Motor expertise affects the unconscious processing of geometric forms.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The unconscious processing of information is an important skill used by competitive athletes to handle the rapidly changing movements of opponents and equipment. Previous studies have shown that unconscious information processing among athletes is better than that among non-athletes in the sports-specific domain. However, it is not yet clear whether athletes also show superior unconscious information processing in the general cognitive domain.

Methods

Twenty-five competitive table tennis players (athletes) and 26 aged-matched non-athletic college students (non-athlete controls) were recruited for this study. Participants first performed a masked priming task that used geometric shapes as primes and targets to examine unconscious information processing in the gener

SUBMITTER: Geng J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7353910 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature