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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019

Chess Players Increase the Theta Power Spectrum When the Difficulty of the Opponent Increases: An EEG Study.

Juan Pedro Fuentes-García, Santos Villafaina, Daniel Collado-Mateo, Ricardo Cano-Plasencia, Narcis Gusi

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Juan Pedro Fuentes-GarcíaFaculty of Sport Science, University of Extremadura, Avda: Universidad S/N, 10003 Cáceres, Spain.
Santos VillafainaFaculty of Sport Science, University of Extremadura, Avda: Universidad S/N, 10003 Cáceres, Spain.
Daniel Collado-MateoCentre for Sport Studies, Rey Juan Carlos University, 28943 Fuenlabrada, Spain.
Ricardo Cano-PlasenciaClinical Neurophysiology, San Pedro de Alcántara Hospital, 10003 Cáceres, Spain.
Narcis GusiFaculty of Sport Science, University of Extremadura, Avda: Universidad S/N, 10003 Cáceres, Spain.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study aimed to analyze differences in the electroencephalogram (EEG) power spectrum (theta, alpha, and beta) between participants who won (winning group) and those who lost (losing group) in three different chess games: against their same Elo (100% chess games), 25% over their Elo (125% chess games), and 25% under their Elo (75% chess games). EEG was assessed at baseline and during the chess games. Method: 14 male chess players (age: 35.36 ± 13.77 and Elo: 1921 ± 170) played three games of 3 min, plus two additional seconds per move, while EEG was assessed. There were three difficulty levels (75%, 100%, and 125%), with two games (one with white pieces and another with black pieces) per level. The winning group showed higher theta power in the frontal, central, and posterior brain regions when difficulty increased (

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AdultBrainElectroencephalographyGames, RecreationalHumansMaleMiddle AgedStress, PhysiologicalStress, PsychologicalYoung AdultbrainchessEEG power spectrumneural efficiency hypothesis

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PMCPMC6981879

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