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An app-enhanced cognitive fitness training program for athletes: The rationale and validation protocol

The core dimensions of cognitive fitness, such as attention and cognitive control, are emerging through a transdisciplinary expert consensus on what has been termed the Cognitive Fitness Framework (CF2). These dimensions represent key drivers of cognitive performance under pressure across many occup...

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Autores principales: Aidman, Eugene, Fogarty, Gerard J., Crampton, John, Bond, Jeffrey, Taylor, Paul, Heathcote, Andrew, Zaichkowsky, Leonard
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9469727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36110271
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.957551
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author Aidman, Eugene
Fogarty, Gerard J.
Crampton, John
Bond, Jeffrey
Taylor, Paul
Heathcote, Andrew
Zaichkowsky, Leonard
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Fogarty, Gerard J.
Crampton, John
Bond, Jeffrey
Taylor, Paul
Heathcote, Andrew
Zaichkowsky, Leonard
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description The core dimensions of cognitive fitness, such as attention and cognitive control, are emerging through a transdisciplinary expert consensus on what has been termed the Cognitive Fitness Framework (CF2). These dimensions represent key drivers of cognitive performance under pressure across many occupations, from first responders to sport, performing arts and the military. The constructs forming the building blocks of CF2 come from the RDoC framework, an initiative of the US National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) aimed at identifying the cognitive processes underlying normal and abnormal behavior. Similar to physical conditioning, cognitive fitness can be improved with deliberate practice. This paper reports the development of a prototype cognitive fitness training program for competitive athletes and the protocol for its evaluation. The program is focused on primary cognitive capacities and subtending skills for adjusting training rhythms and enhancing readiness for competition. The project is driven by the Australian Psychological Society’s College of Sport & Exercise Psychology and includes the development of a Cognitive Gym program for a smartphone app-enhanced implementation. Its key building blocks are training protocols (drills) connected by a periodized training plan. A website with background supporting resources has also been developed as part of the project. National-level training squads will participate in a three-week pilot evaluation protocol, assessing the program’s efficacy and usability through gamified cognitive assessment of participants’ training gains and coaching staff evaluations, respectively. Both near and far transfer of training effects will be examined.
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spelling pubmed-94697272022-09-14 An app-enhanced cognitive fitness training program for athletes: The rationale and validation protocol Aidman, Eugene Fogarty, Gerard J. Crampton, John Bond, Jeffrey Taylor, Paul Heathcote, Andrew Zaichkowsky, Leonard Front Psychol Psychology The core dimensions of cognitive fitness, such as attention and cognitive control, are emerging through a transdisciplinary expert consensus on what has been termed the Cognitive Fitness Framework (CF2). These dimensions represent key drivers of cognitive performance under pressure across many occupations, from first responders to sport, performing arts and the military. The constructs forming the building blocks of CF2 come from the RDoC framework, an initiative of the US National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) aimed at identifying the cognitive processes underlying normal and abnormal behavior. Similar to physical conditioning, cognitive fitness can be improved with deliberate practice. This paper reports the development of a prototype cognitive fitness training program for competitive athletes and the protocol for its evaluation. The program is focused on primary cognitive capacities and subtending skills for adjusting training rhythms and enhancing readiness for competition. The project is driven by the Australian Psychological Society’s College of Sport & Exercise Psychology and includes the development of a Cognitive Gym program for a smartphone app-enhanced implementation. Its key building blocks are training protocols (drills) connected by a periodized training plan. A website with background supporting resources has also been developed as part of the project. National-level training squads will participate in a three-week pilot evaluation protocol, assessing the program’s efficacy and usability through gamified cognitive assessment of participants’ training gains and coaching staff evaluations, respectively. Both near and far transfer of training effects will be examined. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9469727/ /pubmed/36110271 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.957551 Text en Copyright © 2022 Aidman, Fogarty, Crampton, Bond, Taylor, Heathcote and Zaichkowsky. 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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Aidman, Eugene
Fogarty, Gerard J.
Crampton, John
Bond, Jeffrey
Taylor, Paul
Heathcote, Andrew
Zaichkowsky, Leonard
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title_sort app-enhanced cognitive fitness training program for athletes: the rationale and validation protocol
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9469727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36110271
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.957551
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