Mental performance and sport: Caffeine and co-consumed bioactive ingredients

DO Kennedy, EL Wightman - Sports Medicine, 2022 - Springer
The plant defence compound caffeine is widely consumed as a performance enhancer in a
sporting context, with potential benefits expected in both physiological and psychological …

Mechanisms of physical fatigue and its applications in nutritional interventions

X Ma, H Chen, L Cao, S Zhao, C Zhao… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Physical fatigue during exercise can be defined as an impairment of physical performance.
Multiple factors have been found contributing to physical fatigue, including neurotransmitter …

Measuring attention and vigilance in the laboratory vs. online: The split-half reliability of the ANTI-Vea

FG Luna, J Roca, E Martín-Arévalo… - Behavior Research …, 2021 - Springer
Over the past few years, there has been growing interest in using online methods for
collecting data from large samples. However, only a few studies have administered online …

Effects of caffeine intake and exercise intensity on executive and arousal vigilance

C Sanchis, E Blasco, FG Luna, J Lupiáñez - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
During physical efforts and sport practice, vigilance is responsible for maintaining an optimal
state of activation, guaranteeing the ability to quickly respond and detect unexpected, but …

Attentional networks functioning and vigilance in expert musicians and non-musicians

R Román-Caballero, E Martín-Arévalo… - Psychological …, 2021 - Springer
Previous literature has shown cognitive improvements related to musical training. Attention
is one cognitive aspect in which musicians exhibit improvements compared to non …

The effects of varying doses of caffeine on cardiac parasympathetic reactivation following an acute bout of anaerobic exercise in recreational athletes

A Sarshin, A Naderi, CJG da Cruz, F Feizolahi… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Springer
Background To examine the effects of varying doses of caffeine on autonomic reactivation
following anaerobic exercise. Methods Recreationally active males (N= 20; 24±2y) …

The effect of acute caffeine ingestion on tactical performance of professional soccer players

RF de Almeida, IT da Costa, G Machado, NM Rinaldi… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
In soccer, physical, tactical, and decision-making processes are highly important facets of
successful performance. Caffeine has well established effects for promoting both physical …

Caffeine and attentional control: Improved and impaired performance in healthy older adults and Parkinson's disease according to task demands

K Sharma, SJ Fallon, T Davis, S Ankrett, G Munro… - …, 2022 - Springer
Introduction Caffeine is frequently consumed to boost goal-directed attention. These
procognitive effects may occur due to the adenosine-mediated enhancement of …

[HTML][HTML] Deliberate soccer practice modulates attentional functioning in children

C Moratal, J Lupiáñez, R Ballester… - Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The main purpose of this study was to explore the association between the regular practice
of open-skill sports (ie, soccer) and executive control, along with other attentional functions …

Benefits of a light-intensity bout of exercise on attentional networks functioning

E Sanchis-Navarro, FG Luna, J Lupiáñez, F Huertas - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The effects of physical exercise on attentional performance have received considerable
interest in recent years. Most of previous studies that assessed the effect of an acute bout of …