Assessment of Brain Function and Personality Types on a Soccer Penalty Kick Performance in Women Collegiate Soccer Players

Assessment of Brain Function and Personality Types on a Soccer Penalty Kick Performance in Women Collegiate Soccer Players

Alvin Sherman Library

The research study assesses women’s soccer players personality types and brain function while taking a soccer penalty kick using a wearable electroencephalograph (EEG) band. The EEG recorded major brain wave function during activity and the personality test identified different fields of emotions of how an individual perceives, processes and expresses emotions to distinct stimulus. Included in this study were participants from a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II women’s soccer players that completed a baseline personality test and baseline EEG device. Each participant then completed a series of penalty kicks wearing the EEG aiming for multiple targets in a randomized order. Each participant’s accuracy was noted throughout the penalty kicks and on-field EEG data was compared with baseline EEG and personality data. Hierarchical linear modeling was used to compare data sets. An analysis of this data could provide insight into penalty kick for collegiate soccer players.