Influence of stimulus material and effector specificity on performance in the measurement of interference control in adolescent handball and soccer players compared to non-player controls
Florian Heilmann, Leif E Langsdorf, Torsten Schubert · 2026
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Florian Heilmann, Leif E Langsdorf, and Torsten Schubert published a journal article in 2026 on interference control in teen athletes. This control is the ability to ignore distracting cues while responding. Boys aged 15 to 18 did nine versions of a reaction task, varying the pictures shown and whether they answered with finger, hand, or foot.
The 91 boys included 28 handball players, 34 soccer players, and 29 non-players. Mismatched cues slowed everyone, and sport pictures plus harder movements slowed responses further. Sport pictures, though, shrank the distraction effect itself. No steady advantage appeared for either athlete group over non-players. The authors say task demands shaped scores more than group membership did.
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| CREATOR | Florian Heilmann, Leif E Langsdorf, Torsten Schubert |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 57084 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |