The Effect of Mental Fatigue and Gender on Working Memory Performance during Repeated Practice by Young and Older Adults

Pergher, Valentina; Vanbilsen, Nele; Hulle, Marc M. Van

doi:10.1155/2021/6612805

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“…The following individual features (and the reason behind their selection) were analysed using a multiple meta-regression: age (chosen based on deterioration of cognitive abilities with old age and the development of the brain during youth [ 53 , 54 ]), biological sex (chosen based on the different ways that men and women cope with mental load [ 36 , 55 ]), anthropometric measures (based on a link between body mass index (BMI)/body fat percentage, a typical measure of health, and cognitive abilities [ 56 ]) and training level (based on the hypothesized cognitive abilities of elite athletes [ 31 , 57 ] and the possible way to train MF-susceptibility with endurance training [ 32 ]). These features encapsulate the following outcomes (both given by the studies as well as calculated by the author team): mean age and age categories, number of men, number of women and sex distribution (number of women/total sample size), mean mass, height, body fat percentage and BMI, physical fitness level [ 58 , 59 ], peak power output (PPO), VO 2 peak/max, mean years of experience and category of years of experience, mean training frequency (sessions/week) and category of training frequency, mean training load (km/week) and category of training load, and mean training volume (hrs/week) and category of training volume.…”

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Interindividual Variability in Mental Fatigue-Related Impairments in Endurance Performance: A Systematic Review and Multiple Meta-regression

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Background The negative effect of mental fatigue (MF) on physical performance has recently been questioned. One reason behind this could lie in the interindividual differences in MF-susceptibility and the individual features influencing them. However, the range of individual differences in mental fatigue-susceptibility is not known, and there is no clear consensus on which individual features could be responsible for these differences. Objective To give an overview of interindividual differences in the effects of MF on whole-body endurance performance, and individual features influencing this effect. Methods The review was registered on the PROSPERO database (CRD42022293242). PubMed, Web of Science, SPORTDiscus and PsycINFO were searched until the 16th of June 2022 for studies detailing the effect of MF on dynamic maximal whole-body endurance performance. Studies needed to include healthy participants, describe at least one individual feature in participant characteristics, and apply at least one manipulation check. The Cochrane crossover risk of bias tool was used to assess risk of bias. The meta-analysis and regression were conducted in R. Results Twenty-eight studies were included, with 23 added to the meta-analysis. Overall risk of bias of the included studies was high, with only three presenting an unclear or low rating. The meta-analysis shows the effect of MF on endurance performance was on average slightly negative (g = − 0.32, [95% CI − 0.46; − 0.18], p < 0.001). The multiple meta-regression showed no significant influences of the included features (i.e. age, sex, body mass index and physical fitness level) on MF-susceptibility. Conclusions The present review confirmed the negative impact of MF on endurance performance. However, no individual features influencing MF-susceptibility were identified. This can partially be explained by the multiple methodological limitations such as underreporting of participant characteristics, lack of standardization across studies, and the restricted inclusion of potentially relevant variables. Future research should include a rigorous description of multiple different individual features (e.g., performance level, diet, etc.) to further elucidate MF mechanisms.

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Interindividual Variability in Mental Fatigue-Related Impairments in Endurance Performance: A Systematic Review and Multiple Meta-regression

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“…1). Of note, performing prolonged cognitive tasks does not necessarily result in observable decrements in cognitive performance, which was often attributed to a learning effect or an increased compensatory cognitive effort [119][120][121][122].…”

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“…The lack of a systematic decline in cognitive performance with time-on-task was often attributed to an increased compensatory cognitive effort or to a learning effect that would lead to a performance increase overcoming the performance decline induced by fatigue [119][120][121][122]. In contrast, increases in perceived cognitive fatigue with time-on-task have been shown very consistently across many different conditions (e.g., types and loads of cognitive tasks) [117,118,178,180].…”

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“…For instance, it was found that reaction times remained constant in young and old adults after the execution of a working memory task performed for 60 min, while accuracy even increased in the elderly. The authors proposed that the potential decline in cognitive performance was countered by the learning effect [ 122 ]. This is in line with the results of Behrens et al [ 11 ], who have found a progressive decline in reaction times with time-on-task, indicating a better task performance, during a 90-min inhibitory control task with no differences between young and old adults.…”

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“…However, it must be pointed out that in studies which have measured cognitive performance on the same task as the one used to induce fatigue, evidence for a decline in cognitive task performance was frequently missing [ 119 , 199 ]. The lack of a systematic decline in cognitive performance with time-on-task was often attributed to an increased compensatory cognitive effort or to a learning effect that would lead to a performance increase overcoming the performance decline induced by fatigue [ 119 – 122 ]. In contrast, increases in perceived cognitive fatigue with time-on-task have been shown very consistently across many different conditions (e.g., types and loads of cognitive tasks) [ 117 , 118 , 178 , 180 ].…”

