ECSS Paris 2023: OP-SH14
30th Annual ECSS Congress Prague/Czech Republic Exploring the Dynamics of Group Decision-Making Advantages Across Various Sport Types Through SFT and LBA Sheng-Hsu Huang1, Hao-Lun Fu12, Chun-Hao Wang13, Cheng-Ta Yang1 1 Department of Psychology, National Cheng Kung University 2 Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, FMRIB, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford 3 Institute of Physical Education, Health &Leisure Studies, National Cheng Kung University Introduction Previous research has extensively examined the cognitive advantages at the individual level that athletes develop through their specific sport. However, these advantages at the group level remain underexplored. This study investigates how sport type (team vs. individual) influences group decision-making and hypothesizes that team sport athletes will exhibit superior group decision-making abilities compared to individual sport athletes. Methods 60 collegiate athletes participated, half from individual sports (track and field, swimming) and half from team sports (basketball, soccer, volleyball). Athletes were paired within the same sport type as a dyad and completed a visual search task both collaboratively and individually. We used AAND(t) from Systems Factorial Technology, a measure that compares group and individual performance while accounting for both information efficiency and accuracy, and vDiff from the Linear Ballistic Accumulator, which assesses the differences in information accumulation rate, a parametric measure of group decision making benefit, across the two sport types. Results Although RT, accuracy, and vDiff showed no significant differences across group, the AAND(t) revealed that the benefits of group decision-making were greater for team sport athletes than for individual sport athletes in the earlier time intervals. This suggests that the group decision-making benefits of team sport athletes emerge primarily in the early processing stages. Discussion The results indicate that the dynamic and interactive nature of team sports may enhance athletes ability to navigate complex and fast-paced decision-making scenarios. These findings highlight the potential of sport-specific cognitive training in shaping decision-making skills, particularly within team sport environments.
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Affect-related cognitions such as remembered affect (i.e., how pleasant/unpleasant an exercise session is recalled) have been associated with future exercise behavior. However, memories of an episode steadily decrease in time after its termination, leaving it prone to heuristics and biases. The peak and end rule is a theoretical postulate proposing that the affective peaks and end encountered influence how an episode will be affectively remembered. Research in the exercise context has supported this influence but with considerable heterogeneity in what should be considered end affect and, therefore, what moment of the end of the session can better predict remembered affect. In light of this, the objective of the present study was to investigate the predictive power of three near-the-end session time points (during, immediately after, and one minute after completion) on remembered affect, in three continuous aerobic sessions performed with different intensities. This experimental study involved 36 physically active males (Mage = 27.92; SD = 5.82 years) performing three 17-minute treadmill exercise sessions at different intensities (i.e., light, moderate, and vigorous) in a counterbalanced order. The affective response was measured seven times with the Feeling Scale but only the right before the end of the fundamental phase (FS5; 15’45’’), immediately after the fundamental phase (FS6; 16’), and one minute after the fundamental phase (cool-down; FS7; 17’) measures were used for this study. Remembered affect was measured two minutes after finishing the protocol with a Visual Analog Scale. Single linear regression analyses were applied across intensities with FS5, FS6, and FS7 as the dependent variables to test which near-the-end moment was the best predictor of remembered affect. All three near-the-end time points significantly predicted remembered affect across the different exercise intensities. In the light-intensity session, FS5 was distinctively the best predictor (47%; 24% for FS6; 18% for FS7), also accounting for more variability (42%) than the other time points in the moderate-intensity session (35% for FS6; 20% for FS7). However, in the vigorous-intensity session, FS6 was the best predictor (59%), with the other moments also demonstrating considerable explanatory power (50% for FS5; 46% for FS7). The affective response at the end of a continuous aerobic exercise session can predict how pleasant or unpleasant it will later be recalled. However, the last measurement during the fundamental phase was the best remembered affect predictor with light and moderate intensity, while for vigorous intensity, the measurement immediately after the fundamental phase presented the higher explanatory power. These nuances should be considered by practitioners when organizing an aerobic exercise session, particularly regarding the chosen intensity at the end of the fundamental phase and its potential consequences on how the session will be later recalled.
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INTRODUCTION: Trail races are endurance running events characterized by many constraints (distance, positive altitude difference, obstacles, technicality, …) that the runner must manage efficiently to perform well. To optimize effort management in this context, it is necessary to understand how trail runners’ particular possibilities for feeling, thinking and acting which are embedded in the race topography, environment and circumstances. A qualitative approach using the self-confrontation method would appear to be a very appropriate way to investigate the main effort management strategies used by runners in the specific context of short trail running. METHODS: 7 subjects participating in a short trail race (10 to 30km) were equipped with a GoPro, a Garmin watch and a Stryd accelerometer to record traces of their activity (video, GPS data, heart rate and stride frequency). In the 5 days following the race, each subject participated in a self-confrontation interview. They were asked to describe for each relevant event what they feel, think and the decisions they make according to race chronology. Triangulation procedure and thematic analysis were used to determine main effort management strategies during short trail race. Analyses were performed using the Grand Unified Theory (GUT) model as a theoretical framework (Glazier, 2017). RESULTS: Four major effort management strategies emerge from our results, three of which relate directly to the choices made by the runner (adaptation strategies; anticipation strategies; and automated behaviors or habits) and one of which concerns his/her level of vigilance (focused to unfocused). We also identified 10 critical elements that were directly concerned by the strategies: (a) running pace, (b) running pattern, (c) choice of trajectory and course, (d) positioning in relation to others, (e) equipment, (f) nutrition and hydration, (g) external interactions, (h) well-being and comfort, (i) preparation and training, and (j) goal and performance. All these various critical elements may be affected by one or more strategies at the same time. The analysis also identified the main key moments during the race and their chronology. CONCLUSION: The results of this qualitative research were successful to identify main effort management strategies during short trail running. The data from this study provide a better understanding of how runners control themselves throughout the race, especially in delicate moments. Knowledge and proper use of these strategies could be used to optimize performance. References: Glazier, P. S. (2017). Towards a grand unified theory of sports performance. Human movement science, 56, 139-156.
Read CV Florence De CockECSS Paris 2023: OP-SH14