ArticleBrain sciences2024
High Neural Efficiency in Unconscious Perceptual Processing among Table Tennis Athletes: An Event-Related Potential Study.
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- The Impact of Experience on Motion Information Processing: An ERP Study.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Acute biomechanical responses to stroboscopic vision during change-of-direction tasks in elite rugby athletes.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Characteristics of EEG activity in soccer players' alerting effects under different cues.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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- Athletes demonstrate an advantage in unconscious processing under working-memory load specifically within sport-related domains.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Cognitive load impairs athletes' subliminal processing: behavioral and neural insights.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundNeural efficiency refers to the brain's ability to function with reduced resource expenditure while maintaining high performance levels. Previous research has demonstrated that table tennis athletes have greater neural efficiency at the conscious level. However, it is unknown whether they exhibit greater neural efficiency at the unconscious level. Therefore, this study aims to investigate unconscious perceptual processing and neural efficiency in elite table tennis athletes through tasks involving the judgment of spin serves.
methodsFifty healthy, right-handed individuals participated in this study, including 25 elite table tennis athletes and 25 control participants without professional training experience. To evaluate the unconscious perceptual characteristics of both groups, we used a combination of masked priming paradigm and event-related potential techniques.
resultsThe behavioral results reveal that, compared to the control group, the table tennis athletes displayed reduced reaction times (
conclusionsThese results further support the neural efficiency hypothesis, indicating that prolonged professional training enhances athletes' capacities for specialized unconscious cognitive processing.
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