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Objective: The present study investigated the impact of audible and visual information for the prediction of attack movements in fencing, the raddoppio and the fleche. Method: A temporal occlusion paradigm with visually (i.e. soundless videos), auditory (i.e. the audio track of the videos), and audio-visually (i.e. video with audio track) presented attack movements was used to investigate 15 experts' (5 women; M age = 17.2 years, age range = 15-21) and 17 novices' (15 women; M age = 23.4 years, age range = 19-30) performance in predicting fencing attacks. Results: Results showed that the number of correct answers for all stimulus conditions increased for both groups the later a video was occluded. Moreover, experts outperformed novices in all stimulus conditions. Regarding auditory information, results indicated that neither group efficiently integrated the sounds of fencing steps with the visually provided information, however, experts were better able than novices to make use of auditory information if no visual information was provided and to filter out auditory information otherwise. Conclusion: Future research might address the issue to what extent athletes might benefit from training interventions focusing on the use of auditory information. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.