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Football Players Do Not Show “Neural Efficiency” in Cortical Activity Related to Visuospatial Information Processing During Football Scenes: An EEG Mapping Study

This study tested the hypothesis of cortical neural efficiency (i.e., reduced brain activation in experts) in the visuospatial information processing related to football (soccer) scenes in football players. Electroencephalographic data were recorded from 56 scalp electrodes in 13 football players an...

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Autores principales: Del Percio, Claudio, Franzetti, Mauro, De Matti, Adelaide Josy, Noce, Giuseppe, Lizio, Roberta, Lopez, Susanna, Soricelli, Andrea, Ferri, Raffaele, Pascarelli, Maria Teresa, Rizzo, Marco, Triggiani, Antonio Ivano, Stocchi, Fabrizio, Limatola, Cristina, Babiloni, Claudio
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6497783/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31080423
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00890
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author Del Percio, Claudio
Franzetti, Mauro
De Matti, Adelaide Josy
Noce, Giuseppe
Lizio, Roberta
Lopez, Susanna
Soricelli, Andrea
Ferri, Raffaele
Pascarelli, Maria Teresa
Rizzo, Marco
Triggiani, Antonio Ivano
Stocchi, Fabrizio
Limatola, Cristina
Babiloni, Claudio
author_facet Del Percio, Claudio
Franzetti, Mauro
De Matti, Adelaide Josy
Noce, Giuseppe
Lizio, Roberta
Lopez, Susanna
Soricelli, Andrea
Ferri, Raffaele
Pascarelli, Maria Teresa
Rizzo, Marco
Triggiani, Antonio Ivano
Stocchi, Fabrizio
Limatola, Cristina
Babiloni, Claudio
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description This study tested the hypothesis of cortical neural efficiency (i.e., reduced brain activation in experts) in the visuospatial information processing related to football (soccer) scenes in football players. Electroencephalographic data were recorded from 56 scalp electrodes in 13 football players and eight matched non-players during the observation of 70 videos with football actions lasting 2.5 s each. During these videos, the central fixation target changed color from red to blue or vice versa. The videos were watched two times. One time, the subjects were asked to estimate the distance between players during each action (FOOTBALL condition, visuospatial). Another time, they had to estimate if the fixation target was colored for a longer time in red or blue color (CONTROL condition, non-visuospatial). The order of the two conditions was pseudo-randomized across the subjects. Cortical activity was estimated as the percent reduction in power of scalp alpha rhythms (about 8–12 Hz) during the videos compared with a pre-video baseline (event-related desynchronization, ERD). In the FOOTBALL condition, a prominent and bilateral parietal alpha ERD (i.e., cortical activation) was greater in the football players than non-players (p < 0.05) in contrast with the neural efficiency hypothesis. In the CONTROL condition, no significant alpha ERD difference was observed. No difference in behavioral response time and accuracy was found between the two groups in any condition. In conclusion, a prominent parietal cortical activity related to visuospatial processes during football scenes was greater in the football players over controls in contrast with the neural efficiency hypothesis.
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spelling pubmed-64977832019-05-10 Football Players Do Not Show “Neural Efficiency” in Cortical Activity Related to Visuospatial Information Processing During Football Scenes: An EEG Mapping Study Del Percio, Claudio Franzetti, Mauro De Matti, Adelaide Josy Noce, Giuseppe Lizio, Roberta Lopez, Susanna Soricelli, Andrea Ferri, Raffaele Pascarelli, Maria Teresa Rizzo, Marco Triggiani, Antonio Ivano Stocchi, Fabrizio Limatola, Cristina Babiloni, Claudio Front Psychol Psychology This study tested the hypothesis of cortical neural efficiency (i.e., reduced brain activation in experts) in the visuospatial information processing related to football (soccer) scenes in football players. Electroencephalographic data were recorded from 56 scalp electrodes in 13 football players and eight matched non-players during the observation of 70 videos with football actions lasting 2.5 s each. During these videos, the central fixation target changed color from red to blue or vice versa. The videos were watched two times. One time, the subjects were asked to estimate the distance between players during each action (FOOTBALL condition, visuospatial). Another time, they had to estimate if the fixation target was colored for a longer time in red or blue color (CONTROL condition, non-visuospatial). The order of the two conditions was pseudo-randomized across the subjects. Cortical activity was estimated as the percent reduction in power of scalp alpha rhythms (about 8–12 Hz) during the videos compared with a pre-video baseline (event-related desynchronization, ERD). In the FOOTBALL condition, a prominent and bilateral parietal alpha ERD (i.e., cortical activation) was greater in the football players than non-players (p < 0.05) in contrast with the neural efficiency hypothesis. In the CONTROL condition, no significant alpha ERD difference was observed. No difference in behavioral response time and accuracy was found between the two groups in any condition. In conclusion, a prominent parietal cortical activity related to visuospatial processes during football scenes was greater in the football players over controls in contrast with the neural efficiency hypothesis. Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-04-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6497783/ /pubmed/31080423 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00890 Text en Copyright © 2019 Del Percio, Franzetti, De Matti, Noce, Lizio, Lopez, Soricelli, Ferri, Pascarelli, Rizzo, Triggiani, Stocchi, Limatola and Babiloni. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Psychology
Del Percio, Claudio
Franzetti, Mauro
De Matti, Adelaide Josy
Noce, Giuseppe
Lizio, Roberta
Lopez, Susanna
Soricelli, Andrea
Ferri, Raffaele
Pascarelli, Maria Teresa
Rizzo, Marco
Triggiani, Antonio Ivano
Stocchi, Fabrizio
Limatola, Cristina
Babiloni, Claudio
Football Players Do Not Show “Neural Efficiency” in Cortical Activity Related to Visuospatial Information Processing During Football Scenes: An EEG Mapping Study
title Football Players Do Not Show “Neural Efficiency” in Cortical Activity Related to Visuospatial Information Processing During Football Scenes: An EEG Mapping Study
title_full Football Players Do Not Show “Neural Efficiency” in Cortical Activity Related to Visuospatial Information Processing During Football Scenes: An EEG Mapping Study
title_fullStr Football Players Do Not Show “Neural Efficiency” in Cortical Activity Related to Visuospatial Information Processing During Football Scenes: An EEG Mapping Study
title_full_unstemmed Football Players Do Not Show “Neural Efficiency” in Cortical Activity Related to Visuospatial Information Processing During Football Scenes: An EEG Mapping Study
title_short Football Players Do Not Show “Neural Efficiency” in Cortical Activity Related to Visuospatial Information Processing During Football Scenes: An EEG Mapping Study
title_sort football players do not show “neural efficiency” in cortical activity related to visuospatial information processing during football scenes: an eeg mapping study
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6497783/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31080423
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00890
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