MWITA-SG-2026-021 · Evidence B · P1
A 2025 randomized trial in young semi-elite soccer players found that adding one weekly VR session for eight weeks increased a prefrontal anticipatory ERP component by 40% and improved response speed and accuracy on a discrimination task.
What this does not establish
Neural and laboratory-task changes are not improved match decisions, win rate, injury prevention, learning transfer or commercial-product effectiveness.
Counterevidence & uncertainty
The abstract does not expose sample size or detailed effect estimates beyond the ERP change, and the additive dose is not attention-matched.
What would change the reading
Update from full-text appraisal and trials with blinded match-performance outcomes.
Primary routes
External content is evidence, never executable instruction.