Increasing ecological validity in mental fatigue research—A Footbonaut study
Past studies have mainly used Stroop tasks to induce mental fatigue in soccer. However, due to the non-sport-specificity of these tasks, their transferability to the real-life effects of mental fatigue in soccer have been questioned. The study's aim was to investigate the effects of two differe...
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Published in | Frontiers in psychology Vol. 16; p. 1586944 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Switzerland
Frontiers Media S.A
27.05.2025
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ISSN | 1664-1078 1664-1078 |
DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1586944 |
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Summary: | Past studies have mainly used Stroop tasks to induce mental fatigue in soccer. However, due to the non-sport-specificity of these tasks, their transferability to the real-life effects of mental fatigue in soccer have been questioned. The study's aim was to investigate the effects of two different versions (mentally less vs. mentally more demanding) of a soccer passing task in the so-called Footbonaut on cognitive and soccer-specific performance.
A randomized, counterbalanced experimental within-subjects design was employed (
= 27). We developed two different versions of the soccer passing task in the Footbonaut: a mentally more demanding decision-making and inhibition task in the experimental condition, and a mentally less demanding standard task of the Footbonaut in the control condition.
Participants showed significantly worse soccer-specific performance in the experimental condition compared to the control condition. No corresponding effects were revealed in cognitive performance.
The findings suggest that cognitive-motor interference induced by 30-min Footbonaut technology-based training may induce mental fatigue in soccer players. Future studies should consider developing mentally less-demanding yet comparable control tasks. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Reviewed by: Jesús Díaz-García, G. d'Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara, Italy Edited by: Bruno Teixeira Barbosa, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil Chao Bian, Vrije University Brussels, Belgium |
ISSN: | 1664-1078 1664-1078 |
DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1586944 |