In a sport-related application of the spatial cueing paradigm
[21], researchers studied directional judgements among novice
basketball players. These experiments were based on the ‘‘head
fake’’ in which a player attempts to deceive by gazing in one
direction while passing or shooting the ball in another direction.
Using stationary images of a basketball player about to pass the
ball, the experiments demonstrated a spatial cueing effect of a
player’s head orientation, which produced a slowing of reaction
times when incongruent with arm and body posture.