Performance Psychology: Perception, Action, Cognition, and Emotion

This book integrates findings from across domains in performance psychology to focus on core research on what influences peak and non-peak performance. The book explores basic and applied research identifying cognition-action interactions, perception-cognition interactions, emotion-cognition interactions, and perception-action interactions. The book explores performance in sports, music, and the arts both for individuals and teams/groups, looking at the influence of cognition, perception, personality, motivation and drive, attention, stress, coaching, and age. This comprehensive work includes contributions from the US, UK, Canada, Germany, and Australia. Integrates research findings found across domains in performance psychologyIncludes research from sports, music, the arts, and other applied settingsIdentifies conflicts between cognition, action, perception, and emotionExplores influences on both individual and group/team performanceInvestigates what impacts peak performance and error production INDICE: Preface Section A What is Performance Psychology? 1. The Building Blocks of Performance: An Overview Markus Raab 2. Theoretical Framework of Performance Psychology: An Action Theory Perspective Jürgen R. Nitsch and Dieter Hackfort 3. Measurement Considerations in Performance Psychology Gershon Tenenbaum and Edson Filho 4. Applications within Performance Psychology Terry Clark and Aaron Williamon Section B Performance Phenomena of Cognitive-Action Interaction 5. Bridging the Gap between Action and Cognition: An Overview Babett Helen Lobinger 6. Improving Performance by Means of Action-Cognition Coupling in Athletes and Coaches Gloria B. Solomon 7. Music Performance: Expectations, Failures, and Prevention Eckart Altenmüller and Christos I. Ioannou 8. Motor Imagery and Mental Training in Older Adults Michael Kalicinski, Monika Thomas and Babett Lobinger Section C Dysfunctional Learning, Errors, and Other Performance Phenomena of Perception-Cognition Interactions 9. Bridging the Gap between Perception and Cognition: An Overview Sven Hoffmann 10. Performance and Error Monitoring: Causes and Consequences Sven Hoffmann 11. Committing Errors as a Consequence of an Adverse Focus of Attention Daniel Schneider 12. Lifestyle and Interventions for Improving Cognitive Performance in Older Adults Patrick D. Gajewski and Michael Falkenstein Section D Self-Other Perceptions and Other Performance Phenomena of Perception-Action Interactions 13. Bridging the Gap between Perception and Action: An Overview Alexandra Pizzera 14. Capturing Motion for Enhancing Performance: An Embodied Cognition Perspective on Sports and the Performing Arts Vassilis Sevdalis and Clemens Wöllner 15. Auditory Action Perception Christian Kennel and Alexandra Pizzera 16. Visual Perception in Expert Action Rita de Oliveira Section E Performance under Pressure of Individuals or Teams and Other Performance Phenomena of Emotion-Cognition Interactions 17. Bridging the Gap between Emotion and Cognition: An Overview Sylvain Laborde 18. Performing under Pressure: Influence of Personality- Trait-Like Individual Differences Emma Mosley and Sylvain Laborde 19. The Influence of Hormonal Stress on Performance Franziska Lautenbach and Sylvain Laborde 20. Performing under Pressure: High-Level Cognition in High-Pressure Environments K. Werner Index

• ISBN: 978-0-12-803377-7
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 366
• Fecha Publicación: 25/09/2015
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés