{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: Decrease in reaction time for volleyball athletes during saccadic eye movement task: A preliminary study with evoked potentials.
{Author}: Costa É;Gongora M;Bittencourt J;Marinho V;Cagy M;Teixeira S;Nicoliche E;Fernandes I;Machado C;Wienecke J;Ribeiro P;Gupta DS;Velasques B;Budde H;
{Journal}: PLoS One
{Volume}: 19
{Issue}: 7
{Year}: 2024
{Factor}: 3.752
{DOI}: 10.1371/journal.pone.0290142
{Abstract}: <B>OBJECTIVE: </B>This preliminary study investigated the differences in event-related potential and reaction time under two groups (athletes vs. non-athletes).<BR><B>METHODS: </B>The P300 was analyzed for Fz, Cz, and Pz electrodes in thirty-one healthy volunteers divided into two groups (volleyball athletes and non-athletes). In addition, the participants performed a saccadic eye movement task to measure reaction time.<BR><B>RESULTS: </B>The EEG analysis showed that the athletes, in comparison to the no-athletes, have differences in the P300 in the frontal area (p = 0.021). In relation to reaction time, the results show lower reaction time for athletes (p = 0.001).<BR><B>CONCLUSIONS: </B>The volleyball athletes may present a greater allocation of attention during the execution of the inhibition task, since they have a lower reaction time for responses when compared to non-athletes.