title: Event-related potential assessment of attention and the orienting reaction in boxers before and after a fight.
abstract: Boxers' attention and orienting mechanisms were investigated using event-related brain potential recordings, before and after a fight. This study did not reveal any abnormalities of attention or detection processes. However, a slight deficit in the orienting reaction towards stimuli delivered in the right ear, related to a greater number of blows delivered on the left side of the head, was observed.
authors.affiliation: LENA, CNRS URA 654, Laboratoire de Psychophysiologie Cognitive, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Breton
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pincemaille
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tarriere
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Renault
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology*; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D001914:Boxing / Q000293:injuries*; D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000295:instrumentation; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000295:instrumentation; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology