Do basketball players rely on previous observations of opponents or decide based on on-going interaction?

The ecological approach [Gibson 1986] emphasises the emergent nature of adaptive behaviour, which arises from the interplay between the environment, the agent and the task itself, considering that all these factors impose constraints on the occurring behaviour. The individual-environment entity, constitutes an "ecosystem" [Araújo et al. 2006], that can be best understood via a dynamical systems' approach. The study of dynamical systems coupled with the theoretical framework of ecological psychology, formed the ecological dynamics framework that aims to understand how agents behave in complex systems, such as sports [Araújo et al. 2006]. To best understand individuals' decision-making process, one must analyse the "ecosystem" it is performed in, and take into account that it is emergent by nature due to the interaction of an array of constraints.