
Overview
Background
Professor Abernethy is a first class Honours graduate and university medallist from the University of Queensland, a PhD graduate from the University of Otago, an International Fellow of the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education, a Fellow of the Australian Sports Medicine Federation and a Fellow of Exercise and Sport Science Australia. He was the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences from 2014-2023 and is now Executive Director of UQ's Engagement with the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Professor Abernethy is a previous Deputy Executive Dean and Associate Dean (Research) within the Faculty of Health Sciences (2011 - 2013), Head of the School of Human Movement Studies (from 1991-2003) and from 2004 to mid-2011 was the Director and inaugural Chair Professor of the Institute of Human Performance at the University of Hong Kong.
His research interest is in the control and acquisition of skilled movement, with a particular focus upon understanding the processes underpinning the expert perception and production of patterns of human movement. The work is interdisciplinary and spans human movement and sport science, experimental psychology, neuroscience and medical and health sciences. Prof. Abernethy's research work has been supported by a range of agencies including those funding basic science, such as the Australian Research Council and the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, as well as those supporting more applied research, such as the Australian Sports Commission, the Australian Football League, the Australian Cricket Board, Worksafe Australia and the Motor Accident Insurance Commission.
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Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor, The University of Queensland
- Bachelor (Honours), The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Otago
- Australian Sports Medicine Federation, Australian Sports Medicine Federation
Works
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1991
Journal Article
Paradigms to Explore the Coupling of Perception and Action - a Reply
Abernethy, B (1991). Paradigms to Explore the Coupling of Perception and Action - a Reply. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 22 (3-4), 217-220.
1991
Journal Article
Visual search strategies and decision-making in sport
Abernethy, Bruce (1991). Visual search strategies and decision-making in sport. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 22 (3-4), 189-210.
1991
Book Chapter
Sport psychology in Australia
Salmela, J. H. and Abernethy, B. (1991). Sport psychology in Australia. The world sport psychology sourcebook. (pp. 8-14) edited by Salmela, J.H.. Chamapign, Ill: Human Kinetics.
1991
Journal Article
Paradigms to explore the coupling of perception and action: A reply to Mestre and Pailhous
Abernethy, B. (1991). Paradigms to explore the coupling of perception and action: A reply to Mestre and Pailhous. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 22, 217-220.
1991
Book Chapter
Acquiring motor skills
Abernethy, Bruce (1991). Acquiring motor skills. Better coaching: Advanced coach's manual. (pp. 69-98) edited by Frank S. Pyke. Belconnen, A.C.T, Australia: Australian Coaching Council.
1990
Journal Article
Anticipation in squash: Differences in advance cue utilisation between expert and novice players
Abernethy, Bruce (1990). Anticipation in squash: Differences in advance cue utilisation between expert and novice players. Journal of Sport Sciences, 8 (1) PII 790269729, 17-34. doi: 10.1080/02640419008732128
1990
Journal Article
Interference between movement location and distance cues in the reproduction of slow and fast movements
Imanaka, K. and Abernethy, B. (1990). Interference between movement location and distance cues in the reproduction of slow and fast movements. Journal of Human Movement Studies, 18 (6), 251-268.
1990
Journal Article
Expertise, visual search, and information pick-up in squash
Abernethy, Bruce (1990). Expertise, visual search, and information pick-up in squash. Perception, 19 (1), 63-77. doi: 10.1068/p190063
1989
Journal Article
Editorial
Abernethy, B. (1989). Editorial. Australian Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 21 (4), 2-3.
1989
Journal Article
Stimulus uncertainty and response time in a simulated racquet-sport task
Dillon, J. M., Crassini, B. and Abernethy, B. (1989). Stimulus uncertainty and response time in a simulated racquet-sport task. Journal of Human Movement Studies, 17 (3), 115-132.
