Geng Lu, Zou Rong, Li Jinkun, Yu Lin, Hong Xiaobin
Department of Psychology, Wuhan Sports University, Wuhan, China.
Hubei Key Laboratory of Exercise Training and Monitoring, College of Sports Medicine, Wuhan Sports University, Wuhan, China.
PLoS One. 2025 Mar 20;20(3):e0319601. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0319601. eCollection 2025.
The study aimed to investigate whether self-talk could enhance participants' motor performance and attention, even in the presence of distracting interferences and while experiencing ego depletion. To achieve this, 43 novices were randomly assigned into a self-talk group and a control group. Only the self-talk group received the self-talk intervention, and all participants performed a dart throwing task after experiencing ego depletion. In addition, noise interference was added during the dart throwing process. The results indicated that, as predicted, participants in the self-talk group showed enhanced attention functions and more stable motor performance compared to the control group participants, which supports the attentional effect of self-talk. The findings also have practical implications for coaches and athletes. Future research should further use brain science methods to reveal the attentional mechanism by which self-talk improves motor performance when cognitive resources are extremely low and the moderating role of motor experience in this.
该研究旨在调查自我对话是否能提高参与者的运动表现和注意力，即使存在干扰因素且处于自我损耗状态。为实现这一目标，43名新手被随机分为自我对话组和对照组。只有自我对话组接受了自我对话干预，所有参与者在经历自我损耗后进行了飞镖投掷任务。此外，在飞镖投掷过程中增加了噪音干扰。结果表明，正如预期的那样，与对照组参与者相比，自我对话组的参与者注意力功能增强，运动表现更稳定，这支持了自我对话的注意力效应。这些发现对教练和运动员也具有实际意义。未来的研究应进一步运用脑科学方法，揭示在认知资源极低时自我对话改善运动表现的注意力机制以及运动经验在此过程中的调节作用。
