The superior response speed of table tennis players is associated with proactive inhibitory control.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the mechanism behind the faster volitional reaction time (RT) of open skill sports athletes from the perspective of proactive inhibitory control, with the hypothesis that the superior response speed of athletes from open skill sports is related to their enhanced capacity for releasing inhibition.

Methods

Participants were divided into two groups, an experimental group of 27 table tennis players and a control group of 27 non-athletes. By manipulating cue-target onset asynchrony (CTOA) in a simple cue-target detection task, the timing of target presentation occurred in different phases of the disinhibition process. The time needed for disinhibition were compared between groups.

Results

For the experimental group, RT varied with CTOA at delays less t

SUBMITTER: Zhu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9126139 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature