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To address this gap, the current study adopts a multi-domain framework to examine domain-general cognitive functioning in high-performance athletes. The sample consisted of 188 athletes from a regional level training\/development organization (n\n                    <jats:sub>Female<\/jats:sub>\n                    \u202f=\u202f109, n\n                    <jats:sub>Male<\/jats:sub>\n                    \u202f=\u202f79; Mean age \u00b1 SD: 16.56\u202f\u00b1\u202f1.95\u202fyears). Athletes completed a battery of computerized neuropsychological tests assessing a broad range of cognitive functioning, including aspects of working memory, inhibition, attention\/concentration, and spatial processing. Athletes from team sports outperformed those in speed\/strength and precision\/skill-dependent sports, particularly in tasks assessing visual short-term (working) memory (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.001), response inhibition (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.001), visuospatial working memory (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.001), and working memory (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.001). When looking at the proportion of high scores achieved across sport classifications, most athletes achieved at least one high score (75th: 83.9\u201394.7%), though proportions declined at higher cutoffs (91st: 42.9\u201360.5%). Chi-square analyses revealed that team sport athletes consistently outperformed the other groups in achieving multiple high scores, particularly at the 75th (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.002) and 84th (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.001) percentile cutoffs. These findings provide a foundation for future research to advance our understanding of how sport-specific demands may be associated with cognitive functioning.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2026.1837191","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,23]],"date-time":"2026-09-23T04:50:37Z","timestamp":1790139037000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Multidimensional cognitive functioning across sport classifications: insights from high-performance athletes"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Carmel","family":"Camilleri","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology, York University","place":["Toronto, ON, Canada"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kathryn","family":"Johnston","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Tanenbaum Institute for Science in Sport, Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto","place":["Toronto, ON, Canada"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nick","family":"Wattie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Health Sciences, Ontario Tech University","place":["Oshawa, ON, Canada"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Joseph","family":"Baker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Tanenbaum Institute for Science in Sport, Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto","place":["Toronto, ON, Canada"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Magdalena","family":"Wojtowicz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology, York University","place":["Toronto, ON, Canada"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"294","DOI":"10.1037\/h0080063","article-title":"Skill in sport","volume":"39","author":"Allard","year":"1985","journal-title":"Can. 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