Darías Holgado

637 total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 399 citations indexed

About

Darías Holgado is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Cognitive Neuroscience and Applied Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Darías Holgado has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 399 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 8 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 7 papers in Applied Psychology. Recurrent topics in Darías Holgado's work include Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (8 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (7 papers) and Sports Performance and Training (6 papers). Darías Holgado is often cited by papers focused on Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (8 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (7 papers) and Sports Performance and Training (6 papers). Darías Holgado collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Darías Holgado's co-authors include Daniel Sanabria, Miguel A. Vadillo, Luís F. Ciria, Míkel Zabala, James Hopker, Antonio Luque‐Casado, Pandelis Perakakis, Rafael Román-Caballero, José C. Perales and Thomas Zandonai and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews and Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.

In The Last Decade

Darías Holgado

21 papers receiving 394 citations

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An umbrella review of randomized control trials on the effects of physical exercise on cognition

2023 83 citations Luís F. Ciria, Rafael Román-Caballero et al. Nature Human Behaviour profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Darías Holgado Spain	11	117	91	69	68	55	24	399
Gavin D. Tempest Australia	12	104 0.9×	50 0.5×	41 0.6×	69 1.0×	142 2.6×	21	364
Nicholas Hanson United States	14	96 0.8×	42 0.5×	175 2.5×	144 2.1×	52 0.9×	45	492
Luís F. Ciria Spain	14	195 1.7×	48 0.5×	29 0.4×	24 0.4×	68 1.2×	29	456
Thierry Lelard France	13	121 1.0×	18 0.2×	69 1.0×	38 0.6×	23 0.4×	31	476
Thais Cevada Brazil	6	32 0.3×	44 0.5×	38 0.6×	28 0.4×	27 0.5×	11	377
Cayque Brietzke Brazil	11	76 0.6×	14 0.2×	129 1.9×	32 0.5×	69 1.3×	29	378
Eduardo Matta Mello Portugal Brazil	8	44 0.4×	31 0.3×	40 0.6×	21 0.3×	31 0.6×	12	429
Kazuo Kuroiwa Japan	7	346 3.0×	33 0.4×	57 0.8×	41 0.6×	202 3.7×	10	653
Luca Filipas Italy	15	54 0.5×	51 0.6×	402 5.8×	74 1.1×	83 1.5×	51	566
Takuro Higashiura Japan	6	209 1.8×	20 0.2×	27 0.4×	28 0.4×	138 2.5×	10	400

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Holgado, Darías, et al.. (2025). Cognitive endurance after intense physical effort. Behavioural Brain Research. 497. 115874–115874.

Wolff, Wanja, Israel Halperin, Darías Holgado, et al.. (2025). When effort fails: Instances and reasons for effort-performance decoupling.

Holgado, Darías, et al.. (2025). Individualized Cognitive Effort to Failure Does Not Affect Subsequent Strenuous Physical Performance. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 57(7). 1603–1615. 2 indexed citations

Holgado, Darías, Daniel Sanabria, Miguel A. Vadillo, & Rafael Román-Caballero. (2024). Zapping the brain to enhance sport performance? An umbrella review of the effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on physical performance. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 164. 105821–105821. 3 indexed citations

Ciria, Luís F., Rafael Román-Caballero, Miguel A. Vadillo, et al.. (2023). An umbrella review of randomized control trials on the effects of physical exercise on cognition. Nature Human Behaviour. 7(6). 928–941. 83 indexed citations breakdown →

Holgado, Darías, et al.. (2023). Assessing the Evidential Value of Mental Fatigue and Exercise Research. Sports Medicine. 53(12). 2293–2307. 7 indexed citations

Holgado, Darías, et al.. (2023). Individualized Mental Fatigue Does Not Impact Neuromuscular Function and Exercise Performance. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 55(10). 1823–1834. 9 indexed citations

Holgado, Darías, Agustín Manresa‐Rocamora, Lorenzo Zamboni, et al.. (2021). The effect of benzodiazepines on exercise in healthy adult participants: A systematic review. Journal of Addictive Diseases. 40(3). 336–344. 6 indexed citations

Holgado, Darías, Daniel Sanabria, José C. Perales, & Miguel A. Vadillo. (2020). Mental Fatigue Might Be Not So Bad for Exercise Performance After All: A Systematic Review and Bias-Sensitive Meta-Analysis. Journal of Cognition. 3(1). 32–32. 26 indexed citations

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Holgado, Darías, et al.. (2020). Does mental fatigue impair physical performance? A replication study. European Journal of Sport Science. 21(5). 762–770. 28 indexed citations

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Ciria, Luís F., Antonio Luque‐Casado, Daniel Sanabria, et al.. (2019). Oscillatory brain activity during acute exercise: Tonic and transient neural response to an oddball task. Psychophysiology. 56(5). e13326–e13326. 22 indexed citations

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Holgado, Darías, Daniel Sanabria, José C. Perales, & Miguel A. Vadillo. (2019). Mental fatigue might be not so bad for exercise performance after all: a systematic review and bias-sensitive meta-analysis.. 4 indexed citations

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Holgado, Darías, Thomas Zandonai, Luís F. Ciria, et al.. (2019). Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over the left prefrontal cortex does not affect time-trial self-paced cycling performance: Evidence from oscillatory brain activity and power output. PLoS ONE. 14(2). e0210873–e0210873. 39 indexed citations

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Holgado, Darías, Míkel Zabala, & Daniel Sanabria. (2019). No evidence of the effect of cognitive load on self-paced cycling performance. PLoS ONE. 14(5). e0217825–e0217825. 11 indexed citations

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Holgado, Darías, Miguel A. Vadillo, & Daniel Sanabria. (2019). “Brain-Doping,” Is It a Real Threat?. Frontiers in Physiology. 10. 483–483. 10 indexed citations

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Holgado, Darías, Miguel A. Vadillo, & Daniel Sanabria. (2018). The effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on objective and subjective indexes of exercise performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis.. 1 indexed citations

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Peinado, Ana B., Darías Holgado, Antonio Luque‐Casado, et al.. (2018). Effect of induced alkalosis on performance during a field-simulated BMX cycling competition. Journal of science and medicine in sport. 22(3). 335–341. 9 indexed citations

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Holgado, Darías, Miguel A. Vadillo, & Daniel Sanabria. (2018). The effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on objective and subjective indexes of exercise performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Brain stimulation. 12(2). 242–250. 44 indexed citations

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Holgado, Darías, Thomas Zandonai, Míkel Zabala, et al.. (2017). Tramadol effects on physical performance and sustained attention during a 20-min indoor cycling time-trial: A randomised controlled trial. Journal of science and medicine in sport. 21(7). 654–660. 33 indexed citations

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Holgado, Darías, James Hopker, Daniel Sanabria, & Míkel Zabala. (2017). Analgesics and Sport Performance: Beyond the Pain‐Modulating Effects. PM&R. 10(1). 72–82. 42 indexed citations

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