A tomada de decisões no judô: o que se diz e o que se faz? Relação entre tomada de decisões e perfil neurocognitivo

Abstract

There are two ways to think about how the decision process is done. The process can be automatic and having psychomotor characteristics, or mediated by linguistic process -in a deliberated way-. Moreover, martial arts bring an environment with high emotionality, where the anxiety is present. The objective of this study is to understand how the decision-making process, the anxiety and the impulsivity is presented in a combat physical activity, a Judo fight, that demands constant decisions and responses with limited time. To do this, there were to groups of participants (30 judo fighters and 15 non-fighters). One of the groups watch a video and anticipated the fighter’s movement with a questionary, and the other group was recorded in a judo fight. Both groups also performed an impulsivity test and an anxiety test. Each participant had more than 4,5 years of training and was an active competitor. There were found differences in the decisions made by the participants in the fight and the decisions that the participants told they would perform, specifically, when they were going to execute and action. Moreover, there was a significant difference in the anxiety levels of the group of fighters compared to controls, where the fighters had higher anxiety levels than controls. There were none significative differences in impulsivity between the groups. The results of the study shown how is cognition in Judo fighters, indicating where to focus the training and competition programs of the fighters.