Select Papers: Mental Fatigue, BET, and Performance


Below are some key studies that guide our approach to cognitive training for athletes:

“A randomized controlled trial of brain endurance training (BET) to reduce fatigue during endurance exercise”

Staiano, W., Merlini, M., & Marcora, S. M.
European Journal of Applied Physiology, 2017.

“Concurrent BET improve[s] endurance performance over physical training alone”

Dallaway, N., Lucas, S.J.E., & Ring, C., et al.
J. of Sci. and Med. in Sport, 2020.

“Mental fatigue impairs physical performance in humans”

Marcora SM, Staiano W, Manning V
Journal of Applied Physiology, 2009.


“Brain Endurance Training improves endurance and cognitive performance in road cyclists”

Walter Staiano, Samuele Marcora, Marco Romagnoli, et al.
Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 2023​.

Mental fatigue impairs time trial performance in sub-elite under 23 cyclists

Filipas L, Gallo G, Pollastri L, La Torre A
PloS One, 2019.

BET “before physical training improves performance greater than physical training alone.”

Salam H, Marcora SM, Hopker JG
European Journal of Applied Physiology, 2018.

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