title: Premovement high-alpha power is modulated by previous movement errors: Indirect evidence to endorse high-alpha power as a marker of resource allocation during motor programming.
abstract: Previous electroencephalographic studies have identified premovement high-alpha power as a predictor of movement accuracy; less frontal-central high-alpha power is associated with accurate movements (e.g., holed golf putts), and could reflect more cognitive resources being allocated to response programming. The present experiment tested this interpretation. Ten expert and ten novice golfers completed 120 putts while high-alpha power was recorded and analyzed as a function of whether the previous putt was holed (i.e., a correct response) or missed (i.e., an error). Existing evidence indicates that more resources are allocated to response programming following errors. We observed less premovement high-alpha power following errors, especially in experts. Our findings provide indirect evidence that high-alpha power is an inverse marker of the amount of resources allocated to motor response programming.
authors: School of Sport, Health & Exercise Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, UK.
authors: Andrew
authors: A
authors: Cooke
authors: School of Sport, Exercise & Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
authors: Germano
authors: G
authors: Gallicchio
authors: School of Sport, Exercise & Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
authors: Maria
authors: M
authors: Kavussanu
authors: School of Sport, Exercise & Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
authors: Adrian
authors: A
authors: Willoughby
authors: School of Sport, Exercise & Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
authors: David
authors: D
authors: McIntyre
authors: School of Sport, Exercise & Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
authors: Christopher
authors: C
authors: Ring
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000513:Alpha Rhythm / Q000502:physiology*; D054874:Athletic Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003071:Cognition; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006055:Golf; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology*; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: EEG/ERP; Error processing; Golf; Motor control; Reinvestment theory