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Overview

Bruce Abernethy is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focused on Medicine and Environmental Science. The scientist's work encompasses both broad fields and specialized subfields such as Developmental and Educational Psychology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Ecology, and Soil Science.

The main topics addressed in Abernethy's research include:

  • Children's Physical and Motor Development
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications

Their recent published works reflect this interdisciplinary approach. One paper published in 2021, titled "Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and sedentary behavior in children with and without developmental coordination disorder: Associations with fundamental movement skills", appeared in Research in Developmental Disabilities. This article investigates the relationship between physical activity and motor skills in children.

Another 2021 publication by Abernethy, "On the role of woody vegetation in riverbank stability", was published in OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University), focusing on environmental and ecological aspects of riverbank stability influenced by vegetation.

Frequent collaborators have included Jane Jie Yu, Catherine M. Capio, and Cindy H. P. Sit, indicating a network of coauthors engaged in overlapping areas of health, developmental psychology, and environmental studies.

Abernethy's publication venues are primarily centered around the areas of developmental disabilities research and environmental science repositories, with contributions noted in:

  • Research in Developmental Disabilities
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Best Publications

  • Practice and play in the development of sport expertise.

    Jean Côté;Joseph Baker;Bruce Abernethy

  • Sport-Specific Practice and the Development of Expert Decision-Making in Team Ball Sports

    Joseph Baker;Jeane Cote;Bruce Abernethy

  • Expert-novice differences in an applied selective attention task.

    Bruce Abernethy;David G. Russell

  • When “where” is more important than “when”: Birthplace and birthdate effects on the achievement of sporting expertise

    Jean Côté;Dany J. Macdonald;Joseph Baker;Bruce Abernethy

  • Expertise and the perception of kinematic and situational probability information.

    Bruce Abernethy;Danny P Gill;Sheri L Parks;Stephen T Packer

  • The Great British Medalists Project: A Review of Current Knowledge on the Development of the World's Best Sporting Talent.

    Tim Rees;Lew Hardy;Arne Güllich;Bruce Abernethy

  • The relationship between expertise and visual search strategy in a racquet sport

    Bruce Abernethy;David G. Russell

  • Expertise, visual search, and information pick-up in squash.

    Bruce Abernethy

  • Tracing the Development of Athletes Using Retrospective Interview Methods: A Proposed Interview and Validation Procedure for Reported Information

    Jean Côté;K. Anders Ericsson;Madelyn P. Law

  • Dual-task methodology and motor skills research: Some applications and methodological constraints

    B. Abernethy

  • Visual search strategies and decision-making in sport.

    Bruce Abernethy

  • The Biophysical Foundations of Human Movement

    Bruce Abernethy

  • Anticipation in squash: Differences in advance cue utilization between expert and novice players

    Bruce Abernethy

  • Learning from the experts: practice activities of expert decision makers in sport.

    Joseph Baker;Jean Côté;Bruce Abernethy

  • Physical demands of professional rugby league training and competition using microtechnology.

    Tim J. Gabbett;Tim J. Gabbett;David G. Jenkins;Bruce Abernethy;Bruce Abernethy

  • Do expertise and the degree of perception-action coupling affect natural anticipatory performance?

    Damian Farrow;Bruce Abernethy

  • How do world-class cricket batsmen anticipate a bowler's intention?

    Sean Müller;Bruce Abernethy;Damian Farrow

  • The contribution of structured activity and deliberate play to the development of expert perceptual and decision-making skill.

    Jason Berry;Bruce Abernethy;Jean Côté

  • Visual–perceptual and cognitive differences between expert, intermediate, and novice snooker players

    Bruce Abernethy;Robert J. Neal;Paul Koning

  • Transfer of pattern recall skills may contribute to the development of sport expertise

    Bruce Abernethy;Bruce Abernethy;Joseph Baker;Joseph Baker;Jean Côté;Jean Côté

  • Strategies for improving understanding of motor expertise [or mistakes we have made and things we have learned!!]

    Bruce Abernethy;Katherine T. Thomas;Jerry T. Thomas

Frequent Co-Authors

Damian Farrow
Damian Farrow Victoria University
Robin C. Jackson
Robin C. Jackson Loughborough University
Jean Côté
Jean Côté Queen's University
Rich S. W. Masters
Rich S. W. Masters University of Waikato
Joseph Baker
Joseph Baker University of Toronto
Jeffery J. Summers
Jeffery J. Summers Liverpool John Moores University
Lew Hardy
Lew Hardy Bangor University
John van der Kamp
John van der Kamp Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
John P. Wann
John P. Wann Royal Holloway University of London
Tim Woodman
Tim Woodman Bangor University

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