Frontiers in psychology
Oculomotor response inhibition and distractor suppression following prior self-control exertion in athletes
By Fan M, Zhou J and Xu W.
Abstract
Introduction
Prior self-control exertion can affect subsequent attention and performance, but the specific visual control processes involved in athletes remain unclear. The present study examined oculomotor response inhibition and distractor suppression during visual search following prior self-control exertion in athletes.
Methods
In Experiment 1 (N = 75), prior self-control exertion was manipulated using a proportion-congruent Stroop task, and oculomotor response inhibition was assessed using prosaccade and antisaccade tasks. In Experiment 2 (N = 62), participants completed visual search under no-activation and activation conditions after either the depletion or the no-depletion Stroop condition.