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In the fascinating world of sports, the physical prowess of athletes often overshadows the equally remarkable cognitive and neurological aspects that play a crucial role in their performance. A groundbreaking study, titled “Long-term Intensive Soccer Training Induced Dynamic Reconfiguration of Brain Network” by Ju Li, Minghao Huang, Yaping Cao, Zhe Qin, and Jian Lang, published […]

In the dynamic world of professional soccer, players often face not only physical challenges but also mental ones. A recent study led by Maria E.C. Ferreira and colleagues, published in the Psychology of Sport and Exercise journal, Volume 70, 2024, delves deep into this aspect. The study, titled “Prolonged cognitive effort impairs inhibitory control and

In the dynamic world of professional football, coaching styles profoundly influence team performance. his blog explores a groundbreaking study by Immler Sebastian and colleagues, titled “Guardiola, Klopp, and Pochettino: The Purveyors of What? The Use of Passing Network Analysis to Identify and Compare Coaching Styles in Professional Football,” published in “Frontiers in Sports and Active

In the competitive arenas of sports, business, and other fields, the factors contributing to success are often debated A comprehensive study, “Ability or luck: A systematic review of interpersonal attributions of success” by Odessa S. Hamilton and Grace Lordan, published in Frontiers in Psychology in 2023, provides crucial insights into how success is perceived, especially

In the dynamic world of sports, particularly in soccer, creativity is often the key to outmaneuvering opponents and achieving success. A fascinating study, “Creativity and working memory capacity in sports: working memory capacity is not a limiting factor in creative decision making amongst skilled performers,” by Philip Furley and Daniel Memmert, published in Frontiers in

In the diverse field of sports psychology, understanding the mental processes behind expert performance has been a long-standing pursuit. A study, “Metacognition and action: a new pathway to understanding social and cognitive aspects of expertise in sport,” by Tadhg E. MacIntyre, Eric R. Igou, Mark J. Campbell, Aidan P. Moran, and James Matthews, published in

In the competitive world of sports, understanding the cognitive abilities that distinguish elite athletes is as important as physical prowess. A landmark study, “Perceptual-Cognitive Expertise in Elite Volleyball Players,” by Heloisa Alves, Michelle Voss, Walter Boot, Andrea Deslandes, Victor Cossich, Jose Inacio Salles, and Arthur Kramer, published in Frontiers in Psychology in 2013, offers a

In the realm of sports analysis, the integration of technology has always been pivotal. A significant breakthrough in this field is presented in Jiatian Liu’s study, “Convolutional Neural Network-Based Human Movement Recognition Algorithm in Sports Analysis,” published in Frontiers in Psychology in 2021. This study introduces an innovative approach to analyzing athletes’ psychology and movements

The world of soccer is not just a display of physical skills but also a testament to cognitive prowess. A study titled “What happens in the prefrontal cortex? Cognitive processing of novel and familiar stimuli in soccer: An exploratory fNIRS study” by Schmaderer, Meyer, Reer, and Schumacher, published in the European Journal of Sport Science

In the realm of competitive basketball, the psychological readiness of players is as crucial as their physical abilities. A compelling study titled “Sport psychology in coaching: Improving the personality traits and thinking skills of basketball players” by Ming-Yu Zhou, published in Thinking Skills and Creativity, Volume 46, 2022, brings forth the transformative power of integrating