Team sport expertise shows superior stimulus-driven visual attention and motor inhibition

FW Meng, ZF Yao, EC Chang, YL Chen - PloS One, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Previous studies on athletes' cognitive functions have reported superior performance on
tasks measuring attention and sensorimotor abilities. However, how types of sports training …

Athletes have different dominant cognitive functions depending on type of sport

A Yongtawee, J Park, Y Kim, M Woo - International Journal of Sport …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
High-performing athletes possess the ability to read the game, which is known as the “sports
brain.” The purpose of this study was to investigate differences in athletes' cognitive …

Perceptual-cognitive expertise in elite volleyball players

H Alves, MW Voss, WR Boot, A Deslandes… - Frontiers in …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
The goal of the current study was to investigate the relationship between sport expertise and
perceptual and cognitive skills, as measured by the component skills approach. We …

Trained athletes and cognitive function: a systematic review and meta-analysis

NE Logan, DA Henry, CH Hillman… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
As trends in physical inactivity continue to increase throughout the lifespan, one prominent
area of interest is the cumulative benefits of participating in physical activity. Recent …

Modulation of brain oscillations during fundamental visuo-spatial processing: A comparison between female collegiate badminton players and sedentary controls

CH Wang, CL Tsai, KC Tu, NG Muggleton… - Psychology of Sport and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objectives The present study aimed to investigate the difference in fundamental cognitive
processing and neural oscillations between badminton players and sedentary controls …

The relationship between expertise in sports, visuospatial, and basic cognitive skills

H Heppe, A Kohler, MT Fleddermann… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Team sports place high demands on visuospatial and other cognitive skills. However, there
is a lack of research on visuospatial skills of elite athletes and there are heterogeneous …

Relationship between cognitive functions and sport-specific physical performance in youth volleyball players

A Trecroci, M Duca, L Cavaggioni, A Rossi, R Scurati… - Brain Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between basic cognitive functions
and sport-specific physical performance in young volleyball players. Forty-three female …

[HTML][HTML] The perceptual cognitive processes underpinning skilled performance in volleyball: Evidence from eye-movements and verbal reports of thinking involving an …

J Afonso, J Garganta, A Mcrobert… - Journal of sports …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
An extensive body of work has focused on the processes underpinning perceptual-cognitive
expertise. The majority of researchers have used film-based simulations to capture superior …

The effects of visual training on sports skill in volleyball players

Y Zhou, CT Chen, NG Muggleton - Progress in Brain Research, 2020 - Elsevier
While there has been a marked increase in investigation of benefits of sporting engagement
and fitness beyond typical health benefits, particularly looking at beneficial effects on …

Attention and executive control in varsity athletes engaging in strategic and static sports

A Rahimi, SD Roberts, JR Baker, M Wojtowicz - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Examining non-sport-related cognitive tasks of attention and executive control in skilled
athletes may provide insight into the acquisition of highly specific skills developed in experts …