The aim of this review was to determine the magnitude of the placebo and nocebo effect on
sport performance. Articles published before March 2019 were located using Medline, Web …

Neurovascular coupling is a key physiological mechanism that occurs in the healthy human
brain, and understanding this process has implications for understanding the aging and …

Purpose To verify whether caffeine (CAF) could increase the prefrontal cortex (PFC)
activation and improve 20 km cycling time trial (TT 20km) performance in mentally fatigued …

The study presents a recursive least-squares estimation method with an exponential
forgetting factor for noise removal in functional near-infrared spectroscopy data and …

Activation changes in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) regions have been linked to acute exercise-
induced improvements in cognitive performance. The type of exercise performed may …

This study aimed to analyze the placebo effect associated with caffeine ingestion on running
performance. Methods: Thirteen recreationally trained males in long-distance running (age …

The objective was to analyze the effect of mental fatigue induced by a prolonged period of a
sport-based videogame on decision-making skill and visual search behaviour in basketball …

Purpose: To investigate the placebo effect of caffeine on pacing strategy and performance
over 1000-m running time trials using a balanced placebo design. Methods: Eleven well …

Caffeine (CAF) has been reported to improve various facets associated with successful
soccer play, including gross motor skill performance, endurance capacity and cognition …

Little is known about the placebo effects when comparing training interventions.
Consequently, we investigated whether subjects being told they are in the intervention …