Jill Van Der Kamp
Biographic Data
| ID | 322542 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jill Van Der Kamp |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jill |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Der Kamp |
| SIGNATURE | VAN DER KAMP J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3826-1973 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Peer relationships and social networks in physical education: A scoping review
Physical education (PE) offers a dynamic environment that can foster peer relationships but may also amplify social challenges such as exclusion and isolation. This scoping review mapped research on peer relationships in PE, focusing on their antecedents, structure, and outcomes. Following systematic screening, 51 studies were included. Data were independently charted by three researchers, capturing study characteristics, theoretical frameworks, …
The impact of practice constraints on the emergence of movement variability and creativity in a boxing task
This study aimed to examine whether targeted manipulation of constraints to induce broad search during practice of a boxing task leads to increases in movement variability and creativity. Thirty-four participants were randomly assigned to one of three groups to practice striking a boxing bag: different distances (N = 12), single distance (N = 12), no practice (control) (N = 10). The different distances group practiced hitting the bag from differe…
On Response-Ability in a Time of Ecological Collapse
Cognitive and Motor Creativity in the Same Task Environment: An Exploratory Study in Pool
Originality as well as appropriateness are necessary criteria for an idea or action to be creative. However, when investigating creativity, especially when divergent thinking tasks are used, it is not common to include a measure of appropriateness. We show that this may lead to a biased depiction of individual differences in generating creative ideas or actions. We devised a task that participants performed as divergent thinking (i.e. a cognitive…
Learning how to swim in 5- to 12-year-old children: A scoping review of evidence-based motor learning methods
Background Swimming is widely acknowledged for its safety and health benefits. Across the world children are receiving swimming lessons in which a variety of learning methods are employed. However, little is known about the effectiveness of those methods, and a comprehensive overview of pertinent research is lacking. Such an overview is needed for both researchers and instructors seeking to improve swimming skill acquisition in children. Objectiv…
A Differentiated Field of Affordances: Redefining Perceptual Skill in Physical Education Teachers
Quality physical education (PE) promotes physical activity and, consequently, children’s health and wellbeing. The provision of quality PE depends largely on the interactions between PE teachers and students. PE teachers use observation to guide these interactions and, therefore, require perceptual skill. Perceptual skill in PE teachers is traditionally viewed as the accurate perception of students’ movement errors—deviations from a normative mov…
Conceptualizing the Environment in a Time of Ecological Collapse
We live in troubling times. Amongst global political instability, rising economic inequality and a rapacious Western consumerist lifestyle, we face the impending risks of global warming and ecological collapse. In this short opinion paper, we bring this topic to the agenda of ecological psychology in the hope of stimulating fruitful conversation. To do so, we ask how ecological psychologists should conceptualize the environment in these precariou…
Enhancing affordance perception in pre-service physical education teachers: Effects of content knowledge, motor experience and visual experience programs
Introduction This study examined the effects of educational programs focused on content knowledge, motor experience, and visual experience on the perceptual skills of pre-service physical education (PE) teachers. Based on an ecological approach, perceptual skill in PE teachers refers to their ability to perceive teaching affordances, i.e., the possibilities for teaching actions within the environment. Methods A total of 60 PE pre-service teachers…
On the topic of education in a corresponsive sport science
No training effects of top-down controlled response inhibition by practicing on the stop-signal task
The aim of the current study is to examine if the top-down controlled response inhibition on a stop-signal task (SST) can be trained. Results from previous studies have been equivocal, possibly because signal-response combinations are often not varied across training and test phases, allowing bottom-up signal-response associations to be formed that may improve response inhibition. The current study compared the response inhibition on the SST in a…
How intrinsically motivating are swimming instructors/lessons in the Netherlands? An observational study through the lens of self-determination theory
Background It is desirable that (more) children continue swimming after having completed their swimming lessons to preserve their swimming skills and water safety, and as part of an active, healthy lifestyle. This may be encouraged by stirring children's intrinsic motivation for swimming during swimming lessons. However, it is currently unknown how intrinsically motivating swimming lessons are in Western countries. Purpose This study examined to …
