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SUBMITTER: Shao M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7500350 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shao Mingming M Lai Yinghui Y Gong AnMin A Yang Yuan Y Chen Tingting T Jiang Changhao C
PeerJ 20200915
<h4>Background</h4>Executive function (EF) plays an important role in controlling human actions. Shooting is a closed motor skill, characterized by high anti-interference ability and high mental intensity. However, the beneficial effects of closed exercises such as shooting on EF remain unclear.<h4>Methods</h4>We utilized an expert-novice paradigm and the Flanker task to examine the EF of shooting athletes. Participants were assigned into the novice group, expert group, or control group, based o ...[more]