@article{ebed7ce7ff77460cb2e5bbd6e2e78043,
title = "Building a transdisciplinary expert consensus on the cognitive drivers of performance under pressure: An international multi-panel Delphi study",
abstract = "Introduction: The ability to perform optimally under pressure is critical across many occupations, including the military, first responders, and competitive sport. Despite recognition that such performance depends on a range of cognitive factors, how common these factors are across performance domains remains unclear. The current study sought to integrate existing knowledge in the performance field in the form of a transdisciplinary expert consensus on the cognitive mechanisms that underlie performance under pressure. Methods: International experts were recruited from four performance domains [(i) Defense; (ii) Competitive Sport; (iii) Civilian High-stakes; and (iv) Performance Neuroscience]. Experts rated constructs from the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) framework (and several expert-suggested constructs) across successive rounds, until all constructs reached consensus for inclusion or were eliminated. Finally, included constructs were ranked for their relative importance. Results: Sixty-eight experts completed the first Delphi round, with 94% of experts retained by the end of the Delphi process. The following 10 constructs reached consensus across all four panels (in order of overall ranking): (1) Attention; (2) Cognitive Control—Performance Monitoring; (3) Arousal and Regulatory Systems—Arousal; (4) Cognitive Control—Goal Selection, Updating, Representation, and Maintenance; (5) Cognitive Control—Response Selection and Inhibition/Suppression; (6) Working memory—Flexible Updating; (7) Working memory—Active Maintenance; (8) Perception and Understanding of Self—Self-knowledge; (9) Working memory—Interference Control, and (10) Expert-suggested—Shifting. Discussion: Our results identify a set of transdisciplinary neuroscience-informed constructs, validated through expert consensus. This expert consensus is critical to standardizing cognitive assessment and informing mechanism-targeted interventions in the broader field of human performance optimization.",
keywords = "assessment, cognition, expert consensus, high performance, transdisciplinary",
author = "Lucy Albertella and Rebecca Kirkham and Adler, {Amy B.} and John Crampton and Drummond, {Sean P.A.} and Fogarty, {Gerard J.} and Gross, {James J.} and Leonard Zaichkowsky and Andersen, {Judith P.} and Bartone, {Paul T.} and Danny Boga and Bond, {Jeffrey W.} and Bruny{\'e}, {Tad T.} and Campbell, {Mark J.} and Ciobanu, {Liliana G.} and Clark, {Scott R.} and Crane, {Monique F.} and Arne Dietrich and Doty, {Tracy J.} and Driskell, {James E.} and Ivar Fahsing and Fiore, {Stephen M.} and Rhona Flin and Joachim Funke and Gatt, {Justine M.} and Hancock, {P. A.} and Craig Harper and Andrew Heathcote and Heatown, {Kristin J.} and Helsen, {Werner F.} and Hussey, {Erika K.} and Jackson, {Robin C.} and Sangeet Khemlani and Killgore, {William D.S.} and Sabina Kleitman and Lane, {Andrew M.} and Shayne Loft and Clare MacMahon and Marcora, {Samuele M.} and McKenna, {Frank P.} and Carla Meijen and Vanessa Moulton and Moyle, {Gene M.} and Eugene Nalivaiko and Donna O'Connor and Dorothea O{\textquoteright}Conor and Debra Patton and Piccolo, {Mark D.} and Coleman Ruiz and Linda Sch{\"u}cker and Smith, {Ron A.} and Smith, {Sarah J.R.} and Chava Sobrino and Melba Stetz and Damien Stewart and Paul Taylor and Tucker, {Andrew J.} and {van Stralen}, Haike and Vickers, {Joan N.} and Visser, {Troy A.W.} and Rohan Walker and Wiggins, {Mark W.} and Williams, {Andrew Mark} and Leonard Wong and Eugene Aidman and Murat Y{\"u}cel",
note = "Publisher Copyright: Copyright {\textcopyright} 2023 Albertella, Kirkham, Adler, Crampton, Drummond, Fogarty, Gross, Zaichkowsky, Andersen, Bartone, Boga, Bond, Bruny{\'e}, Campbell, Ciobanu, Clark, Crane, Dietrich, Doty, Driskell, Fahsing, Fiore, Flin, Funke, Gatt, Hancock, Harper, Heathcote, Heaton, Helsen, Hussey, Jackson, Khemlani, Killgore, Kleitman, Lane, Loft, MacMahon, Marcora, McKenna, Meijen, Moulton, Moyle, Nalivaiko, O{\textquoteright}Connor, O{\textquoteright}Conor, Patton, Piccolo, Ruiz, Sch{\"u}cker, Smith, Smith, Sobrino, Stetz, Stewart, Taylor, Tucker, van Stralen, Vickers, Visser, Walker, Wiggins, Williams, Wong, Aidman and Y{\"u}cel.",
year = "2023",
month = jan,
day = "18",
doi = "10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1017675",
language = "English",
volume = "13",
pages = "1017675",
journal = "Frontiers in Psychology",
issn = "1664-1078",
}