Soma Analytics Quiz

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What is reaction time?

The degree of variation between responses.

The amount of time it takes to respond to a stimulus,measured in milliseconds (thousands of a second).

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What is speed?

Speed is a statistical measurement that normalises data distribution.

The number of correct responses per second.

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What is variation?

The degree of variation between responses.

The percentage of responses.

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What is RCS?

The number of correct responses per minute.

The number of correct responses per second.

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What is accuracy?

The proportion of incorrect responses.

The proportion of correct responses.

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What is a lapse?

Excessively slow responses, a key indicator of inattentiveness.

Excessively fast responses, a key indicator of attentiveness.

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Mackworth Lapse Threshold

Responses slower than 650ms

Responses slower than 550ms

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PVT Lapse Threshold

Responses slower than 450ms

Responses slower than 500ms

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PVT-B Lapse Threshold

Responses slower than 350ms

Responses slower than 355ms

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What is RMSSD?

The square root of the mean of the sum of squared successive differences between successive NN intervals (i.e., milliseconds between consecutive heartbeats).

The standard deviation of all NN intervals.

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What is SDNN?

The square root of the mean of the sum of squared successive differences between successive NN intervals (i.e., milliseconds between consecutive heartbeats).

The standard deviation of all NN intervals.

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What is progressive overload?

A type of periodisation where volume and intensity go up and down.

A periodisation method that advocates for the gradual increase of the stress placed upon the nervous system.

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What is undulating periodisation?

A type of periodisation where volume and intensity go up and down.

A periodisation method that advocates for the gradual increase of the stress placed upon the nervous system.

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What does a decreased reaction time indicate?

Slower responses to a stimulus.

Faster responses to a stimulus.

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What does increased speed indicate?

Faster responses to a stimulus.

Slower responses to a stimulus.

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What does decreased variation indicate?

Deteriorated consistency of responses.

Improved consistency of responses.

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What does increased rMSSD and SDNN indicate?

Increased rmSSD and SDNN can indicate, fight-or-flight, stress, sickness (maybe you are coming down with something), or overtraining (accumulation of training fatigue).

Increased rmSSD and SDNN can indicate, rest-and-digest, general fitness, and that you are well recovered.

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What is RPE?

Rating of Perceived Effort

Rating of Effort

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What is RME?

Rating of Effort

Rating of Mental Effort

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What is RMF?

Rating of Mental Fatigue

Rating of Fatigue

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What does a reduced RPE indicate?

Increased perception of effort.

Reduced perception of effort.

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What does a reduced RME indicate?

Reduced mental effort.

Increased mental effort.

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What does a reduced RMF indicate?

Increased mental fatigue.

Reduced mental fatigue.

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If an athlete is mentally fatigued you will see an increase in their lapse count (number of excessively slow responses, a key indicator of inattentiveness) and their average response times.

True

False

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One of the quickest ways to assess an athlete's mental fatigue levels objectively is by performing the Psychomotor Vigilance Task (PVT).

True

False

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If you notice your athletes; Pre-and post-training PVT measures are not changing much: this would indicate the cognitive load from the training session is not stressing the athlete very much

True

False

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PVT can assist you in developing and adjusting your cognitive training plan.

True

False

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If you notice a higher than-normal pre-training PVT reaction time with more variation and lapses, what would this indicate?

The training plan is too easy, and the athlete is recovering well.

The training plan is too hard, and the athlete cannot mentally recover from cognitive load.

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How can you progressively overload an athlete's cognitive program?

Increase Session Frequency Only

Increase Task Session Frequency Only

Increase Task Intensity Only

Increase Task Intensity, Session Duration or Session Frequency.

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What type of periodisation model is this?

Progressive Overload

Undulating

Progressive Overload & Undulating

Not Sure

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What type of periodisation model is this?

Progressive Overload

Undulating

Progressive Overload & Undulating

Not Sure

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What type of periodisation model is this?

Progressive Overload

Undulating with a slight progressive overload

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What type of periodisation model is this?

Task Intensity

Week 1 60%

Week 2 70%

Week 3 80%

Week 4 90%

Session Duration

Week 1 30 min

Week 2 30 min

Week 3 30 min

Week 4 30 min

Progressive Overload

Undulating

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What type of periodisation model is this?

