What Does It Take To Be An Elite Performer?
Imagine driving on an open racetrack, hitting top speed in your car that your safely buckled into, and your helmet is on tight. Any shift of focus, and small error could cause you to lose control or even lose the race. This is the kind of mental focus Ford decided to venture into…into the mind of a professional race car driver.
The study involved a control group of normal drivers, and of course the group of professional drivers. They were hooked to EEG machines to measure brain activity, and then asked to perform a driving simulation. Dr. Elias Mouchlianitis is a neuroscience researcher at King’s College London. He says the findings from the study were fascinating.
“There’s this ability of a race car driver to be always on. They’re switched in, they’re using the maximum of their capacity to the task at hand,” Dr. Mouchlianitis says.
While driving at high speeds with high focus, the professional drivers performed 40% better than you or I would. But, if these ‘normal’ persons in the control group did some sort of mental exercise before the driving simulation, they were also able to tap into and access this higher state of performance…up to 50% improvement!
Based on the research, Ford is create a helmet that will transmit brain waves to Ford’s team during a race. This will allow them to study and research the mind of driver, and perhaps what can be done with the mind to help a driver exceed limitations. Ford is just scratching the surface….these findings could be applied to many people in many walks of life.
Why Did Justice League Flop?
-
The wrestling battle royale is ending service at the end of the month. Last August, Fortnite publisher Epic Games...
-
The crackdown could begin as early as March. Last year, streaming giant Netflix, which its first major subscriber drop-off...
-
The company used the growth to highlight problems with the Microsoft/Activison merger. Microsoft and Activision Blizzard continue to push...
-
The plaintiffs received a settlement of $1.85 million. This week, video game developer and publisher CD Projekt Red reached...
-
The change is part of Google’s efforts to fully incorporate Fitbit. In January of 2021, Google completed a full...
-
The developers clarified that it will not be a game like Dark Souls. At the Game Awards last week,...
-
Geoff Keighley is shortening the show in response to viewer feedback. This Thursday, December 8, the annual Game Awards...
-
You can play Minesweeper or Solitaire during meetings. While the Microsoft Teams app is primarily intended for business meetings...
-
An anticompetitive investigation has been formally opened in the EU. Since they announced their intent to purchase video game...
-
Spencer revealed that Xbox consoles are sold at a loss. Last week, Phil Spencer, head of Microsoft’s Xbox division,...
-
While the game is receiving some interesting revamps, the Switch apparently has trouble running it. Pokemon Scarlet & Violet,...
-
The recent demonstration video used motion capture for the leg tracking. Earlier this week, Meta released a demonstration video...