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- Title
Brain Stimulation Over the Motion-Sensitive Midtemporal Area Reduces Deleterious Effects of Mental Fatigue on Perceptual–Cognitive Skills in Basketball Players.
- Authors
Fortes, Leonardo S.; Ferreira, Maria E.C.; Faro, Heloiana; Penna, Eduardo M.; Almeida, Sebastião S.
- Abstract
The objective of this study was to analyze the effect of anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (a-tDCS) over the motion-sensitive midtemporal area on perceptual–cognitive skills (visuomotor and basketball decision-making skills) in mentally fatigued basketball players. A total of 20 male basketball players were recruited. This was a randomized, double-blinded, and counterbalanced crossover study with two experimental conditions: a-tDCS and Sham. The participants completed the basketball decision-making task and visuomotor skill after performing a 60-min sport-based videogame task with anodal (i.e., a-tDCS) or placebo (Sham) stimulation over the motion-sensitive middle temporal area. Worse response time was observed in visuomotor skill for Sham than a-tDCS postexperiment (p <.05). There was no main condition effect for accuracy of visuomotor skill (p >.05). There was more impairment in accuracy and response time in basketball decision-making skills for the Sham condition than a-tDCS (p <.05). Notably, a-tDCS over the motion-sensitive middle temporal area removed the negative effects of mental fatigue on perceptual–cognitive skills.
- Subjects
BRAIN stimulation; MENTAL fatigue; TRANSCRANIAL direct current stimulation; BASKETBALL players; BASKETBALL player recruiting; REACTION time
- Publication
Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 2022, Vol 44, Issue 4, p272
- ISSN
0895-2779
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1123/jsep.2021-0281