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- Title
Decision Making in Elite White-Water Athletes Paddling on a Kayak Ergometer.
- Authors
Davranche, Karen; Paleresompoulle, Danny; Pernaud, Rémy; Labarelle, Julie; Hasbroucq, Thierry
- Abstract
The present study investigated the effects of acute paddling on performance in a typical decision-making task. It was aimed at assessing whether the effects of moderate exercise can be replicated using the feet as response effectors when physical exercise essentially solicits upper-body muscles. Twelve national-level paddling athletes performed a Simon task while paddling at a moderate (75% of maximal heart rate, HRmax) and at very light (40% of HRmax) intensities. The results showed that the effects of moderate exercise can be generalized to exercises involving different response effectors and upper-body muscle groups. They suggest (1) that the activation- suppression hypothesis (Ridderinkhof, 2002) holds when the task is performed with the feet, and (2) that moderate exercise speeds up reaction time and impairs the suppression of direct response activation.
- Subjects
WHITE-water canoeing; REACTION time; KAYAKING; DYNAMOMETER; DECISION making; PHYSICAL fitness; ATHLETES; SPORTS research; SPORTS medicine; PHYSIOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 2009, Vol 31, Issue 4, p554
- ISSN
0895-2779
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1123/jsep.31.4.554