EEG theta and alpha oscillations during tactical decision-making: An examination of the neural efficiency hypothesis in volleyball.

ABSTRACT: According to the neural efficiency hypothesis (NEH), individuals with higher expertise in a domain use their brain more efficiently when processing domain-specific tasks and show more efficient brain activity than individuals with lower expertise. In this study 64 participants with differing levels of volleyball expertise were recruited to investigate the NEH by means of a volleyball-specific tactical decision-making task. The participants, which were allocated to three different expertise groups (based on prior volleyball experience), saw videos of setting situations of real volleyball matches and were asked to predict the outcome of these situations. Behavioral performance and event-related de-/synchronization (ERD/S) in the EEG theta and alpha bands during the completion of the task, we

SUBMITTER: Kanatschnig T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11825103 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature