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| Title |
Non-conscious visual cues related to affect and action alter perception of effort and endurance performance
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, December 2014
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00967 |
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| Authors |
Anthony Blanchfield, James Hardy, Samuele Marcora |
| Abstract |
The psychobiological model of endurance performance proposes that endurance performance is determined by a decision-making process based on perception of effort and potential motivation. Recent research has reported that effort-based decision-making during cognitive tasks can be altered by non-conscious visual cues relating to affect and action. The effects of these non-conscious visual cues on effort and performance during physical tasks are however unknown. We report two experiments investigating the effects of subliminal priming with visual cues related to affect and action on perception of effort and endurance performance. In Experiment 1 thirteen individuals were subliminally primed with happy or sad faces as they cycled to exhaustion in a counterbalanced and randomized crossover design. A paired t-test (happy vs. sad faces) revealed that individuals cycled significantly longer (178 s, p = 0.04) when subliminally primed with happy faces. A 2 × 5 (condition × iso-time) ANOVA also revealed a significant main effect of condition on rating of perceived exertion (RPE) during the time to exhaustion (TTE) test with lower RPE when subjects were subliminally primed with happy faces (p = 0.04). In Experiment 2, a single-subject randomization tests design found that subliminal priming with action words facilitated a significantly longer TTE (399 s, p = 0.04) in comparison to inaction words. Like Experiment 1, this greater TTE was accompanied by a significantly lower RPE (p = 0.03). These experiments are the first to show that subliminal visual cues relating to affect and action can alter perception of effort and endurance performance. Non-conscious visual cues may therefore influence the effort-based decision-making process that is proposed to determine endurance performance. Accordingly, the findings raise notable implications for individuals who may encounter such visual cues during endurance competitions, training, or health related exercise. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 142 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 26 | 18% |
| United States | 19 | 13% |
| Australia | 13 | 9% |
| Netherlands | 6 | 4% |
| Canada | 5 | 4% |
| Ireland | 5 | 4% |
| Switzerland | 3 | 2% |
| Argentina | 3 | 2% |
| Sweden | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 17 | 12% |
| Unknown | 43 | 30% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 91 | 64% |
| Scientists | 38 | 27% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 10 | 7% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 219 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 1% |
| United States | 3 | 1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 210 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 47 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 36 | 16% |
| Researcher | 26 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 25 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 11 | 5% |
| Other | 39 | 18% |
| Unknown | 35 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Sports and Recreations | 62 | 28% |
| Psychology | 47 | 21% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 15 | 7% |
| Neuroscience | 8 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 3% |
| Other | 31 | 14% |
| Unknown | 49 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 254. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 January 2024.
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