Thinking man's game
Psychological testing could predict the success of soccer players by measuring a cognitive phenomenon called "executive functions," European researchers say.
Scientists at Sweden's Karolinska
Institute say they may have found the psychological key to what has previously been described as "game intelligence" in successful soccer players.
Game intelligence has been described as the ability to "read" the play of the game, to be always in the right place at the right time, and to steal goals.
Cognitive scientists say executive functions encompass the ability to be immediately creative, to be able to see new solutions to problems, to change tactics rapidly and to revise previous behavior that has proved not to work.
"Our brains have specific systems that process information in just this manner, and we have validated methods within cognitive research to measure how well the executive functions work in an individual," researcher Predrag Petrovic in the institute's department of clinical neuroscience reported.
In tests of certain executive functions in a total of 57 elite footballers, the researchers found the soccer players performed much better than the general population in tests of executive functions.
"We can imagine a situation in which cognitive tests of this type become a tool to develop new, successful football players," psychologist Torbjorn Vestberg, a member of the research group, said.
GMT 14:11 2018 Tuesday ,11 December
Cosmonauts will use special water during long space missionsGMT 15:32 2018 Monday ,03 December
Russian spacecraft with new crew gets into near-Earth orbitGMT 16:21 2018 Tuesday ,27 November
Russia ranks fourth worldwide for number of scientistsGMT 13:32 2018 Monday ,19 November
Launch of first Jordanian nano- satellite dubbed (JYI-SAT) postponedGMT 11:12 2018 Thursday ,15 November
China Focus: Scientists warn of less water supply over melting glacier after 2060GMT 10:16 2018 Wednesday ,31 October
Emirati-made satellite "KhalifaSat" reinforces UAE’s stature in space arenaGMT 08:36 2018 Monday ,29 October
Israeli, Finnish scientists win 1 mln USD for innovation in alternative fuelsGMT 16:39 2018 Tuesday ,23 October
Failed launch of Soyuz-FG did not pause probe into hole in Soyuz MS-09 spacecraftMaintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©
Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©
Send your comments
Your comment as a visitor