Athletes commonly make decisions about the passability of closing gaps when navigating sport environments. This study examined whether increased temporal pressure to arrive at a desired location modifies these decisions. Thirty participants navigated toward a waypoint in a virtual, sport-inspired environment. To do so, they had to decide whether they could pass through closing gaps of virtual humans (and take the shortest route) or steer around them (and take a longer route). The decision boundary of participants who were time pressured to arrive at a waypoint was biased toward end gaps of smaller sizes and was less reliably defined, resulting in a higher number of collisions. Effects of temporal pressure were minimized with experience in the experimental task. Results indicate that temporal pressure affects perceptual–motor processes supporting information pickup and shapes the information–action coupling that drives compliance with navigation demands. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

运动员通常会做出关于通过性的决定在导航运动环境时缩小差距。这项研究检查了到达所需位置的时间压力增加是否会改变这些决定。30 名参与者在虚拟的、受运动启发的环境中导航到一个航点。为此，他们必须决定是否可以穿过虚拟人的间隙（并走最短的路线）或绕过他们（走更长的路线）。被迫到达航点的参与者的决策边界偏向于较小尺寸的末端间隙，并且定义的可靠性较低，从而导致更多的碰撞。随着实验任务的经验，时间压力的影响被最小化。结果表明，时间压力会影响支持信息拾取的知觉-运动过程，并塑造驱动符合导航需求的信息-动作耦合。讨论了理论和实践意义。