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      Rapid identification of sound direction in blind footballers.

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          Earlier studies have demonstrated that blind footballers are more accurate in identifying sound direction with less front-back confusion than sighted and blind non-football playing individuals. However, it is unknown whether blind footballers are faster than sighted footballers and nonathletes in identifying sound direction using auditory cues. Here, the present study aimed to investigate the auditory reaction times (RTs) and response accuracy of blind footballers during auditory RT tasks, including the identification of sound direction. Participants executed goal-directed stepping towards the loudspeaker as quickly and accurately as possible after identifying the sound direction. Simple, two-choice, and four-choice auditory RT tasks were completed. The results revealed that blind footballers had shorter RTs than sighted footballers in the choice RT tasks, but not in the simple RT task. These findings suggest that blind footballers are faster in identifying sound direction based on auditory cues, which is an essential perceptual-cognitive skill specific to blind football.

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          Journal
          Exp Brain Res
          Experimental brain research
          Springer Science and Business Media LLC
          1432-1106
          0014-4819
          Dec 2019
          : 237
          : 12
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8574, Japan. taku.mie48@gmail.com.
          [2 ] Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8574, Japan.
          Article
          10.1007/s00221-019-05670-4
          10.1007/s00221-019-05670-4
          31628519
          d7dc688b-6c47-4d85-a005-7c345de3a9ed
          History

          Auditory cues,Blind football,Information processing,Reaction time,Sound localization

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