ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2020
Manipulation of the Duration of the Initial Self-Control Task Within the Sequential-Task Paradigm: Effect on Exercise Performance.
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- Assessing the Evidential Value of Mental Fatigue and Exercise Research.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Pooled it
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- Detrimental effects of prior self-control exertion on subsequent sporting skill performance.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2021Trial
- Current Practices for Mental Fatigue Quantification and Induction in Movement Science: Introducing the SPeCIFY Guidelines.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Review
- Increasing ecological validity in mental fatigue research-A Footbonaut study.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Effects of mental fatigue on psychophysiological responses, kinematic variables and technical actions in small-sided soccer games: a time course analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Investigating the isolated effects of a soccer-specific mental fatigue manipulation on different task types.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- A Primer on the Role of Boredom in Self-Controlled Sports and Exercise Behavior.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Again, No Evidence for or Against the Existence of Ego Depletion: Opinion on "A Multi-Site Preregistered Paradigmatic Test of the Ego Depletion Effect".Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Article
- Testing the Effects of a Preceding Self-Control Task on Decision-Making in Soccer Refereeing.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Article
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Abstract
Self-control exertion on an initial task has been associated with impaired performance on subsequent physical tasks also requiring self-control; an effect suggested to be mediated by changes in perceptions of pain and motivation. However, the effects of spending longer on the initial self-control task are unknown. This study, therefore, explored the potential for the duration of the initial self-control task to influence subsequent physical performance, perceptions of pain, and perceived motivation; particularly during the early stages of the physical task. In a within-subject design, 29 participants (11 male, 18 female) completed a wall-sit task until volitional exhaustion, on four separate occasions. Prior to each wall-sit, participants completed either a non-self-control task (congruent Stroop task) for 4 min, or a self-control task (incongruent Stroop task) for 4 (short duration), 8 (medium duration), or 16 (long duration) min. Participant's perceptions of pain and motivation were recorded every 30 s during the wall-sit. Wall-sit performance time was analyzed using one-way ANOVA and perceptions of pain and motivation analyzed using multi-level modeling. Wall-sit performance time was significantly longer on the non-self-control exertion trial compared to all other trials (all
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