Study: NCT05355493

Intervention type: BEHAVIORAL
Group type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
Intervention: Time to Exhaustion cycling test
Description: After completing the MF/control task. Participants will be asked to take place on the cycle ergometer. Participants will perform a 3-min warm-up at 40% of peak power output followed by a rectangular workload at a power output corresponding to their predetermined respiratory compensation point (±80% PPO). RPM was freely chosen between 60 and 100 RPM and was recorded every minute. TTE was measured from the start until the pedal frequency was less than 60 RPM for more than 5s. This TTE task was chosen, based on a previous study of Marcora et al. (2009), who found that mental fatigue impairs physical performance. A researcher will sit behind the subject to ensure compliance with treatment. Subjects will be equipped with a heart rate monitor to continuously follow up heart rate. Subjective psychological assessment will take place with a M-VAS-scale, the NASA-TLX, the success motivation and intrinsic motivation scales, Karolinska Sleepiness Scale and visual analog scale for boredom.

Intervention type: BEHAVIORAL
Group type: EXPERIMENTAL
Intervention: Time to Exhaustion cycling test
Description: After completing the MF/control task. Participants will be asked to take place on the cycle ergometer. Participants will perform a 3-min warm-up at 40% of peak power output followed by a rectangular workload at a power output corresponding to their predetermined respiratory compensation point (±80% PPO). RPM was freely chosen between 60 and 100 RPM and was recorded every minute. TTE was measured from the start until the pedal frequency was less than 60 RPM for more than 5s. This TTE task was chosen, based on a previous study of Marcora et al. (2009), who found that mental fatigue impairs physical performance. A researcher will sit behind the subject to ensure compliance with treatment. Subjects will be equipped with a heart rate monitor to continuously follow up heart rate. Subjective psychological assessment will take place with a M-VAS-scale, the NASA-TLX, the success motivation and intrinsic motivation scales, Karolinska Sleepiness Scale and visual analog scale for boredom.

Intervention type: BEHAVIORAL
Group type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
Intervention: Go/NoGo task
Description: Participants are to react to different stimuli displayed on a computer screen, preceded by a screen with general instructions. Two different stimuli were present at the same time: a Go or NoGo stimulus, and a left or right stimulus (meaning that four combinations are possible: GoRight, GoLeft, NoGoRight and NoGoLeft). If a Go-stimulus is presented, participants are instructed to react to the left or right stimuli with the corresponding arrows. However, if a NoGo stimulus is presented, participants are instructed to refrain from reacting to the either the left or right stimuli. This proposed paradigm measures attention, response inhibition and working memory. Stimuli will be presented for 500 ms, with a varying interstimulus time between 1100 and 1700 ms. Outcomes for Go trials include reaction time and accuracy while the outcome for NoGo trials is only accuracy.

Intervention type: BEHAVIORAL
Group type: EXPERIMENTAL
Intervention: Go/NoGo task
Description: Participants are to react to different stimuli displayed on a computer screen, preceded by a screen with general instructions. Two different stimuli were present at the same time: a Go or NoGo stimulus, and a left or right stimulus (meaning that four combinations are possible: GoRight, GoLeft, NoGoRight and NoGoLeft). If a Go-stimulus is presented, participants are instructed to react to the left or right stimuli with the corresponding arrows. However, if a NoGo stimulus is presented, participants are instructed to refrain from reacting to the either the left or right stimuli. This proposed paradigm measures attention, response inhibition and working memory. Stimuli will be presented for 500 ms, with a varying interstimulus time between 1100 and 1700 ms. Outcomes for Go trials include reaction time and accuracy while the outcome for NoGo trials is only accuracy.