Acute effect of complexity in basketball on cognitive capacity

Executive functions, notably inhibition, significantly influence decision-making and behavioral regulation in team sports. However, more research must be conducted on individual player characteristics such as experience and motor skills. This study assessed how accumulated practical experience moder...

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Published in:Frontiers in psychology 2024-05, Vol.15, p.1376961-1376961
Main Authors: Gutiérrez-Capote, Alejandro, Madinabeitia, Iker, Alarcón, Francisco, Torre, Elisa, Jiménez-Martínez, Jesús, Cárdenas, David
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Language:English
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basketball
cognitive load
executive function
inhibitory control
restriction
training
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Summary:Executive functions, notably inhibition, significantly influence decision-making and behavioral regulation in team sports. However, more research must be conducted on individual player characteristics such as experience and motor skills. This study assessed how accumulated practical experience moderates inhibition in response to varying task difficulty levels. Forty-four university students (age: 20.36 ± 3.13 years) participated in this study with two sessions: one followed standard 1 × 1 basketball rules ("Regular Practice"), while the other imposed motor, temporal, and spatial restrictions ("Restriction Practice"). Functional difficulty was controlled by grouping pairs with similar skill levels. Flanker and Go-Nogo tasks were used. Increasing complexity worsened cognitive performance (inhibition). "Restriction Practice" showed a significantly slower and less accurate performance in both tests than "Regular Practice" (  
ISSN:1664-1078
1664-1078
DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1376961