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Trial reportScientific reports2023

Feasibility of a novel neurofeedback system: a parallel randomized single-blinded pilot study.

Dávid Horváth, János Négyesi, Melinda Rácz, Tamás Győri, Zsolt Matics, Artyom Puskin, János Csipor, Levente Rácz

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Dávid HorváthDepartment of Kinesiology, Hungarian University of Sports Science, Budapest, Hungary. david.horvath@fit4race.com.
János NégyesiDepartment of Kinesiology, Hungarian University of Sports Science, Budapest, Hungary.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5055-3242
Melinda RáczResearch Centre for Natural Sciences, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Budapest, Hungary.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6166-7699
Tamás GyőriFit4Race Kft., Budapest, Hungary.
Zsolt MaticsFit4Race Kft., Budapest, Hungary.
Artyom PuskinMindRove Kft., Győr, Hungary.
János CsiporMindRove Kft., Győr, Hungary.
Levente RáczDepartment of Kinesiology, Hungarian University of Sports Science, Budapest, Hungary.
Hungarian School Sport Federation · HUBudapest University of Technology and Economics · HUSemmelweis University · HUTohoku University · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurocognitive assessment tools have been proposed to optimize, maintain, and improve perceptual-cognitive performance. Here, we investigated the feasibility and efficacy of a novel neurofeedback system, neuroMoon (nM), on cognitive abilities compared with one of the most popular perceptual-cognitive training (PCT) tools both in sports and rehabilitation called NeuroTracker (NT). Thirty-one young athletes performed a comprehensive battery of cognitive tests from the Vienna Test System before and after a 12-session computer-based cognitive training program using nM (n = 11, age 22.6 ± 3.8 years), nM sham (CON, n = 10, age 20.3 ± 1.2 years) or NT (n = 10, age 20.5 ± 1.7 years) device. A series of repeated-measures ANOVA was performed to detect changes in cognitive abilities in response to the training. Participants had faster median reaction time in both the color-naming and word-reading conditions of the Stroop test (all p < 0.005), regardless of group. Regarding the task switching test, statistical analysis indicated faster working time and mean reaction time of the incongruent stimuli, repetition task, and shifting task (all p < 0.005), nevertheless, these changes were also regardless of group. In addition, we found fewer omitted (pre: 17.5 ± 8.3, post: 6.4 ± 1.5, d = 1.311) and more correct (pre: 261.6 ± 36.1, post: 278.6 ± 38.7, d = - 1.020) post-intervention answers in the determination test, regardless of group. Finally, participants in each group performed the digit span backward test with larger post (6.42 ± 1.54) vs. pre (5.55 ± 1.43) scores following the PCT (d = - 0.801). Overall, PCT with nM as compared with NT induced similar results in cognitive abilities suggesting its potential to be used to achieve and maintain better mental performance. However, considering that the sham stimulation also induced similar improvements in cognitive abilities, future studies should clearly determine the cognitive measures that could benefit from NF training.

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NeurofeedbackAdolescentAdultCognitionFeasibility StudiesHumansPilot ProjectsReaction TimeYoung Adult

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PMID37833489
PMCPMC10576027
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