The Psychology of Concentration in Sport Performers: A Cognitive Analysis by Aidan P. Moran
This text explores the attentional processes of athletes using a theoretical framework derived from contemporary cognitive psychology.
The Psychology of Concentration in Sport Performers
The Psychology of Concentration in Sport Performers
Summary
This text explores the attentional processes of athletes using a theoretical framework derived from contemporary cognitive psychology.
The Psychology of Concentration in Sport Performers Summary
The Psychology of Concentration in Sport Performers Reviews
Aidan Moran has produced an outstanding resource on concentration and sport performance. Moran's clear writing style manages to combine the detail and precision necessary for a scientific work with the accessibility of a professional guidebook. This text is designed to be a standard on the bookshelf of any serious student, academic, or practitioner interested in concentration and human performance. The Psychology of Concentration in Sport Performers will likely stand as a primary resource to researchers and practitioners for years to come. It could be used as a graduate level text. Even more so, it is a valuable reference book for any psychologist or educated professional concerned with the process of concentration in human performance. - J. P. Simons, Victoria University Melbourne, Australia in The International Journal of Sport Psychology
Aidan Moran has produced an outstanding resource on concentration and sport performance. Moran's clear writing style manages to combine the detail and precision necessary for a scientific work with the accessibility of a professional guidebook. This text is designed to be a standard on the bookshelf of any serious student, academic, or practitioner interested in concentration and human performance. The Psychology of Concentration in Sport Performers will likely stand as a primary resource to researchers and practitioners for years to come. It could be used as a graduate level text. Even more so, it is a valuable reference book for any psychologist or educated professional concerned with the process of concentration in human performance. - Jeffery P. Simons, Victoria University Melbourne, Australia in The International Journal of Sport Psychology
Table of Contents
Part 1 Cognitive sport psychology: cognition, psychology and sport - mental factors in athletic performance; understanding attention - the psychology of concentration. Part 2 Concentration in sport: concentration in sport performance; losing concentration in sport - external and internal distractions; measuring attentional processes in athletes - from brain states to individual differences. Part 3 Concentration techniques: improving concentration in sport - assumptions, exercise and techniques; improving concentration in sport - mental practice. Part 4 Integration: concentration in sport performers - implications and new directions.
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GOR002422474
9780863774447
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The Psychology of Concentration in Sport Performers: A Cognitive Analysis by Aidan P. Moran
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
1997-09-30
334
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