Abstract
it is very important to understand the effect of fatigue on decision-making and how it affects movement control. the aim of the study was the effect of mental and physical fatigue on the brain activity during of creative decisionmaking on skilled football players. The study’s design was of the intra-group type in the form of time series, the research method was semi-experimental and in terms of purpose was applied. To did this research, 18 football players of Tehran city By obtaining informed consent, after creating mental (Stroop exercises) and physical (Bruce protocol) fatigue in each stage of them, recording electroencephalography while watching clips of real football scenes and making creativedecisions in blocked situations. Thedata were analyzed through variance analysis with repeated measures at a significant level of p≤0.05. The results showed that creative decision-making during mental and physical fatigue is less than when without fatigue, and the alpha wave power during mental fatigue decreases compared to the condition without fatigue and increases during physical fatigue compared to the condition without fatigue. monitoring and paying attention to the perception of the level of mental and physical fatigue as well as its effect on the decision-making and brain activity of football players should be taken into account by coaches and sports researchers.
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