Can Training Background Offset the Disadvantage Associated With Relative Age Effect on Perceptual-Cognitive Skills From Childhood Into Adolescence?

Purpose : The aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which relative age effect (RAE) impacts the development of perceptual-cognitive skills and how training background may potentially offset RAE from childhood into adolescence. Method : One hundred sixty-five 10- to 16-year-old male part...

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Publicado en:Pediatric Exercise Science Vol. 38; no. 2; pp. 194 - 201
Autores principales: Zhang, Xiaoyu, Maso, Freddy, Ekpe-Lordonnois, Brigitte, Poncelet, Tom, Ennequin, Gael, Blazevich, Anthony J., Ratel, Sébastien
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Publicado: Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc. May2026
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          Zhang, Xiaoyu
          Maso, Freddy
          Ekpe-Lordonnois, Brigitte
          Poncelet, Tom
          Ennequin, Gael
          Blazevich, Anthony J.
          Ratel, Sébastien
        affil: Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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          Athletic Training
          Athletes, High School
          Athletes, Male
          Task Performance and Analysis
          Stereopsis
          Cognition Evaluation
          Cognition Evaluation
          Athletic Performance Evaluation
          Athletic Performance Evaluation
          Age Factors
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          Psychomotor Performance
          Child Development
          Adolescent Development
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          Adolescent: 13-18 years
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      ab: Purpose : The aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which relative age effect (RAE) impacts the development of perceptual-cognitive skills and how training background may potentially offset RAE from childhood into adolescence. Method : One hundred sixty-five 10- to 16-year-old male participants were divided into 8 groups based on their birth quartiles (BQ 1 [January–March], BQ 2 [April–June], BQ 3 [July–September], and BQ 4 [October–December]) and training background (moderately trained: 1–2 sessions/wk and well-trained: 4–5 sessions/wk). Their perceptual-cognitive skills were evaluated using a 3D multiple-object tracking task (ie, the NeuroTracker [NT]) with (3D) and without (2D) stereopsis. Results : In moderately trained children, NT scores progressively decreased from BQ 1 to BQ 4 , with a significant difference between the first 3 birth quartiles and BQ 4 (P <.01), independent of stereopsis. In well-trained children, however, no significant differences were detected in NT scores between quartiles, and well-trained children in BQ 4 exhibited NT scores comparable to moderately trained children in the first 3 quartiles. Conclusion : RAE showed a significant disadvantage on the perceptual-cognitive scores in moderately trained children born in BQ 4. However, well-trained children born in BQ 4 performed similarly to other well-trained children and to moderately trained children born in the first 3 birth quartiles, meaning that training background may offset the disadvantage associated with RAE from childhood into adolescence.
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