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Hongjie Tang¹, Zhongqi Zhao¹, Liyue Lin¹

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Summary

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Elite tennis players exhibit superior timing prediction, outperforming non-athletes in temporal perception tasks. This advantage stems from earlier preparation and enhanced neural utilization of temporal information.

Keywords:

Contingent negative variation Event-related potentials Tennis players Time perception Time to contact

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Sports Science
Cognitive Psychology

Background:

Elite athletes possess advanced perceptual-motor skills.
Temporal perception is crucial for real-time sports performance.
Understanding expertise's impact on timing is key.

Purpose of the Study:

Investigate temporal perception advantages in elite tennis players.
Explore cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying timing accuracy.
Examine the influence of sports experience on time estimation.

Main Methods:

Recruited tennis athletes and non-athlete controls.
Utilized a time-to-contact paradigm with varying temporal contexts.
Measured behavioral performance and electroencephalography (EEG) for neural activity.

Main Results:

Tennis athletes showed significantly better time estimation accuracy (lower bias, fewer delayed responses).
Both groups performed better in timing tasks without a rhythmic context.
Contingent Negative Variation (CNV) amplitude, linked to temporal processing, was higher in athletes, especially in midline and right brain areas.

Conclusions:

Tennis players demonstrate superior timing accuracy due to enhanced predictive preparation.
Neural activity, specifically CNV amplitude, reflects greater utilization of temporal information in athletes.
Sports expertise significantly refines temporal perception and its underlying neural mechanisms.