Dr. Aïmen Khacharem

Aïmen Khacharem is Assistant Professor of Sport Psychology at Paris-East University, France. He obtained his Ph.D. in Human Movement Sciences at the University of Aix-Marseille, France. His research interests focus on cognitive processes underlying the acquisition and development of expertise, with a particular focus on motor learning, anticipation and decision making. His research also includes implementation of learning and pedagogical settings to develop tactical skills in novice and experts athletes (e.g., game intelligence, decision making, and creativity). He has more than 20 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters in the field of sport performance. He serves as scientific reviewer for several sport psychology and sports science journals. He is coordinator of the scientific committee of the International Society of Sport Science in the Arab world (I3SAW). Below are some scientific papers of Aïmen Khacharem:

In sport psychology journals:

  • Khacharem, A., Spanjers, I. A., Zoudji, B., Kalyuga, S., & Ripoll, H. (2013). Using segmentation to support the learning from animated soccer scenes: An effect of prior knowledge. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 14(2), 154-160.
  • Khacharem, A., Zoudji, B., Kalyuga, S., & Ripoll, H. (2013). The expertise reversal effect for sequential presentation in dynamic soccer visualizations. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 35(3), 260-269.
  • Khacharem, A., Zoudji, B., Kalyuga, S., & Ripoll, H. (2013). Developing tactical skills through the use of static and dynamic soccer visualizations: An expert–nonexpert differences investigation. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 25(3), 326-340.

In Sports science journals

  • Khacharem, A. (2017). Top-down and bottom-up guidance in comprehension of schematic football diagrams. Journal of sports sciences, 35(12), 1204-1210.
  • Khacharem, A., Trabelsi, K., Zoudji, B., & Kalyuga, S. (2019). Communicating Dynamic Behaviors in Basketball: The Role of Verbal Instructions and Arrow Symbols. Research quarterly for exercise and sport, 1-9.

Scientific expert in the Maghreb zone