NeuroFeedback Training for Enhancement of the Focused Attention Related to Athletic Performance in Elite Rifle Shooters

Liu, Yisi; Subramaniam, Salem Chandrasekaran Harihara; Sourina, Olga; Shah, Eesha; Chua, Joshua; Ivanov, Kirill

doi:10.1007/978-3-662-56672-5_8

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“…Various biofeedback modalities (notably heart rate variability and surface electromyography) have been used to enhance performance psychology in athletes (Rijken et al, 2016; Jiménez Morgan and Molina Mora, 2017; Rusciano et al, 2017). EEG-based biofeedback (i.e., neurofeedback) has also been shown to improve athletic performance (Vernon, 2005; Cheng et al, 2015; Mirifar et al, 2017; Liu et al, 2018; Xiang et al, 2018). EEG studies on expertise and skilled performance have mostly reported on changes or differences in alpha and beta power, which are often interpreted as reflecting cortical activation and sensorimotor rhythm, respectively.…”

Section: Cognition In Sportsmentioning

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A Brief Review of the Application of Neuroergonomics in Skilled Cognition During Expert Sports Performance

Tan

Kerr

Sullivan

et al. 2019

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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The elite sports environment provides a unique setting for studying human performance, where both cognitive and physical demands are high. Successful performance in sport is contingent upon key cognitive skills such as attention, perception, working memory and decision-making. The demands of competitive sport also increase loading on the central nervous system (CNS). Neuroimaging methods such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) and electroencephalography (EEG) offer the potential to investigate the cognitive demands of sport, neuroplasticity of athletes, and biofeedback training. However, practical and technical limitations of these methods have generally limited their use to laboratory-based studies of athletes during simulated sporting tasks. This review article, provides a brief overview of research that has applied neuroimaging technology to study various aspects of cognitive function during sports performance in athletes, alternative methods for measuring CNS loading [e.g., direct current (DC) potential], possible solutions and avenues of focus for future neuroergonomics research in sport.

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Section: Cognition In Sportsmentioning

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A Brief Review of the Application of Neuroergonomics in Skilled Cognition During Expert Sports Performance

Tan

Kerr

Sullivan

et al. 2019

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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“…The researchers concluded that systematic physical training that required quick stimulus discrimination and selective visual attention improved the speed of early visual processing. At least two groups also showed utility of measuring occipital alpha power in predicting performance in expert rifle shooters (Liu et al, 2018) and elite soccer goaltenders (Jeunet et al, 2020).…”

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Which Comes First in Sports Vision Training: The Software or the Hardware Update? Utility of Electrophysiological Measures in Monitoring Specialized Visual Training in Youth Athletes

Poltavski

Biberdorf²,

Poltavski

2021

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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In the present study we combined popular methods of sports vision training (SVT) with traditional oculomotor protocols of Optometric Vision Therapy (OVT) and electrophysiological indexes of EEG and VEP activity to monitor training progress and changes in performance of youth ice hockey players without the history of concussion. We hypothesized that administration of OVT protocols before SVT training may result in larger performance improvements compared to the reverse order due to the initial strengthening of visual hardware capable of handling greater demands during training of visuomotor integration and information processing skills (visual software). In a cross-over design 53 youth ice hockey players (ages 13–18) were randomly assigned to one of the two training groups. Group one (hardware-software group) completed 5 weeks of oculomotor training first followed by 5 weeks of software training. For group 2 (software-hardware) the order of procedures were reversed. After 10 weeks of training both groups significantly improved their performance on all but one measure of the Nike/Senaptec Sensory station measures. Additionally, the software-hardware training order resulted in significantly lower frontal theta-to-gamma amplitude ratios on the Nike/Senaptec test of Near-Far Quickness as well as in faster P100 latencies. Both training orders also resulted in significant decreases in post-treatment P100 amplitude to transient VEP stimuli as well as decreased theta-gamma ratios for perception span, Go/No-Go and Hand Reaction time. The observed changes in the electrophysiological indexes in the present study are thought to reflect greater efficiency in visual information processing and cognitive resource allocation following 10 weeks of visual training. There is also some evidence of the greater effectiveness of the software-hardware training order possibly due to the improved preparedness of the oculomotor system in the youth athletes for administration of targeted protocols of the Optometric Vision Therapy.

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“…The effectiveness of neurofeedback as a method enabling self-regulation of selected parameters of brain activity using visual or auditory feedback has been confirmed by several studies (Hinterberger et al 2004; Gargiulo et al 2012; McCreadie et al 2014). Maintenance of high concentration on a task is enabled by combining focused attention, reflected for example by the proportion of theta and beta waves, with learning based on feedback (Carmody et al 2001; Gruzelier 2014; Liu et al 2018; Strehl 2014; Thompson and Thompson 2012). Increased beta-band activity is reflected by greater vigilance and cognitive involvement (Offenloch and Zahner 1990; Lubar 1991).…”

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Acoustic Neurofeedback Increases Beta ERD During Mental Rotation Task

Ozga

Zapała

Wierzgała

et al. 2018

Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback

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The purpose of the present study was to identify the effect of acoustic neurofeedback on brain activity during consecutive stages of mental rotation of 3D objects. Given the fact that the process of mental rotation of objects is associated with desynchronisation of beta rhythm (beta ERD), it was expected that suppression in this band would be greater in the experimental group than in the controls. Thirty-three participants were randomly allocated to two groups performing the classic Shepard–Metzler mental rotation task (1971). The experimental group received auditory stimuli when the level of concentration fell below the threshold value determined separately for each participant based on the engagement index [β/(α + Θ)]. The level of concentration in the control group was not stimulated. Compared to the controls, the experimental group was found with greater beta-band suppression recorded above the left parietal cortex during the early stage and above the right parietal cortex during the late stage of mental rotation task. At the late stage of mental rotation, only the experimental group was found with differences in beta ERD related to varied degrees of the rotation angle and the control condition (zero angles, no rotation) recorded above the right parietal cortex and the central area of cerebral cortex. The present findings suggest that acoustic feedback might improve the process of mental rotation.

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NeuroFeedback Training for Enhancement of the Focused Attention Related to Athletic Performance in Elite Rifle Shooters

Cited by 8 publications

References 33 publications

A Brief Review of the Application of Neuroergonomics in Skilled Cognition During Expert Sports Performance

A Brief Review of the Application of Neuroergonomics in Skilled Cognition During Expert Sports Performance

Which Comes First in Sports Vision Training: The Software or the Hardware Update? Utility of Electrophysiological Measures in Monitoring Specialized Visual Training in Youth Athletes

Acoustic Neurofeedback Increases Beta ERD During Mental Rotation Task

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