"No Pain No Gain": Evidence from a Parcel-Wise Brain Morphometry Study on the Volitional Quality of Elite Athletes | |
Wei, Gaoxia4,8,9; Si, Ruoguang7; Li, Youfa6; Yao, Ying4,8; Chen, Lizhen4,8; Zhang, Shu4,8; Huang, Tao5; Zou, Liye1; Li, Chunxiao3; Perrey, Stephane2 | |
刊名 | BRAIN SCIENCES |
2020-07-01 | |
卷号 | 10期号:7页码:12 |
关键词 | volition brain structure sense of agency sport MRI |
DOI | 10.3390/brainsci10070459 |
产权排序 | 1 |
文献子类 | 实证研究 |
英文摘要 | Volition is described as a psychological construct with great emphasis on the sense of agency. During volitional behavior, an individual always presents a volitional quality, an intrapersonal trait for dealing with adverse circumstances, which determines the individual's persistence of action toward their intentions or goals. Elite athletes are a group of experts with superior volitional quality and, thereby, could be regarded as the natural subject pool to investigate this mental trait. The purpose of this study was to examine brain morphometric characteristics associated with volitional quality by using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and the Scale of Volitional Quality. We recruited 16 national-level athletes engaged in short track speed skating and 18 healthy controls matched with age and gender. A comparison of a parcel-wise brain anatomical characteristics of the healthy controls with those of the elite athletes revealed three regions with significantly increased cortical thickness in the athlete group. These regions included the left precuneus, the left inferior parietal lobe, and the right superior frontal lobe, which are the core brain regions involved in the sense of agency. The mean cortical thickness of the left inferior parietal lobe was significantly correlated with the independence of volitional quality (a mental trait that characterizes one's intendency to control his/her own behavior and make decisions by applying internal standards and/or objective criteria). These findings suggest that sports training is an ideal model for better understanding the neural mechanisms of volitional behavior in the human brain. |
资助项目 | National Natural Science Foundation of China[31671163] ; CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology[KLMH2011ZK07] ; Open Research Fund of the CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology |
WOS关键词 | HUMAN CEREBRAL-CORTEX ; CORTICAL THICKNESS ; GEOMETRICALLY ACCURATE ; MENTAL TOUGHNESS ; DECISION-MAKING ; EXERCISE ; SEGMENTATION ; SYSTEM ; VOLUME ; SPORT |
WOS研究方向 | Neurosciences & Neurology |
语种 | 英语 |
出版者 | MDPI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000556424100001 |
资助机构 | National Natural Science Foundation of China ; CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology ; Open Research Fund of the CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology |
内容类型 | 期刊论文 |
源URL | [http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/32375] |
专题 | 心理研究所_中国科学院心理健康重点实验室 心理研究所_中国科学院行为科学重点实验室 |
通讯作者 | Wei, Gaoxia |
作者单位 | 1.Shenzhen Univ, Dept Psychol, Shenzhen 518061, Peoples R China 2.Univ Montpellier, IMT Mines Ales, EuroMov Digital Hlth Mot, F-34090 Montpellier, France 3.South China Normal Univ, Sch Phys Educ & Sports Sci, Guangzhou 510006, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, CAS Key Lab Mental Hlth, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 5.Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ, Dept Phys Educ, Shanghai 200030, Peoples R China 6.Beijing Normal Univ, Collaborat Innovat Ctr Assessment Basic Educ Qual, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China 7.Cardiff Univ, CUBRIC, Maindy Rd, Cardiff CF24 4HQ, Wales 8.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Dept Psychol, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 9.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, CAS Key Lab Behav Sci, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Wei, Gaoxia,Si, Ruoguang,Li, Youfa,et al. "No Pain No Gain": Evidence from a Parcel-Wise Brain Morphometry Study on the Volitional Quality of Elite Athletes[J]. BRAIN SCIENCES,2020,10(7):12. |
APA | Wei, Gaoxia.,Si, Ruoguang.,Li, Youfa.,Yao, Ying.,Chen, Lizhen.,...&Perrey, Stephane.(2020)."No Pain No Gain": Evidence from a Parcel-Wise Brain Morphometry Study on the Volitional Quality of Elite Athletes.BRAIN SCIENCES,10(7),12. |
MLA | Wei, Gaoxia,et al.""No Pain No Gain": Evidence from a Parcel-Wise Brain Morphometry Study on the Volitional Quality of Elite Athletes".BRAIN SCIENCES 10.7(2020):12. |
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