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Nature Scenes Counter Mental Fatigue-Induced Performance Decrements in Soccer Decision-Making

BACKGROUND: It has been well investigated that nature exposure intervention can restore directed attention and improve subsequent cognitive performance. The impairment of decision-making skills in mentally fatigued soccer players was attributed to the inability of attention allocation. However, natu...

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Autores principales: Sun, He, Soh, Kim Geok, Xu, Xiaowei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9105021/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35572319
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.877844
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Xu, Xiaowei
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description BACKGROUND: It has been well investigated that nature exposure intervention can restore directed attention and improve subsequent cognitive performance. The impairment of decision-making skills in mentally fatigued soccer players was attributed to the inability of attention allocation. However, nature exposure as the potential intervention to counter mental fatigue and improve the subsequent decision-making skill in soccer players has never been investigated. OBJECTS: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of nature exposure intervention on decision-making skills among mentally fatigued university soccer players. Moreover, different durations of nature exposure were also evaluated. METHODS: A random control between-subject design was adopted. Players were randomly assigned into six groups with three different durations of the experimental group compared with the corresponding control group (4.17 min: Exp 1 vs. Con 1; 8.33 min: Exp 2 vs. Con 2; and 12.50 min: Exp 3 vs. Con 3). All players were first mentally fatigued by performing a 45-min Stroop task; then, they viewed virtual photos of natural or urban scenes; and finally, they performed a soccer decision-making task. RESULTS: The subjective ratings of mental fatigue were significantly higher following the Stroop task. Only Exp 3 (12.50 min viewing natural scenes) significantly improved decision-making reaction time compared with Con 3 (p = 0.09). Moreover, the accuracy slightly increased in Exp 3 after the intervention. CONCLUSION: In line with attention restoration theory, nature exposure significantly improved decision-making skills in mentally fatigue university players. However, the duration must be 12.50 min for each stimulus to stay longer to attract involuntary attention.
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spelling pubmed-91050212022-05-14 Nature Scenes Counter Mental Fatigue-Induced Performance Decrements in Soccer Decision-Making Sun, He Soh, Kim Geok Xu, Xiaowei Front Psychol Psychology BACKGROUND: It has been well investigated that nature exposure intervention can restore directed attention and improve subsequent cognitive performance. The impairment of decision-making skills in mentally fatigued soccer players was attributed to the inability of attention allocation. However, nature exposure as the potential intervention to counter mental fatigue and improve the subsequent decision-making skill in soccer players has never been investigated. OBJECTS: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of nature exposure intervention on decision-making skills among mentally fatigued university soccer players. Moreover, different durations of nature exposure were also evaluated. METHODS: A random control between-subject design was adopted. Players were randomly assigned into six groups with three different durations of the experimental group compared with the corresponding control group (4.17 min: Exp 1 vs. Con 1; 8.33 min: Exp 2 vs. Con 2; and 12.50 min: Exp 3 vs. Con 3). All players were first mentally fatigued by performing a 45-min Stroop task; then, they viewed virtual photos of natural or urban scenes; and finally, they performed a soccer decision-making task. RESULTS: The subjective ratings of mental fatigue were significantly higher following the Stroop task. Only Exp 3 (12.50 min viewing natural scenes) significantly improved decision-making reaction time compared with Con 3 (p = 0.09). Moreover, the accuracy slightly increased in Exp 3 after the intervention. CONCLUSION: In line with attention restoration theory, nature exposure significantly improved decision-making skills in mentally fatigue university players. However, the duration must be 12.50 min for each stimulus to stay longer to attract involuntary attention. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-04-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9105021/ /pubmed/35572319 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.877844 Text en Copyright © 2022 Sun, Soh and Xu. https://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.
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Nature Scenes Counter Mental Fatigue-Induced Performance Decrements in Soccer Decision-Making
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title_fullStr Nature Scenes Counter Mental Fatigue-Induced Performance Decrements in Soccer Decision-Making
title_full_unstemmed Nature Scenes Counter Mental Fatigue-Induced Performance Decrements in Soccer Decision-Making
title_short Nature Scenes Counter Mental Fatigue-Induced Performance Decrements in Soccer Decision-Making
title_sort nature scenes counter mental fatigue-induced performance decrements in soccer decision-making
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9105021/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35572319
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.877844
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