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Darias Holgado
Post-doctoral Researcher

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Methodology and Statistics

Faculty of Psychology

Running ahead of the evidence? Rethinking the exercise-cognition consensus after five decades of research
2026-04
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/4j69r_v2
  • Daniel Sanabria
  • Luis F. Ciria
  • Darias Holgado
  • František Bartoš
  • Antonio Luque-Casado
  • Miguel A. Fernández-del-Olmo
  • Pandelis Perakakis
  • Rafael Román-Caballero
preprint
When effort fails: Instances and reasons for effort-performance decoupling
2026-04
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/3uces_v2
  • Wanja Wolff
  • Lukas Hack
  • Israel Halperin
  • Darias Holgado
  • Chris Englert
  • Astrid Zech
  • Julia Schüler
  • Maik Bieleke
  • Amitai Shenhav
  • Corinna Martarelli
preprint
Do All Paths Lead to Mental Fatigue or Is It Merely a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?
2026-03 | Sports Medicine
DOI: 10.1007/s40279-026-02400-z
  • Darias Holgado
  • Daniel Sanabria
  • Nicolas Place
Journal article Peer-reviewed
Running ahead of the evidence? Rethinking the exercise-cognition consensus after five decades of research
2026-02
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/4j69r_v1
  • Daniel Sanabria
  • Darias Holgado
  • František Bartoš
  • Antonio Luque-Casado
  • Miguel A. Fernández-del-Olmo
  • Luis F. Ciria
  • Pandelis Perakakis
  • Rafael Román-Caballero
preprint
Cognitive endurance after intense physical effort
2026-02 | Behavioural Brain Research
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2025.115874
  • Darias Holgado
  • Ludovic Leubaz
  • Paolo Ruggeri
  • Guillermo Borragán
  • Antonio Luque-Casado
  • Tristan A. Bekinschtein
  • Daniel Sanabria
  • Nicolas Place
Journal article Peer-reviewed
Pre-registered
Open material
Open data
A novel idiographic approach to map subjective experience in endurance sport
2025-12
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/g2bq4_v1
  • Juan José Pérez-Díaz
  • Darias Holgado
  • Tristan Bekinschtein
  • Daniel Sanabria
preprint
Open material
When effort fails: Instances and reasons for effort-performance decoupling
2025-10
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/3uces_v1
  • Wanja Wolff
  • Lukas Hack
  • Israel Halperin
  • Darias Holgado
  • Chris Englert
  • Astrid Zech
  • Julia Schüler
  • Maik Bieleke
  • Amitai Shenhav
  • Corinna Martarelli
preprint
Temporal Dynamics of Subjective Experience and Performance During a Dual-Task in Trained Cyclists
2025-07
DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/5b3uh_v1
  • Juan José Pérez-Díaz
  • Darias Holgado
  • Clara Alameda
  • Chiara Avancini
  • Luis Ciria Perez
  • José-Antonio Salas-Montoro
  • Daniel Sanabria
preprint
Open material
Individualized Cognitive Effort to Failure Does Not Affect Subsequent Strenuous Physical Performance
2025-07 | Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000003669
  • DARÍAS HOLGADO
  • ALICE CAILLEUX
  • PAOLO RUGGERI
  • CORINNA MARTARELLI
  • TRISTAN A. BEKINSCHTEIN
  • DANIEL SANABRIA
  • NICOLAS PLACE
Journal article Peer-reviewed
Pre-registered
Open material
A novel approach to study the behavioral, neural and phenomenological impact of prefrontal HD-tDCS on conflict resolution
2025-03
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/cbwt3_v3
  • Darias Holgado
  • Víctor Martínez-Pérez
  • Elisa Martín-Arévalo
  • Tristan Bekinschtein
  • Miguel A. Fernández-del-Olmo
  • Daniel Sanabria
  • Antonio Luque-Casado
preprint
Open material
Zapping the brain to enhance sport performance? An umbrella review of the effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on physical performance
2024-09 | Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105821
  • Darías Holgado
  • Daniel Sanabria
  • Miguel A. Vadillo
  • Rafael Román-Caballero
Journal article Peer-reviewed
Pre-registered
Open material
Reply to: Do not underestimate the cognitive benefits of exercise
2024-08 | Nature Human Behaviour
DOI: 10.1038/s41562-024-01950-4
  • Luis F. Ciria
  • Rafael Román-Caballero
  • Miguel A. Vadillo
  • Darias Holgado
  • Antonio Luque-Casado
  • Pandelis Perakakis
  • Daniel Sanabria
Journal article Peer-reviewed
Assessing the Evidential Value of Mental Fatigue and Exercise Research
2023-12 | Sports Medicine
DOI: 10.1007/s40279-023-01926-w
  • Darías Holgado
  • Cristian Mesquida
  • Rafael Román-Caballero
Journal article Peer-reviewed
Pre-registered
Open material
Individualized Mental Fatigue Does Not Impact Neuromuscular Function and Exercise Performance.
2023-05 | Medicine and science in sports and exercise
DOI: 10.1249/mss.0000000000003221
  • Holgado D
  • Jolidon L
  • Borragán G
  • Sanabria D
  • Place N
Journal article Peer-reviewed
Pre-registered
Open material
An umbrella review of randomized control trials on the effects of physical exercise on cognition
2023-03 | Nature Human Behaviour
DOI: 10.1038/s41562-023-01554-4
  • Luis F. Ciria
  • Rafael Román-Caballero
  • Miguel A. Vadillo
  • Darias Holgado
  • Antonio Luque-Casado
  • Pandelis Perakakis
  • Daniel Sanabria
Journal article Peer-reviewed
Pre-registered
Open material
Comment on “What is the Effect of Paracetamol (Acetaminophen) Ingestion on Exercise Performance? Current Findings and Future Research Directions”
2022-10 | Sports Medicine
DOI: 10.1007/s40279-022-01708-w
  • Darías Holgado
  • Thomas Zandonai
Journal article

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M04 Methoden II: Forschungsmethoden und Statistik II Bachelor of Science in Psychology

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  • Post-doctoral Researcher

Methodology and Statistics

  • Post-doctoral Researcher