In their own words: A narrative analysis of illness memoirs written by men with prostate cancer
By drawing on a narrative analysis of 11 autobiographical illness memoirs, this article investigates the complexities of what it means to live with prostate cancer over a period of time. Acknowledging how cancer disrupts everyday life, we focus on the day-to-day experiences and struggles that take place inside and outside the hospital. By building on illustrative quotes from the memoirs, we discuss different facets of cancer as a lived experience…
The influence of locative expressions on context-dependency of endpoint control in aiming
It has been claimed that increased reliance on context, or allocentric information, develops when aiming movements are more consciously monitored and/or controlled. Since verbalizing target features requires strong conscious monitoring, we expected an increased reliance on allocentric information when verbalizing a target label (i.e. target number) during movement execution. We examined swiping actions towards a global array of targets embedded i…
Moving Advertisements Systematically Affect Gaze Behavior and Performance in the Soccer Penalty Kick
The aim of the current study was to investigate whether a moving advertisement positioned behind the goal area would influence the visual attention of participants performing a soccer penalty kick, and, whether this would an effect on subsequent motor performance. It was hypothesized that if the (moving) advertisement would function as a distractor, then this would result in non-specific disruptions in penalty performance measures, especially aff…
On the Education About/of Radical Embodied Cognition
In mainstream or strong university education, the teacher selects and transmits knowledge and skills that students are to acquire and reproduce. Many researchers of radical embodied cognitive science still adhere to this way of teaching, even though this prescriptive pedagogy deeply contrasts with the theoretical underpinnings of their science. In this paper, we search for alternative ways of teaching that are more aligned with the central non-pr…
An ecological approach to creativity in making
Gibsonian neuroscience
Asymmetries in spatial perception are more prevalent under explicit than implicit attention
Distinct task-independent visual thresholds for egocentric and allocentric information pick up
Perceptions on reducing constraints for smallholder entrepreneurship in Africa: The case of soil fertility in Northern Ghana
Differential effects of a visual illusion on online visual guidance in a stable environment and online adjustments to perturbations
The relation between infants' perception of catchableness and the control of catching
The authors studied how infants come to perceive and act adaptively by presenting 35 three- to nine-month-olds with balls that approached at various speeds according to a staircase procedure. They determined whether infants attempted to reach for the ball and whether they were successful (i.e., contacted the ball). In addition, the time and distance of the ball at the onset of the catching movements were measured for the successful interceptions.…
The Separation of Action and Perception and the Issue of Affordances
reassessment of the relation between action and perception is endorsed. In alignment with However, how should the concept of affordances be incorporated into this scheme? We present data showing that affordances, both when perceived and acted on, are not susceptible to optical illusions. Because action and perception are distinguished on the basis of information used, but are also proposed to interact, it is hypothesized that, dependent on the ta…
Spoon Handling in Two-to-Four-Year-Old Children
A method for the study of tool use is presented from the perspective of an ecological approach to perception and action. It is argued that the essence of tool use lies in the maintenance of a specific relation between the organism + tool complex and the environment. Control over the tool is subordinate to this aim. It is proposed that perturbations of the tool-environment relation reveal the essential dimensions of organism + tool complex. A simp…
An ecological approach to creativity in making
In their own words: A narrative analysis of illness memoirs written by men with prostate cancer
By drawing on a narrative analysis of 11 autobiographical illness memoirs, this article investigates the complexities of what it means to live with prostate cancer over a period of time. Acknowledging how cancer disrupts everyday life, we focus on the day-to-day experiences and struggles that take place inside and outside the hospital. By building on illustrative quotes from the memoirs, we discuss different facets of cancer as a lived experience…
On the Education About/of Radical Embodied Cognition
In mainstream or strong university education, the teacher selects and transmits knowledge and skills that students are to acquire and reproduce. Many researchers of radical embodied cognitive science still adhere to this way of teaching, even though this prescriptive pedagogy deeply contrasts with the theoretical underpinnings of their science. In this paper, we search for alternative ways of teaching that are more aligned with the central non-pr…
