Impacts of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on the Action Observation Network and Sports Anticipation Task.
J Sport Exerc Psychol
; 43(4): 310-322, 2021 Jun 17.
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ABSTRACT
Effective anticipation skills in sporting cognition have been shown to facilitate expertise in sports. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has shown to improve motor and cognitive functioning. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the assistive effects of tDCS on the action observer network in both novice and expert gamers during an occlusion task, as well as the related electroencephalographic spectral power response. Twenty-three novice and 23 expert video gamers received either sham or active tDCS with a right parietal anode and left frontal cathode. Only experts demonstrated a significant improvement in predicting ball direction for the overall and early occlusions after tDCS. Spectral power results revealed significant changes in theta, high-gamma, and delta frequencies. The findings indicate that tDCS was able to modulate anticipatory behavior and cortical activity in experts compared with novice participants, suggesting a facilitatory role for tDCS to improve anticipatory effects and assist as a neurocognitive training technique.
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MEDLINE
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Estimulação Transcraniana por Corrente Contínua
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Humans
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En
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J Sport Exerc Psychol
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article