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Recent research has shown that semantic information, or the abstract meaning associated with an item, can interfere with processing of perceptual information. An example of such interference occurs in the size congruity effect (SCE), in which when participants are asked to ident…

Sports-related concussion (SRC) represents a major epidemiological concern in the adolescent and collegiate athlete populations, with conservative estimates of approximately four million SRCs occurring each year in the United States. While the majority of previous research has e…

Purpose: Sport-related concussions have shown to have effects on self-efficacy, oculomotor performance, reaction time and an increased risk of lower extremity injury. Most studies have been conducted to test the effects of acute concussions in athletes and not on long-term effec…