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The Effects of Social Processing and Role Type on Attention Networks: Insights from Team Ball Athletes

(1) Background: Several findings have shown how social stimuli can influence attentional processes. Social attention is crucial in team ball sports, in which players have to react to dynamically changing, unpredictable, and externally paced environments. Our study aimed at demonstrating the influenc...

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Autores principales: Passarello, Noemi, Mellone, Michela, Sorrentino, Pierpaolo, Chirico, Andrea, Lucidi, Fabio, Mandolesi, Laura, Federico, Francesca
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10046498/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36979286
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13030476
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author Passarello, Noemi
Mellone, Michela
Sorrentino, Pierpaolo
Chirico, Andrea
Lucidi, Fabio
Mandolesi, Laura
Federico, Francesca
author_facet Passarello, Noemi
Mellone, Michela
Sorrentino, Pierpaolo
Chirico, Andrea
Lucidi, Fabio
Mandolesi, Laura
Federico, Francesca
author_sort Passarello, Noemi
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description (1) Background: Several findings have shown how social stimuli can influence attentional processes. Social attention is crucial in team ball sports, in which players have to react to dynamically changing, unpredictable, and externally paced environments. Our study aimed at demonstrating the influence of social processing on team ball sports athletes’ attentional abilities. (2) Methods: A total of 103 male players divided by sport (soccer, handball, and basketball) and by role (striker, midfielder, or defender) were tested through a modified version of the Attention Network Test (ANT) in which they were exposed to both social and non-social stimuli. (3) Results: Social stimuli positively impacted the athletes’ abilities to focus on target stimuli and ignore conflicting environmental requests (t = −2.600, p = 0.011 *). We also found that the athletes’ roles impacted their performance accuracy. Specifically, differences were found in the ability to maintain a general state of reactivity between athletes (strikers vs. midfielders: t = 3.303, p = 0.004 **; striker vs. defenders: t = −2.820, p = 0.017 *; midfielders vs. defenders: t = −5.876, p < 001 ***). (4) Conclusion: These findings revealed that social stimuli are crucial for performance enhancement in team ball sports athletes. Further, we suggest that it is possible to draw specific attentional profiles for athletes in different roles.
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spelling pubmed-100464982023-03-29 The Effects of Social Processing and Role Type on Attention Networks: Insights from Team Ball Athletes Passarello, Noemi Mellone, Michela Sorrentino, Pierpaolo Chirico, Andrea Lucidi, Fabio Mandolesi, Laura Federico, Francesca Brain Sci Article (1) Background: Several findings have shown how social stimuli can influence attentional processes. Social attention is crucial in team ball sports, in which players have to react to dynamically changing, unpredictable, and externally paced environments. Our study aimed at demonstrating the influence of social processing on team ball sports athletes’ attentional abilities. (2) Methods: A total of 103 male players divided by sport (soccer, handball, and basketball) and by role (striker, midfielder, or defender) were tested through a modified version of the Attention Network Test (ANT) in which they were exposed to both social and non-social stimuli. (3) Results: Social stimuli positively impacted the athletes’ abilities to focus on target stimuli and ignore conflicting environmental requests (t = −2.600, p = 0.011 *). We also found that the athletes’ roles impacted their performance accuracy. Specifically, differences were found in the ability to maintain a general state of reactivity between athletes (strikers vs. midfielders: t = 3.303, p = 0.004 **; striker vs. defenders: t = −2.820, p = 0.017 *; midfielders vs. defenders: t = −5.876, p < 001 ***). (4) Conclusion: These findings revealed that social stimuli are crucial for performance enhancement in team ball sports athletes. Further, we suggest that it is possible to draw specific attentional profiles for athletes in different roles. MDPI 2023-03-11 /pmc/articles/PMC10046498/ /pubmed/36979286 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13030476 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Passarello, Noemi
Mellone, Michela
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Chirico, Andrea
Lucidi, Fabio
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Federico, Francesca
The Effects of Social Processing and Role Type on Attention Networks: Insights from Team Ball Athletes
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title_fullStr The Effects of Social Processing and Role Type on Attention Networks: Insights from Team Ball Athletes
title_full_unstemmed The Effects of Social Processing and Role Type on Attention Networks: Insights from Team Ball Athletes
title_short The Effects of Social Processing and Role Type on Attention Networks: Insights from Team Ball Athletes
title_sort effects of social processing and role type on attention networks: insights from team ball athletes
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10046498/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36979286
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13030476
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