Behavioral and Cognitive Electrophysiological Differences in the Executive Functions of Taiwanese Basketball Players as a Function of Playing Position

Chiu, Yi Kang; Pan, Chien-Yu; Chen, Fu Chen; Tseng, Yu Ting; Tsai, Chia Liang

doi:10.3390/brainsci10060387

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“…For this study, a sport-specific task with video footage of table tennis situations was designed, as we think that this task is best suited to capture the inhibition processes trained by table tennis players. Actually, a gap exists in the literature, as most studies used nonecological tasks to evaluate IC in expert populations 18 , 19 , 26 , 67 . One exception is the study by Muraskin et al 17 , who compared baseball players to baseball novices with a Go/NoGo task reflecting real scenarios of simulated baseball trajectories.…”

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The field of expertise modulates the time course of neural processes associated with inhibitory control in a sport decision-making task

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Inhibitory control (IC), the ability to suppress inappropriate actions, can be improved by regularly facing complex and dynamic situations requiring flexible behaviors, such as in the context of intensive sport practice. However, researchers have not clearly determined whether and how this improvement in IC transfers to ecological and nonecological computer-based tasks. We explored the spatiotemporal dynamics of changes in the brain activity of three groups of athletes performing sport-nonspecific and sport-specific Go/NoGo tasks with video footages of table tennis situations to address this question. We compared table tennis players (n = 20), basketball players (n = 20) and endurance athletes (n = 17) to identify how years of practicing a sport in an unpredictable versus predictable environment shape the IC brain networks and increase the transfer effects to untrained tasks. Overall, the table tennis group responded faster than the two other groups in both Go/NoGo tasks. The electrical neuroimaging analyses performed in the sport-specific Go/NoGo task revealed that this faster response time was supported by an early engagement of brain structures related to decision-making processes in a time window where inhibition processes typically occur. Our collective findings have relevant applied perspectives, as they highlight the importance of designing more ecological domain-related tasks to effectively capture the complex decision-making processes acquired in real-life situations. Finally, the limited effects from sport practice to laboratory-based tasks found in this study question the utility of cognitive training intervention, whose effects would remain specific to the practice environment.

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The field of expertise modulates the time course of neural processes associated with inhibitory control in a sport decision-making task

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“…In the case of basketball, a high level of concentration is necessary to ensure rhythmic follow-through while dribbling the ball. Also, basketball as an open skill requires participants to perform in a dynamic environment and respond to unpredictable and frequent environmental changes throughout the activity (Dai et al, 2013;Chiu et al, 2020;Ke et al, 2021). Therefore, basketball training will engage children in quickly evaluating all possible situations to choose a preferred strategy and switching technical actions when necessary (Pedro et al, 2021), it is possible that increasing the frequency of basketball training allows children to practice their cognitive flexibility (Nuri et al, 2013).…”

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Basketball training frequency is associated with executive functions in boys aged 6 to 8 years

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Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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This study investigates the relationship between the frequency of basketball training and executive functions (inhibitory control, working memory, and cognitive flexibility) in boys aged 6 to 8. A total of 40 boys recruited from a local after-school basketball training club were divided into a low-frequency group (once a week) and a high-frequency group (at least twice a week). An additional 20 age-matched boys recruited from a local elementary school were considered as the control group (no training experience). All subjects conducted the Stop-signal task, the N-back task, and the switching task at rest. The mean reaction time and accuracy data obtained from each task were used in statistical analysis. There was no significant group difference in either the accuracy or reaction time of inhibitory control. Meanwhile, no significant difference was found in the reaction time of working memory across groups. However, the high-frequency group exhibited significantly higher accuracy (93.00 ± 4.31%) with regard to working memory than the low-frequency group (85.4 ± 6.04%, P < 0.001) and the control group (83.73 ± 7.70%, P < 0.001), respectively. A positive correlation was also found between the accuracy of working memory and groups. Furthermore, in comparison with the control group, the high-frequency group exhibited significantly higher cognitive flexibility accuracy (91.93 ± 7.40% vs. 85.70 ± 9.75%, P = 0.004) and shorter reaction time (934.24 ± 213.02 ms vs. 1,122.06 ± 299.14 ms, P < 0.001). There was also a positive correlation between the accuracy of cognitive flexibility and groups. These findings suggest that regular basketball training, especially with higher frequency, is beneficial to working memory and cognitive flexibilityin boys aged 6 to 8.

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“…Those could be different for players in different playing positions. Chiu et al 15 found that although the guards and forwards exhibited similar abilities in terms of behavioral inhibition, different neural processing efficiencies still exist in the basketball playing positions, with guards showing divergent efficiencies in the target evaluation and response selection of the target and non-target stimuli and fewer cognitive resources during premotor preparation and decision-making as compared to the forwards. Zhai et al 16 explored the differences in technical performances of players considering playing positions by controlling the effect of situational variables in each International basketball federation (FIBA) female continental basketball competition.…”

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Examining positional difference in basketball players’ field goal accuracy using Bayesian hierarchical model

Wang

Zheng

2022

International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching

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This study developed a Bayesian Hierarchical Modeling Scheme to study the positional difference of field goal accuracy at different shooting distances, including less than 8 ft, 8–24 ft, and more than 24 ft. The approach was first applied to players’ statistics in the National Basketball Association (NBA) 2018–2019 season in the USA. Results found that the overall accuracy decreases with the increase in shooting distance. When the shooting distance is less than 8 feet, players in the role of center have the highest accuracy (63.2%). The point guard and shooting guard have higher shooting accuracy than power forward and small forward. When the shooting distance is between 8 and 24 feet, the guards, including the shooting guard and point guard, have the highest shooting accuracy. For the 3-point field goal with a shooting distance of more than 24 feet, the point guard and shooting guard have the highest shooting accuracy, with a mode of 0.362, respectively. To further demonstrate the use of the proposed method, shooting accuracy at different distances was investigated for NBA basketball seasons in the last decade (2011–2020). Analyzes found that shooting accuracy for distinct positions at different shooting distances is generally higher in the last five years (from 2016–2017 season to 2020–2021 season) compared to the first five years (from 2011–2012 season to 2015–2016 season). Increases in the accuracy of field goals with shooting distance over 24 feet have been observed for players who take the roles of center, power forward, and shooting guard.

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Behavioral and Cognitive Electrophysiological Differences in the Executive Functions of Taiwanese Basketball Players as a Function of Playing Position

Cited by 17 publications

References 48 publications

The field of expertise modulates the time course of neural processes associated with inhibitory control in a sport decision-making task

The field of expertise modulates the time course of neural processes associated with inhibitory control in a sport decision-making task

Basketball training frequency is associated with executive functions in boys aged 6 to 8 years

Examining positional difference in basketball players’ field goal accuracy using Bayesian hierarchical model

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