2020 Volume 39 Issue 1 Pages 39-45
In sports, a variety of brain functions hold the key to winning, such as grasping current conditions, strategizing against one’s opponent, and making instantaneous decisions under pressure. Most of these functions, however, are implicit brain functions that the athlete is not even aware of. The NTT Sports Brain Science project was established in January 2017 to conduct research with the aim of understanding superior implicit brain functions in top athletes, identifying the factors in winning, and improving the performance of athletes based on research findings. Two examples of findings, both on visuomotor strategies of elite baseball/softball batters, are introduced.
