Abstract
During the last two decades, esports, a highly competitive sporting activity, has gained increasing popularity. Both performance and competition in esports require players to have fine motor skills and physical and cognitive abilities in controlling and manipulating digital activities in a virtual environment. While strategies for building and improving skills and abilities are crucial for successful gaming performance, few effective training approaches exist in the fast-growing area of competitive esports. In this paper, we describe a non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) approach and highlight the relevance and potential areas for research while being cognizant of various technical, safety, and ethical issues related to NIBS when applied to esports.
Highlights
Esports, or digital sports, is an emerging form of sport facilitated by electronic systems
We describe the application of non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS), a neuromodulation technique for non-invasively stimulating the brain and central nervous system, for augmenting the performance of esports players, and for developing the skills they need at the physical, cognitive, and mental levels
The application of NIBS in the fields of sports and physical exercise has led to mounting evidence that suggests both health and performance benefits
Summary
Digital sports, is an emerging form of sport facilitated by electronic systems. Esports is broadly viewed as a competitive sporting activity [1,2,3] and in recent years has enjoyed fast-growing popularity, both professionally and among amateur players [4,5]. Despite the highly competitive nature of the activity, which is both physically intense and mentally demanding [3,6], relatively little is known regarding effective esports training strategies designed to develop fine motor skills and optimize performance [7]. Approach [8] for esports training that has gained increasing attention in the non-digital (traditional) sports literature [9,10,11]. We highlight the relevance of NIBS to esports in facilitating skill acquisition and improving motor and cognitive performance. We describe safety issues and caveats associated with the use of NIBS-based techniques when applied to performance enhancement among esports players
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