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Research has shown that a brief mindfulness intervention may counteract the depleting effects of an emotion suppression task upon a subsequent psychological task that requires self-control. However, the effects of a brief mindfulness intervention on perceptual–motor tasks particularly in stressful situations have not yet been examined. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether a brief mindfulness intervention can counteract the detrimental effects of ego depletion in basketball free throw performance under pressure. Seventy-two basketball players (M age= 28.6±4.0 years) were randomly assigned to one of the following 4 groups: depletion/mindfulness, no depletion/mindfulness, depletion/no mindfulness, and control (no depletion/no mindfulness). The subjects in the mindfulness intervention participated in a 15-min breath and body mindfulness audio exercise, and those in the control condition (no …