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

ABSTRACT: Previous studies on athletes' cognitive functions have reported superior performance on tasks measuring attention and sensorimotor abilities. However, how types of sports training shapes cognitive profile remains to be further explored. In this study, we recruited elite athletes specialized in badminton (N = 35, female = 12) and volleyball (N = 29, female = 13), as well as healthy adult controls (N = 27, female = 17) who had not receive any regular sports training. All participants completed cognitive assessments on spatial attention, sensory memory, cognitive flexibility, motor inhibition, and the attention networks. The results showed that athletes generally showed superior performance on selective cognitive domains compared to healthy controls. Specifically, compared to the healthy cont

SUBMITTER: Meng FW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6519903 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature