March Madness: Brain Activity Reveals Why Basketball Players Hit or Miss Shots

Mădălin Mihai

Every March Madness it happens. A player steps to the line, takes the shot and misses. And just like that, there goes your perfect bracket. These are elite players. The player has made that shot thousands of times before. So what went wrong this time? Research from my lab has found that the difference between making and missing a shot may come down to stability not only in how you move but how you think. Measuring brain activity My team wanted to understand how people build their skill at