Moving Advertisements Systematically Affect Gaze Behavior and Performance in the Soccer Penalty Kick
The aim of the current study was to investigate whether a moving advertisement positioned behind the goal area would influence the visual attention of participants performing a soccer penalty kick, and, whether this would an effect on subsequent motor performance. It was hypothesized that if the (moving) advertisement would function as a distractor, then this would result in non-specific disruptions in penalty performance measures, especially aff…
Enhancing affordance perception in pre-service physical education teachers: Effects of content knowledge, motor experience and visual experience programs
Introduction This study examined the effects of educational programs focused on content knowledge, motor experience, and visual experience on the perceptual skills of pre-service physical education (PE) teachers. Based on an ecological approach, perceptual skill in PE teachers refers to their ability to perceive teaching affordances, i.e., the possibilities for teaching actions within the environment. Methods A total of 60 PE pre-service teachers…
Spoon Handling in Two-to-Four-Year-Old Children
A method for the study of tool use is presented from the perspective of an ecological approach to perception and action. It is argued that the essence of tool use lies in the maintenance of a specific relation between the organism + tool complex and the environment. Control over the tool is subordinate to this aim. It is proposed that perturbations of the tool-environment relation reveal the essential dimensions of organism + tool complex. A simp…
The Separation of Action and Perception and the Issue of Affordances
reassessment of the relation between action and perception is endorsed. In alignment with However, how should the concept of affordances be incorporated into this scheme? We present data showing that affordances, both when perceived and acted on, are not susceptible to optical illusions. Because action and perception are distinguished on the basis of information used, but are also proposed to interact, it is hypothesized that, dependent on the ta…
The relation between infants' perception of catchableness and the control of catching
The authors studied how infants come to perceive and act adaptively by presenting 35 three- to nine-month-olds with balls that approached at various speeds according to a staircase procedure. They determined whether infants attempted to reach for the ball and whether they were successful (i.e., contacted the ball). In addition, the time and distance of the ball at the onset of the catching movements were measured for the successful interceptions.…
Differential effects of a visual illusion on online visual guidance in a stable environment and online adjustments to perturbations
Distinct task-independent visual thresholds for egocentric and allocentric information pick up
Perceptions on reducing constraints for smallholder entrepreneurship in Africa: The case of soil fertility in Northern Ghana
Asymmetries in spatial perception are more prevalent under explicit than implicit attention
Gibsonian neuroscience
An ecological approach to creativity in making
On the Education About/of Radical Embodied Cognition
In mainstream or strong university education, the teacher selects and transmits knowledge and skills that students are to acquire and reproduce. Many researchers of radical embodied cognitive science still adhere to this way of teaching, even though this prescriptive pedagogy deeply contrasts with the theoretical underpinnings of their science. In this paper, we search for alternative ways of teaching that are more aligned with the central non-pr…
Moving Advertisements Systematically Affect Gaze Behavior and Performance in the Soccer Penalty Kick
The aim of the current study was to investigate whether a moving advertisement positioned behind the goal area would influence the visual attention of participants performing a soccer penalty kick, and, whether this would an effect on subsequent motor performance. It was hypothesized that if the (moving) advertisement would function as a distractor, then this would result in non-specific disruptions in penalty performance measures, especially aff…
The influence of locative expressions on context-dependency of endpoint control in aiming
It has been claimed that increased reliance on context, or allocentric information, develops when aiming movements are more consciously monitored and/or controlled. Since verbalizing target features requires strong conscious monitoring, we expected an increased reliance on allocentric information when verbalizing a target label (i.e. target number) during movement execution. We examined swiping actions towards a global array of targets embedded i…
In their own words: A narrative analysis of illness memoirs written by men with prostate cancer
By drawing on a narrative analysis of 11 autobiographical illness memoirs, this article investigates the complexities of what it means to live with prostate cancer over a period of time. Acknowledging how cancer disrupts everyday life, we focus on the day-to-day experiences and struggles that take place inside and outside the hospital. By building on illustrative quotes from the memoirs, we discuss different facets of cancer as a lived experience…
No training effects of top-down controlled response inhibition by practicing on the stop-signal task
