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SUBMITTER: Moratal C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7235161 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Moratal Consuelo C Lupiáñez Juan J Ballester Rafael R Huertas Florentino F
Frontiers in psychology 20200512
The main purpose of this study was to explore the association between the regular practice of open-skill sports (i.e., soccer) and executive control, along with other attentional functions (i.e., alerting and orienting) during preadolescence. The study was conducted on 131 participants (70 non-athletes and 61 soccer players). To measure cognitive performance, participants performed the Attentional Network Test-Interactions (ANT-I) task. Compared to non-athletes, soccer players showed overall fas ...[more]