Testing the effects of a preceding self-control task on decision-making in soccer refereeing
The present study tested the assumption that the momentary level of self-control strength affects the accuracy rates in a sports-related judgement and decision-making task. A total of N = 27 participants rated the veracity of 28 video-taped statements of soccer players who were interviewed by a non-...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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16 March 2021
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Frontiers in neuroscience
Year: 2021, Volume: 15, Pages: 1-8 |
| ISSN: | 1662-453X |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fnins.2021.638652 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2021.638652 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2021.638652/full 
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| Author Notes: | Chris Englert, Anna Dziuba and Geoffrey Schweizer |
| Summary: | The present study tested the assumption that the momentary level of self-control strength affects the accuracy rates in a sports-related judgement and decision-making task. A total of N = 27 participants rated the veracity of 28 video-taped statements of soccer players who were interviewed by a non-visible referee after a critical game-related situation. In half of the videos, the players were lying and in the other half they were telling the truth. Participants were tested twice: once with temporarily depleted self-control strength and once with temporarily available self-control strength (order counterbalanced; measurements separated by exactly seven days). Self-control strength was experimentally manipulated with the Stroop task. In line with two-process models of information processing, we hypothesized that under ego depletion, information is processed in a rather heuristic manner, leading to lower accuracy rates. Contrary to our expectations, the level of temporarily available self-control strength did not have an effect on accuracy rates. Limitations and implications for future research endeavors are discussed. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 12.06.2021 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1662-453X |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fnins.2021.638652 |