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Commit to your putting stroke: exploring the impact of quiet eye duration and neural activity on golf putting performance

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Titel: Commit to your putting stroke: exploring the impact of quiet eye duration and neural activity on golf putting performance
Autoren: Carey, Laura, Ladouce, Simon, Alexandrou, Georgia, Kourtis, Dimitrios, Berchicci, Marika, Hunter, Angus, Donaldson, David
Weitere Verfasser: University of St Andrews.School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews.Centre for Higher Education Research, Sportscotland, University of the West of Scotland, Psychology, KU Leuven, University of Chieti (G D Annunzio Chieti Pescara), Nottingham Trent University, University of St Andrews, orcid:0000-0003-2535-6196
Quelle: Front Psychol
Frontiers in Psychology, Vol 15 (2024)
Verlagsinformationen: Frontiers Media SA, 2024.
Publikationsjahr: 2024
Schlagwörter: Quiet eye, FRONTAL MIDLINE THETA, Performance, 1702 Cognitive Sciences, Golf putting, Social Sciences, Expertise, quiet eye, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Psychology, Multidisciplinary, Psychology, EEG, BRAIN, golf putting, MCC, EXPERTISE, DESYNCHRONIZATION, DAS, expertise, performance, 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences, 16. Peace & justice, BF1-990, 1701 Psychology, 52 Psychology, SYNCHRONIZATION, MOTOR
Beschreibung: IntroductionThere is a growing interest in characterizing the cognitive-motor processes that underlie superior performance in highly skilled athletes. The aim of this study was to explore neural markers of putting performance in highly skilled golfers by recording mobile EEG (electroencephalogram) during the pre-shot period.MethodsTwenty-eight right-handed participants (20 males) with a mean age of 24.2 years (± 6.4) and an average handicap of +1.7 (± 6.4) completed a testing session. Following the warm-up, participants completed 140 putts from a distance of 8ft (2.4m), with putts taken from 5 different positions. While putting, participants wore an eye tracker and a gel-based EEG system with 32 electrodes. Time and frequency domain features of the EEG signals were extracted to characterize Movement-Related Cortical Potentials (MRCP) and rhythmic modulations of neural activity in theta, alpha, sensorimotor and beta frequency bands associated with putting performance.ResultsEye-tracking data demonstrate that mean Quiet Eye durations are not a reliable marker of expertise as the same duration was found for both successful and unsuccessful putts. Following rigorous data processing data from 12 participants (8 males, mean age 21.6 years ± 5.4, average handicap +1.5 ± 4.4) were included in the EEG analysis. MRCP analysis revealed performance-based differences, with unsuccessful putts having a greater negative amplitude in comparison to successful putts. Time frequency analysis of the EEG data revealed that successful putts exhibit distinct neural activity profiles compared to unsuccessful ones. For successful putts, greater suppression of beta was present in the central region prior to the putt. By contrast, increased frontal theta power was present for unsuccessful putts immediately before the putt (consistent with hesitation and the need for motor plan adjustments prior to execution).DiscussionWe propose that neural activity may provide plausible insights into the mechanisms behind why identical QE durations can lead to both success and failure. From an applied perspective, this study highlights the merits of a multi-measure approach to gain further insights into performance differences within highly skilled golfers. We discuss considerations for future research and solutions to address the challenges related to the complexities of collecting clean EEG signals within naturalistic sporting contexts.
Publikationsart: Article
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Dateibeschreibung: application/pdf
ISSN: 1664-1078
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1424242
Zugangs-URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39055992
https://doaj.org/article/f1cfe3049b64467babb98c5a362d6966
https://hdl.handle.net/11564/844153
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1424242
https://lirias.kuleuven.be/handle/20.500.12942/745627
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1424242
https://hdl.handle.net/10023/31259
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Datenbank: OpenAIRE
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Abstract:IntroductionThere is a growing interest in characterizing the cognitive-motor processes that underlie superior performance in highly skilled athletes. The aim of this study was to explore neural markers of putting performance in highly skilled golfers by recording mobile EEG (electroencephalogram) during the pre-shot period.MethodsTwenty-eight right-handed participants (20 males) with a mean age of 24.2 years (± 6.4) and an average handicap of +1.7 (± 6.4) completed a testing session. Following the warm-up, participants completed 140 putts from a distance of 8ft (2.4m), with putts taken from 5 different positions. While putting, participants wore an eye tracker and a gel-based EEG system with 32 electrodes. Time and frequency domain features of the EEG signals were extracted to characterize Movement-Related Cortical Potentials (MRCP) and rhythmic modulations of neural activity in theta, alpha, sensorimotor and beta frequency bands associated with putting performance.ResultsEye-tracking data demonstrate that mean Quiet Eye durations are not a reliable marker of expertise as the same duration was found for both successful and unsuccessful putts. Following rigorous data processing data from 12 participants (8 males, mean age 21.6 years ± 5.4, average handicap +1.5 ± 4.4) were included in the EEG analysis. MRCP analysis revealed performance-based differences, with unsuccessful putts having a greater negative amplitude in comparison to successful putts. Time frequency analysis of the EEG data revealed that successful putts exhibit distinct neural activity profiles compared to unsuccessful ones. For successful putts, greater suppression of beta was present in the central region prior to the putt. By contrast, increased frontal theta power was present for unsuccessful putts immediately before the putt (consistent with hesitation and the need for motor plan adjustments prior to execution).DiscussionWe propose that neural activity may provide plausible insights into the mechanisms behind why identical QE durations can lead to both success and failure. From an applied perspective, this study highlights the merits of a multi-measure approach to gain further insights into performance differences within highly skilled golfers. We discuss considerations for future research and solutions to address the challenges related to the complexities of collecting clean EEG signals within naturalistic sporting contexts.
ISSN:16641078
DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1424242