Task Intensity

Week 1 60%

Week 2 90%

Week 3 70%

Week 4 100%

Session Duration

Week 1 30 min

Week 2 30 min

Week 3 30 min

Week 4 30 min

Progressive Overload

Undulating

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What type of periodisation model is this?

Task Intensity

Week 1 60%

Week 2 70%

Week 3 80%

Week 4 90%

Session Duration

Week 1 30 min

Week 2 35 min

Week 3 40 min

Week 4 45 min

Progressive Overload

Undulating

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What type of periodisation model is this?

Task Intensity

Week 1 60%

Week 2 90%

Week 3 70%

Week 4 100%

Session Duration

Week 1 30 min

Week 2 25 min

Week 3 40 min

Week 4 35 min

Progressive Overload

Undulating

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What type of periodisation model is this?

Session Frequency

Week 1 3 sessions

Week 2 4 sessions

Week 3 5 sessions

Week 4 6 sessions

Progressive Overload

Undulating

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What type of periodisation model is this?

Session Frequency

Week 1 3 sessions

Week 2 5 sessions

Week 3 2 sessions

Week 4 4 sessions

Progressive Overload

Undulating

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How can you undulate an athlete's cognitive program?

Increase or decrease task intensity, frequency or duration.

Decrease task intensity, frequency or duration only.

Increase task intensity and frequency only.

Decrease task frequency only.

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What is a VAS-F?

Visual Analogue Scale of Fatigue Severity

Visual Scale of Fatigue Severity

Visual Scale of Fatigue Sensitivity

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Can you use a VAS-F to assess an athletes fatigue levels?

Yes

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What objective measures can be used to assess an athlete's mental fatigue?

Ask the athlete how they feel.

Any cognitive task.

PVT and PVT-B.

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What is a lapse?

A response slower than 355ms for PVT-B and 500ms for PVT.

A response faster than 355ms for PVT-B or 500ms for PVT.

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If an athlete has an increased lapse count from pre to post-testing what does this indicate?

Fatigued

Not Fatigued

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Which athlete has an inferior HRV?

Athlete A
32 rMSSD

Athlete B
14 rMSSD

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Which athlete has an inferior HRV?

Athlete A
22 rMSSD

Athlete B
31 rMSSD

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Which athlete has an inferior HRV?

Athlete A
152 rMSSD

Athlete B
114 rMSSD

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Which athlete has a superior HRV?

Athlete A
72 rMSSD

Athlete B
14 rMSSD

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Which athlete has more consistent responses?

Athlete A
Variation 18%

Athlete B
Variation 22%

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Which athlete is more accurate?

Athlete A
Accuracy 98%

Athlete B
Accuracy 99%

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Which athlete has faster responses?

Athlete B
RCS 2.2

Athlete A
RCS 2

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Which athlete has faster responses?

Athlete A
Reaction Time 320ms

Athlete B
Reaction Time 289ms

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Which athlete has faster responses?

Athlete B
Speed 1.5

Athlete A
Speed 1.1

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Which athlete has superior performance?

Athlete A
Reaction Time 220ms
Variation 28%
Accuracy 79%

Athlete B
Reaction Time 189ms
Variation 22%
Accuracy 83%

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Which athlete has superior performance?

Athlete A
Speed 2.1
Variation 28%

Athlete B
Speed 2.2
Variation 22%

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Which athlete has superior performance?

Athlete A
RCS 2.1
Variation 25%

Athlete B
RCS 1.8
Variation 27%

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Which athlete has superior performance?

Athlete A
Reaction Time 233ms
Variation 23%

Athlete B
Reaction 234ms
Variation 16%

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If an athlete athletes reaction time has improved but their variation has deteriorated has the athlete’s performance improved?

Yes.

No, they are faster but inconsistent with responses.

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If an athlete athletes speed has improved but their variation has deteriorated has the athlete’s performance improved?

Yes.

No, they are faster but inconsistent with responses.

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If an athlete athletes accuracy has improved but their variation has deteriorated has the athlete’s performance improved?

No, they are accurate but inconsistent with responses.

Yes.

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If an athlete athletes reaction time has remained the same but their variation has improved has the athlete’s performance improved?

Yes, their responses are more consistent.

No.

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If an athlete athletes variation has improved by 40% but their reaction time has deteriorated by 5% has the athlete’s performance improved?

Yes, they are only slightly slower (5%) but a lot more consistent (40%) with responses.

No.

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Should data trends fluctuate over a mesocycle as the overall load increases?

