Here's an article about research which finds that soccer players have better mental "executive function" (working memory, creativity, multi-tasking and inhibition) than average people, and higher level players exhibit this to a greater degree than lower level players.
Hmmm. I wonder where cyclists would lie? Maybe it's better we not know? What do you think?
http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/0...s/?hpt=hp_bn12