The aim of the current study is to examine if the top-down controlled response inhibition on a stop-signal task (SST) can be trained. Results from previous studies have been equivocal, possibly because signal-response combinations are often not varied across training and test phases, allowing bottom-up signal-response associations to be formed that may improve response inhibition. The current study compared the response inhibition on the SST in a…
How intrinsically motivating are swimming instructors/lessons in the Netherlands? An observational study through the lens of self-determination theory
Background It is desirable that (more) children continue swimming after having completed their swimming lessons to preserve their swimming skills and water safety, and as part of an active, healthy lifestyle. This may be encouraged by stirring children's intrinsic motivation for swimming during swimming lessons. However, it is currently unknown how intrinsically motivating swimming lessons are in Western countries. Purpose This study examined to …
Cognitive and Motor Creativity in the Same Task Environment: An Exploratory Study in Pool
Originality as well as appropriateness are necessary criteria for an idea or action to be creative. However, when investigating creativity, especially when divergent thinking tasks are used, it is not common to include a measure of appropriateness. We show that this may lead to a biased depiction of individual differences in generating creative ideas or actions. We devised a task that participants performed as divergent thinking (i.e. a cognitive…
Learning how to swim in 5- to 12-year-old children: A scoping review of evidence-based motor learning methods
Background Swimming is widely acknowledged for its safety and health benefits. Across the world children are receiving swimming lessons in which a variety of learning methods are employed. However, little is known about the effectiveness of those methods, and a comprehensive overview of pertinent research is lacking. Such an overview is needed for both researchers and instructors seeking to improve swimming skill acquisition in children. Objectiv…
A Differentiated Field of Affordances: Redefining Perceptual Skill in Physical Education Teachers
Quality physical education (PE) promotes physical activity and, consequently, children’s health and wellbeing. The provision of quality PE depends largely on the interactions between PE teachers and students. PE teachers use observation to guide these interactions and, therefore, require perceptual skill. Perceptual skill in PE teachers is traditionally viewed as the accurate perception of students’ movement errors—deviations from a normative mov…
Conceptualizing the Environment in a Time of Ecological Collapse
We live in troubling times. Amongst global political instability, rising economic inequality and a rapacious Western consumerist lifestyle, we face the impending risks of global warming and ecological collapse. In this short opinion paper, we bring this topic to the agenda of ecological psychology in the hope of stimulating fruitful conversation. To do so, we ask how ecological psychologists should conceptualize the environment in these precariou…
Enhancing affordance perception in pre-service physical education teachers: Effects of content knowledge, motor experience and visual experience programs
Introduction This study examined the effects of educational programs focused on content knowledge, motor experience, and visual experience on the perceptual skills of pre-service physical education (PE) teachers. Based on an ecological approach, perceptual skill in PE teachers refers to their ability to perceive teaching affordances, i.e., the possibilities for teaching actions within the environment. Methods A total of 60 PE pre-service teachers…
On the topic of education in a corresponsive sport science
Peer relationships and social networks in physical education: A scoping review
Physical education (PE) offers a dynamic environment that can foster peer relationships but may also amplify social challenges such as exclusion and isolation. This scoping review mapped research on peer relationships in PE, focusing on their antecedents, structure, and outcomes. Following systematic screening, 51 studies were included. Data were independently charted by three researchers, capturing study characteristics, theoretical frameworks, …
The impact of practice constraints on the emergence of movement variability and creativity in a boxing task
This study aimed to examine whether targeted manipulation of constraints to induce broad search during practice of a boxing task leads to increases in movement variability and creativity. Thirty-four participants were randomly assigned to one of three groups to practice striking a boxing bag: different distances (N = 12), single distance (N = 12), no practice (control) (N = 10). The different distances group practiced hitting the bag from differe…
On Response-Ability in a Time of Ecological Collapse
Psychology (17 works) · Cognitive psychology (11 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Motor Control and Adaptation (8 works) · Perception (7 works) · Affordance (6 works) · Physical Education and Pedagogy (6 works) · Sport Psychology and Performance (6 works) · Action Observation and Synchronization (5 works) · Cognition (5 works)