1989
Journal Article
Sport psychology in Australia: A view from inside and out
Salmela, J. H., Abernethy, B., Glencross, D. J. and Grove, J. R. (1989). Sport psychology in Australia: A view from inside and out. Australian Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 21 (1), 22-27.
1989
Journal Article
Expert novice differences in perception: How expert does the expert have to be?
Abernethy, B. (1989). Expert novice differences in perception: How expert does the expert have to be?. Canadian Journal of Sport Science, 14 (1), 27-30.
1989
Journal Article
Parental influences on the competitive sport experience of children
Wood, K. and Abernethy, B. (1989). Parental influences on the competitive sport experience of children. Physical Education Review, 12 (1), 56-69.
1988
Journal Article
The effects of age and expertise upon perceptual skill development in a racquet sport
Abernethy, B. (1988). The effects of age and expertise upon perceptual skill development in a racquet sport. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 59 (3), 210-221. doi: 10.1080/02701367.1988.10605506
1988
Journal Article
Timing structure in squash strokes: Further evidence for the operational timing hypothesis
Wollstein, J. R. and Abernethy, B. (1988). Timing structure in squash strokes: Further evidence for the operational timing hypothesis. Journal of Human Movement Studies, 15 (2), 61-79.
1988
Journal Article
Visual search in sport and ergonomics: Its relationship to selective attention and performer expertise
Abernethy, Bruce (1988). Visual search in sport and ergonomics: Its relationship to selective attention and performer expertise. Human Performance, 1 (4), 205-235. doi: 10.1207/s15327043hup0104_1
1988
Journal Article
Dual-task methodology and motor skills research: Some applications and methodological constraints
Abernethy, B. (1988). Dual-task methodology and motor skills research: Some applications and methodological constraints. Journal of Human Movement Studies, 14 (3), 101-132.
1987
Journal Article
The relationship between expertise and visual search strategy in a racquet sport
Abernethy, Bruce and Russell, David G. (1987). The relationship between expertise and visual search strategy in a racquet sport. Human Movement Science, 6 (4), 283-319. doi: 10.1016/0167-9457(87)90001-7
1987
Journal Article
Expert-novice differences in an applied selective attention task
Abernethy, Bruce and Russell, David G. (1987). Expert-novice differences in an applied selective attention task. Journal of Sport Psychology, 9 (4), 326-345. doi: 10.1123/jsp.9.4.326
1987
Journal Article
Selective attention in fast ball sports. II: Expert novice differences
Abernethy, B. (1987). Selective attention in fast ball sports. II: Expert novice differences. Australian Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 19 (4), 7-16.
Funding
Supervision
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Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Predicting and evaluating transfer of modified perceptual training to improve performance in sport
Principal Advisor
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Interception in the Presence of Ball-Swing: Exploring the Development of Visual-Motor Expertise in Cricket Batting
Principal Advisor
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding expert recall and recognition of natural visual patterns of movement
Principal Advisor
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2008
Doctor Philosophy
Expertise in Sport: Multi-dimensional Exploration of the Development of Batting Skills in Cricket
Principal Advisor
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2005
Doctor Philosophy
EXPERT PERCEPTUAL AND DECISION-MAKING SKILL: IDENTIFICATION, DEVELOPMENT AND AQUISITION IN A TEAM INVASION SPORT
Principal Advisor
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2005
Doctor Philosophy
TIMING AND SOURCES OF INFORMATION PICK-UP FOR VISUAL ANTICIPATION BY WORLD-CLASS CRICKET BATSMEN
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Guy Wallis
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2006
Doctor Philosophy
PROMOTING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AMONG COMMUNITY-DWELLING PEOPLE WITH ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Wendy Brown, Professor Stewart Trost
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2003
Doctor Philosophy
BIMANUAL CONTROL AND MIRROR MOVEMENTS IN NORMAL AND ABNORMAL CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Associate Advisor
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- Cognitive science
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- Kinesiology
- Skill assessment - sport
- Sports - development
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