Today's article comes from the Frontiers in Psychology journal. The authors are Boone et al., from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. In this paper, they're trying to figure out whether or not the "smart quarterback" phenomenon is a real thing. Are there players for whom raw cognitive abilities actually give them a measurable and meaningful edge? Or do other factors easily explain away the differences in on-field performance?
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1540498
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