Individualized Cognitive Effort to Failure Does Not Affect Subsequent Strenuous Physical Performance.
Introduction: The relationship between cognitive tasks and physical performance has garnered significant attention, with evidence suggesting that cognitive effort before exercise may impair physical performance. However, recent findings challenge the robustness of this effect, necessitating a reasse...
| Publicado en: | Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise Vol. 57; no. 7; pp. 1603 - 1616 |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Jul2025
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=185992577&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 185992577 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 01959131 4DP jtl: Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise issn: 01959131 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jul2025 vid: 57 iid: 7 pid: 433 pub: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins place: Baltimore, Maryland artinfo: ui: 185992577 185992577 185992577 10.1249/MSS.0000000000003669 185992577 ppf: 1603 ppct: 13 formats: tig: atl: Individualized Cognitive Effort to Failure Does Not Affect Subsequent Strenuous Physical Performance. aug: au: HOLGADO, DARÍAS CAILLEUX, ALICE RUGGERI, PAOLO MARTARELLI, CORINNA BEKINSCHTEIN, TRISTAN A. SANABRIA, DANIEL PLACE, NICOLAS affil: Institute of Sport Sciences, University of Lausanne, Quartier, UNIL-Centre, Bâtiment Synathlon, Lausanne, SWITZERLAND sug: subj: Cognition Evaluation Task Performance and Analysis Evaluation Quality of Life Physical Performance Monitoring, Physiologic Methods Athletic Performance Human Funding Source United States Male Female Randomized Controlled Trials Random Assignment Adolescence Adult Middle Age Athletes Reflex, Pupillary Evaluation Mental Fatigue Descriptive Statistics Pupil Physiology Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Male Female ab: Introduction: The relationship between cognitive tasks and physical performance has garnered significant attention, with evidence suggesting that cognitive effort before exercise may impair physical performance. However, recent findings challenge the robustness of this effect, necessitating a reassessment of the mechanisms linking cognitive load to physical performance. This study introduces a novel approach to address methodological limitations, emphasizing individualized cognitive task difficulty and duration. Using techniques such as temporal experience tracing and psychophysiological monitoring, we explore the dynamics between cognitive effort, subjective states, and physical performance. Methods: In a preregistered, randomized, within-participant design experiment, 21 recreational athletes completed a running time to exhaustion test at 90% of their maximal aerobic speed after performing a cognitive task until failure or watching a self-selected documentary. Pupillometry and six subjective dimensions were measured with the temporal experience tracing during task performance. Results: We found that 1) subjective changes during effortful tasks are not limited to a single experience, such as mental fatigue or boredom, but can be grouped into distinct patterns; 2) the individualized and demanding cognitive task, completed before exercise, did not impair subsequent physical performance; 3) pupil size reliably reflected cognitive load and is partially related to changes in subjective states, while fixation on the stimulus decreased over time, especially during high-demand periods. Conclusions: These results do not support the effect of performing a highly demanding cognitive task on subsequent strenuous physical performance. Instead, they reveal the richness of the subjective experience linked to cognitive performance that goes beyond mere mental fatigue. Overall, we show a novel way to understand the interplay between cognitive and physical performance. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: pictorial research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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