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22. Reaction Speed vs Stress
This week’s episode reviews a 2026 paper published in Sports Medicine – Open titled:
Predictors of Latent Reaction Speed in Athletes: The Role of Performance Level and Stress Tolerance at Different Competitive Levels by Katrina Volgemute and colleagues.
The study examines how reaction performance—modeled as a combination of stimulus recognition, decision-making, and movement execution—is related to two factors:
Performance efficiency
Stress tolerance (ability to maintain performance under cognitive load)
Across 300+ athletes (amateur, pre-elite, elite), the authors found small but…
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