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Fatigue and Human Performance: An Updated Framework

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Fatigue has been defined differently in the literature depending on the field of research. The inconsistent use of the term fatigue complicated scientific communication, thereby limiting progress towards a more in-depth understanding of the phenomenon. Therefore, Enoka and Duchateau (Med Sci Sports Exerc 48:2228–38, 2016, [3]) proposed a fatigue framework that distinguishes between trait fatigue (i.e., fatigue experienced by an individual over a longer period of time) and motor or cognitive task-induced state fatigue (i.e., self-reported disabling symptom derived from the two interdependent attributes performance fatigability and perceived fatigability). Thereby, performance fatigability describes a decrease in an objective performance measure, while perceived fatigability refers to the sensations that regulate the integrity of the performer. Although this framework served as a good starting point to unravel the psychophysiology of fatigue, several important aspects were not included and the interdependence of the mechanisms driving performance fatigability and perceived fatigability were not comprehensively discussed. Therefore, the present narrative review aimed to (1) update the fatigue framework suggested by Enoka and Duchateau (Med Sci Sports Exerc 48:2228–38, 2016, [3]) pertaining the taxonomy (i.e., cognitive performance fatigue and perceived cognitive fatigue were added) and important determinants that were not considered previously (e.g., effort perception, affective valence, self-regulation), (2) discuss the mechanisms underlying performance fatigue and perceived fatigue in response to motor and cognitive tasks as well as their interdependence, and (3) provide recommendations for future research on these interactions. We propose to define motor or cognitive task-induced state fatigue as a psychophysiological condition characterized by a decrease in motor or cognitive performance (i.e., motor or cognitive performance fatigue, respectively) and/or an increased perception of fatigue (i.e., perceived motor or cognitive fatigue). These dimensions are interdependent, hinge on different determinants, and depend on body homeostasis (e.g., wakefulness, core temperature) as well as several modulating factors (e.g., age, sex, diseases, characteristics of the motor or cognitive task). Consequently, there is no single factor primarily determining performance fatigue and perceived fatigue in response to motor or cognitive tasks. Instead, the relative weight of each determinant and their interaction are modulated by several factors.

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Mental Fatigue Uniquely Influences Drop Landing Biomechanics for Individuals With a Concussion History

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Wilson

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Journal of Sport Rehabilitation

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Context: Induced mental fatigue negatively impacts sport performance and neurocognition. However, it is unclear how induced mental fatigue influences landing biomechanics. The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of mental fatigue on drop landing biomechanics in individuals with and without a concussion history. Design: Crossover design. Methods: Forty-eight (24 per group) recreationally active individuals were matched on age (±3 y), sex, and body mass index (±1 kg/m2). All participants completed an experimental (30-min Stroop task) and control (30-min reading magazines) intervention on separate days separated by a minimum of 24 hours. Drop landings were performed before and after both interventions. Outcomes included peak vertical ground reaction force (vGRF), vertical loading rate (VLR), knee flexion angle, knee abduction angle, external knee flexion moment, external knee abduction moment, and initial ground contact knee flexion and knee abduction angles. Separate 2 (group) × 2 (intervention) between-within analyses of covariance compared drop landing outcomes. Each group’s average pre-Stroop and premagazine outcomes were covariates. Results: There was a significant interaction for vGRF (P = .033, ) and VLR (P = .0497, ). The vGRF simple effects were not statistically significantly (P range = .052–.325). However, individuals with a concussion history displayed a medium effect size for greater vGRF post-Stroop compared with their own postmagazine vGRF (mean difference (95% confidence interval [95% CI] = 0.163 (–0.002 to 0.327) bodyweight (BW), p = .052, . In contrast, the control group displayed a small effect size (mean difference [95% CI] = 0.095 [–0.069 to 0.259] BW, p = .251, ). Individuals with a concussion history displayed greater VLR post-Stroop compared with controls (mean difference [95% CI], 26.29 [6.19 to 46.40] BW/s, P = .012, ) and their own postmagazine values (mean difference [95% CI] = 32.61 [7.80 to 57.42] BW/s, p = .011, ). Conclusion: Mental fatigue leads to greater VLR for individuals with a concussion history. Athletic competition and activities of daily living can increase mental fatigue. Training programs may seek to teach mental fatigue reducing strategies to athletes with a concussion history.

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The Effect of Mental Fatigue and Gender on Working Memory Performance during Repeated Practice by Young and Older Adults

Cited by 5 publications

References 63 publications

Interindividual Variability in Mental Fatigue-Related Impairments in Endurance Performance: A Systematic Review and Multiple Meta-regression

Interindividual Variability in Mental Fatigue-Related Impairments in Endurance Performance: A Systematic Review and Multiple Meta-regression

Fatigue and Human Performance: An Updated Framework

Mental Fatigue Uniquely Influences Drop Landing Biomechanics for Individuals With a Concussion History

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