@article{Lam_Middleton_Phillips_2022, title={The effect of self-selected music on endurance running capacity and performance in a mentally fatigued state}, volume={17}, url={https://www.jhse.ua.es/article/view/2022-v17-n4-self-selected-music-endurance-running-capacity-perfo}, DOI={10.14198/jhse.2022.174.16}, abstractNote={<p>We investigated the effects of listening to self-selected music on intermittent running capacity (study 1) and 5 km time-trial (TT) performance (study 2) in a mentally fatigued state. In study 1, nine physically active males performed a 30-minute incongruent Stroop test (IST) followed by the Yo-Yo intermittent recovery test level 1 (YYIRT1) with (MF+MUSIC) and without (MFONLY) music. They also completed a baseline trial (BL). Study 2 repeated these trials with nine recreational runners. Mental fatigue (MF) showed large increases following IST in both studies (<em>d</em><sub>unb</sub> = 1.44 – 2.0). Intermittent running capacity was moderately greater in MF+MUSIC (564 ± 127 m; <em>d</em><sub>unb</sub> = 0.52) and BL (551 ± 106 m; <em>d</em><sub>unb</sub> = 0.51) vs. MFONLY (496 ± 112 m). Time-trial performance showed small improvements in MF+MUSIC (23.1 ± 2.4 min; <em>d</em><sub>unb</sub> = 0.28) and BL (23.4 ± 3.5 min; <em>d</em><sub>unb</sub> = 0.20) vs. MFONLY (24.1 ± 3.2 min). Differences in ratings of perceived exertion between trials were trivial to small in both studies (<em>d</em><sub>unb</sub> = 0-0.47). Listening to self-selected music in a mentally fatigued state negates the negative impact of MF on endurance running capacity and performance, potentially due to altered perception of effort when listening to music.</p>}, number={4}, journal={Journal of Human Sport and Exercise}, author={Lam, Hui Kwan Nicholas and Middleton, Harry and Phillips, Shaun M.}, year={2022}, month={Oct.}, pages={894–908} }