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- Title
Using Think Aloud to Investigate the Relationships Between Cognition, Psychophysiology, and Self-Paced Cycling Time-Trial Performance: A Methodological Examination.
- Authors
Hyland-Monks, Robert; Marchant, David; Cronin, Lorcan
- Abstract
Think Aloud (TA) has recently been used to capture cyclists' attentional focus and decision-making processes during exercise performance. However, the impact of using TA on self-paced exercise performance has not been empirically investigated. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the impact of TA on cycling time-trial performance (i.e., reactivity). This research also sought to investigate the associations between thought processes, cognition, and psychophysiology to better understand the psychology of pacing behaviour. Eight trained cyclists and eight untrained participants completed a 16 km baseline, No TA, and TA cycling time-trial. Perceived exertion and affect were measured during trials, and cognitive performance (i.e., via a flanker task) before and after trials. No difference in finish time, cognitive performance, or perceptual measures was found between the TA and No TA conditions, suggesting that TA does not adversely affect endurance performance. Interoceptive and self-regulatory verbalizations increased, whereas distraction-related verbalizations decreased as the time-trial progressed. This possibly reflects an external-to-internal shift in attention and subsequent self-regulatory efforts. This is reinforced by greater distraction-related verbalizations in a positive versus negative affective state. Power output verbalizations were significantly higher for trained cyclists versus their untrained counterparts. Concluding, TA appears feasible to adopt without undue influence on cycling time-trial performance. The technique can be used to investigate the psychology of endurance performance and could help develop theory-informed psychological interventions to optimise pacing and performance.
- Subjects
PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; TASK performance; EXERCISE; SELF-control; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CYCLING; ATHLETES; ATTENTION; PHYSICAL fitness; DISTRACTION; ATHLETIC ability; AFFECT (Psychology); COGNITION
- Publication
Journal of Sport Behavior, 2024, Vol 47, Issue 2, p49
- ISSN
0162-7341
- Publication type
Article