Yes.

No.

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Is this athlete consistent?

Yes

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Is this athlete consistent?

Yes

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Is this athlete consistent?

Yes

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Is this athlete consistent?

Yes

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Is this athlete consistent?

Yes

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Is this athlete consistent?

Yes

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Is this athlete consistent?

Yes

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Summarise the Baseline.

Task Switching and Numerical Inhibition improved in 4/5 metrics but the Mackworth clock was poor across all metrics. For the next baseline, I would suggest focusing more on attentional tasks.

Task Switching and Numerical Inhibition improved in 4/5 metrics but the Mackworth clock was poor across all metrics. For the next baseline, I would suggest focusing more on inhibition tasks.

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Summarise the Baseline.

PVT and Switched Attention improved across most metrics. Sustained attention had a poor result on the post-baseline for Reaction Time, Speed and RCS. This is not an ideal result but accuracy improved by 61% and variation by 11%. For the next baseline, I would suggest focusing on response inhibition tasks.

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Summarise the Baseline.

Task Switching and Attention improved across all metrics but flanker compatibility was 1-3% worse than the pre-baseline across 4/5 metrics. For the next baseline, I would suggest focusing more on decision-making and inhibition tasks and I will also clarify the athlete understands the flanker tasks instructions.

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Summarise the Baseline.

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Reaction Time ⬆

An increase in reaction time over the course of a mesocycle would indicate the athlete is performing slower.

An increase in reaction time over the course of a mesocycle would indicate the athlete is performing faster.

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Speed ⬆

An increase in speed indicates the athlete is performing well and has more outliers in their data.

An increase in speed indicates the athlete is performing well and has fewer outliers in their data.

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Variation ⬆

An increase in variation would indicate that the athlete is performing more consistently during their cognitive training session.

An increase in variation indicates that the athlete is performing inconsistently during their cognitive training session.

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RCS ⬆

An increase in RCS indicates the athlete is making fast responses with fewer errors.

An increase in RCS indicates the athlete is making fast responses with more errors.

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rMSSD / SDNN⬆

rMSSD / SDNN⬆may indicate that the athlete is adapting to the cognitive stress over the course of the mesocycle or that the task is not creating enough mental stress.

rMSSD / SDNN⬆may indicate that the athlete is not adapting to the cognitive stress over the course of the mesocycle or that the task is creating to much mental stress.

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rMSSD / SDNN⬇

rMSSD / SDNN⬇may indicate the athlete is not loaded sufficiently for the cognitive task or cognitive training plan.

rMSSD / SDNN⬇may indicate the athlete is getting loaded sufficiently for the cognitive task or cognitive training plan, as long as the HRV can recover for the next cognitive training session.

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Why would you apply EDM Mode?

Assess an athlete's behaviour to correct responses.

Assess an athlete's behaviour to incorrect responses.

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Why would you apply CSQ Mode?

To increase punishment sensitivity and train mental toughness.

To decrease punishment sensitivity and train mental toughness.

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Why would you apply DRT Mode?

To assess an athlete's attentional capacity for specific cognitive tasks.

To assess an athlete's reaction time.

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Why would you apply TTE Mode?

To push an athlete's working memory.

To push an athlete's attentional capacity.

None of the above

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Why would you apply VPF Mode?

To give an athlete performance feedback.

To push an athletes consistency of responses.

None of the above

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Why would you apply ADM Mode?

When you want the task to closely track and maintain the athlete’s attentional capacity.

When you want the task to closely track and maintain the athlete’s current cognitive state.

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Why would you apply HRZ Mode?

When you want an athlete to maintain a certain physical workload during their cognitive training.

When you want an athlete to maintain a certain cognitive workload during their cognitive training.

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Why would you apply CEM Mode?

When you want to focus on interoception awareness.

When you want to focus on cardiovascular training.

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Why would you apply AHR Mode?

When you want the task to closely track and maintain the athlete's physiological and cognitive state.

When you want to increase physical workload during an athlete's cognitive training.

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Why would you apply AHV Mode?

When you want the task to closely track and maintain the athlete's physiological and cognitive state.

When you want the task to track an athlete's cognitive state.

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Why would you apply TSM Mode?

When you want to assess the attentional effects of high cognitive load and increase the athlete's ability to rapidly and efficiently adapt to different stimuli.

When you want to assess an athlete's ability to rapidly and efficiently adapt to different stimuli.

