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Published online 9 June 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060605-11
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Train the brain for successful soccer
Ability to 'read the game' seems to be in the mind, not the eyes.
Many legendary football players have been hailed for their ability to 'read the game', showing an uncanny ability to predict where the ball will turn up as play unfolds. But that's not just a turn of phrase, say brain experts: top players' brains really do work differently to those of the rest of us.
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