). Anticipation training in beachvolleyball: Benefits from colour cueing? In: Sport. Spiel. Trends: Interdisziplinär, innovativ, international. 9. Symposium der dvs-Kommission Sportspiele (p. 40). Hamburg: Feldhaus (Edition Czwalina)

Vater, Christian; Hossner, Ernst-Joachim (September 2014). Periphere Wahrnehmung beim Verfolgen mehrerer Objekte. In: Trainingsbedingte Veränderungen - Messung, Modellierung und Evidenzsicherung 10. Gemeinsames Symposium der dvs-Sektion Biomechanik, Sportmotorik und Trainingswissenschaft. Schriften der Deutschen Vereinigung für Sportwissenschaft: Vol. 237 (p. 45). Hamburg: Feldhaus

Vater, Christian; Koedijker, Johan M.; Hossner, Ernst-Joachim (September 2014). Auditive und visuelle Perzeption bei Abseitsentscheidungen im Fussball. In: Trainingsbedingte Veränderungen - Messung, Modellierung und Evidenzsicherung 10. Gemeinsames Symposium der dvs-Sektion Biomechanik, Sportmotorik und Trainingswissenschaft. Schriften der Deutschen Vereinigung für Sportwissenschaft: Vol. 237 (p. 37). Hamburg: Feldhaus

Vater, Christian; Klostermann, André; Hossner, Ernst-Joachim (4 July 2014). Training anticipation with functional vs. dysfunctional colour cues in Beach-Volleyball. In: 19th annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science. Amsterdam. 02.-05.07.2014..

Vater, Christian; Williams, Mark A. (31 March 2014). Effects of anxiety on decision making and visual search behaviour in complex sport situations. In: Schütz, Alexander C.; Drewing, Knut; Gegenfurtner, Karl R. (eds.) Abstracts of the 56th Conference of Experimental Psychologists (p. 268). Lengerich: Pabst

Vater, Christian (13 February 2014). Effects of anxiety on decision making and visual search behaviour in complex sport situations (Unpublished). In: 6. Jahrestagung der Sportwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft der Schweiz (SGS). Sportwissenschaft in Bewegung ‐ Bewegung in der Sportwissenschaft. Freiburg. 13.-14.02.2014.

Vater, Christian; Williams, Mark A. (2014). Effects of anxiety on decision making and visual search Behaviour in dynamic, time-constrained situations. Performing Under Pressure, 234, p. 215. Feldhaus (Edition Czwalina)