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Effects of Neurofeedback Training on Frontal Midline Theta Power, Shooting Performance, and Attentional Focus With Experienced Biathletes
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Health Sciences (HOV). (Swedish Winter Sports Research Centre)
Bangor Univ, Inst Psychol Elite Performance, Sch Human & Behav Sci, Bangor, Wales..
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Health Sciences (HOV). (Swedish Winter Sports Research Centre)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5574-8679
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Health Sciences (HOV). (Swedish Winter Sports Research Centre)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1273-6061
2023 (English)In: Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology, ISSN 1932-9261, E-ISSN 1932-927XArticle in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Abstract [en]

Frontal midline theta power (FMT) has been associated with superior rifle shooting performance. Our experiment examined whether electroencephalographic-based training could increase FMT, shooting performance, and attentional focus in highly trained/elite biathletes. Participants (n = 28; age, M = 21.7, SD = 2.3) were assigned to a control group or an intervention group (with 3 hr of neurofeedback training). FMT increased from baseline during the neurofeedback training sessions (p <= .05). However, there were no Group x Pre-post training (test) interactions for FMT or shooting performance (p > .05). There was a small Group x Test effect for attentional focus (p = .07, eta 2p = .12), indicating a potential benefit of neurofeedback training. Superior shooters were more proficient at increasing FMT during neurofeedback training, but this did not translate to greater improvements in shooting performance. Our findings suggest that the effects of neurofeedback training are transient and do not necessarily benefit performance.

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Human Kinetics, 2023.
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biathlon, brain training, EEG, rifle shooting, winter sport
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Sport and Fitness Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-48468DOI: 10.1123/jcsp.2022-0035ISI: 000992566400001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:miun-48468DiVA, id: diva2:1764945
Available from: 2023-06-09 Created: 2023-06-09 Last updated: 2023-06-09Bibliographically approved

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