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Why would you apple DPM Mode?

When you want an athlete to maintain high levels of decision making.

When you want an athlete to maintain high levels of cognitive processing with minimal deviations in performance.

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Why would you apple PCM Mode?

When you want to focus on increasing cardiovascular fitness.

When you want to focus on increasing mental toughness.

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Why would you apply TPM Mode?

When you want to increase decision-making speed.

When you want to increase decision-making speed under time pressure constraints.

Soma Analytics Quiz

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What is reaction time?

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What is speed?

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What is variation?

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What is RCS?

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What is accuracy?

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What is a lapse?

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Mackworth Lapse Threshold

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PVT Lapse Threshold

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PVT-B Lapse Threshold

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What is RMSSD?

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What is SDNN?

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What is progressive overload?

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What is undulating periodisation?

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What does a decreased reaction time indicate?

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What does increased speed indicate?

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What does decreased variation indicate?

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What does increased rMSSD and SDNN indicate?

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What is RPE?

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What is RME?

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What is RMF?

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What does a reduced RPE indicate?

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What does a reduced RME indicate?

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What does a reduced RMF indicate?

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If an athlete is mentally fatigued you will see an increase in their lapse count (number of excessively slow responses, a key indicator of inattentiveness) and their average response times.

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One of the quickest ways to assess an athlete's mental fatigue levels objectively is by performing the Psychomotor Vigilance Task (PVT).

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If you notice your athletes; Pre-and post-training PVT measures are not changing much: this would indicate the cognitive load from the training session is not stressing the athlete very much

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PVT can assist you in developing and adjusting your cognitive training plan.

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If you notice a higher than-normal pre-training PVT reaction time with more variation and lapses, what would this indicate?

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How can you progressively overload an athlete's cognitive program?

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What type of periodisation model is this?

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What type of periodisation model is this?

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What type of periodisation model is this?

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What type of periodisation model is this?Task Intensity Week 1 60%Week 2 70%Week 3 80%Week 4 90%Session Duration Week 1 30 minWeek 2 30 minWeek 3 30 minWeek 4 30 min

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What type of periodisation model is this?Task Intensity Week 1 60%Week 2 90%Week 3 70%Week 4 100%Session Duration Week 1 30 minWeek 2 30 minWeek 3 30 minWeek 4 30 min

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What type of periodisation model is this?Task Intensity Week 1 60%Week 2 70%Week 3 80%Week 4 90%Session Duration Week 1 30 minWeek 2 35 minWeek 3 40 minWeek 4 45 min

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What type of periodisation model is this?Task Intensity Week 1 60%Week 2 90%Week 3 70%Week 4 100%Session Duration Week 1 30 minWeek 2 25 minWeek 3 40 minWeek 4 35 min

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What type of periodisation model is this?Session Frequency Week 1 3 sessionsWeek 2 4 sessions Week 3 5 sessions Week 4 6 sessions

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What type of periodisation model is this?Session Frequency Week 1 3 sessionsWeek 2 5 sessions Week 3 2 sessions Week 4 4 sessions

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How can you undulate an athlete's cognitive program?

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What type of periodisation model is this?

Task Intensity

Week 1 60%

Week 2 70%

Week 3 80%

Week 4 90%

Session Duration

Week 1 30 min

Week 2 30 min

Week 3 30 min

Week 4 30 min

What type of periodisation model is this?

Task Intensity

Week 1 60%

Week 2 90%

Week 3 70%

Week 4 100%

Session Duration

Week 1 30 min

Week 2 30 min

Week 3 30 min

Week 4 30 min

What type of periodisation model is this?

Task Intensity

Week 1 60%

Week 2 70%

Week 3 80%

Week 4 90%

Session Duration

Week 1 30 min

Week 2 35 min

Week 3 40 min

Week 4 45 min

What type of periodisation model is this?

Task Intensity

Week 1 60%

Week 2 90%

Week 3 70%

Week 4 100%

Session Duration

Week 1 30 min

Week 2 25 min

Week 3 40 min

Week 4 35 min

What type of periodisation model is this?

Session Frequency

Week 1 3 sessions

Week 2 4 sessions

Week 3 5 sessions

Week 4 6 sessions

What type of periodisation model is this?

Session Frequency

Week 1 3 sessions

Week 2 5 sessions

Week 3 2 sessions

Week 4 4 sessions