Sport and the Brain: The Science of Preparing, Enduring and Winning, Part A

Sport and the Brain: The Science of Preparing, Enduring and Winning, Part A, Volume 231, reflects recent advancements in the understanding of how elite athletes consistently manage to prepare for-and perform at-peak levels under the demands of competition. It takes a multidisciplinary approach, focusing on aspects of psychology, neuroscience, skill learning, talent development, and physiology. Takes a multidisciplinary approach, focusing on aspects of psychology, neuroscience, skill learning, talent development, and physiologyFocuses on sports and the brainContains expertise and an international focus of contributorsAdopts the novel approach of having a target article with critical commentaries on the lessons learned from British multiple gold medalists at Olympic and World Championships INDICE: 1. Great British medallists: Psychosocial biographies of Super-Elite and Elite athletes from Olympic sports   Lew Hardy, Matthew Barlow, Lynne Evans, Tim Rees, Tim Woodman and Chelsea Warr2.  On elite and super-elite Great British athletes: Some theoretical implications from Hardy et al.'s (2016) findings   Timothy C. Howle and Robert C. Eklund 3. The psychosocial development of world class athletes: Additional considerations for understanding the whole person and salience of adversity   Daniel Gucciardi4. The journey of a thousand miles.  Notes on Hardy et al's Great British Medalists Project   Joe Baker5. Embedding the psychosocial biographies of Olympic medalists in a (meta-) theoretical model of dynamic networks   Ruud J. R. Den Hartigh1, Nico W. Van Yperen, and Paul L. C. Van Geert6. Assessing Risk Factors for Athletic Excellence   Kielan Yarrow7. In Search of the Golden Skill   John W. Krakauer8. Much Ado About..? A response to Hardy et al.   Dave Collins and Aine MacNamara 9. The Stress Test: Does what doesn't kill me, make me a Super-Elite Athlete?   Ian H. Robertson10. Adversity-Related Experiences are Essential for Olympic Success: Additional Evidence and Considerations   Mustafa Sarkar and David Fletcher 11. Getting gritty about practice and success: Motivational characteristics of great performers?   Nicola Jane Hodges, Mark Williams, Paul Ford and David Hendry 12. Great British Medallists: A commentary based on a developmental systems theory perspective   Martin Ian Jones and Mark R. Wilson 13. Eventual sport performance level: what about the role of type of sport, perception of critical life events, and practice quality?   Tynke Toering14. Is A Peaceful Mind A Winning Mind? Comment on Hardy et al (2016)   Liwei Zhang15.  Super Elite Athletes: Some Complimentary Observations from Australia and Some Lessons for Sports Expertise Research - Comment on Hardy et al.   Damian Farrow16. A culture of striving augments use of working memory? Implications for attention control    Tim Buszard and Rich S. W. Masters 17. The Tales Athletes Tell: Narrative Structure and Identity in Great British Medalists    Tristan Coulter, Clifford J. Mallett and J Conncoll 18. Great British medallists: Response to the commentaries   Lew Hardy, Matthew Barlow, Lynne Evans, Tim Rees, Tim Woodman and Chelsea Warr

• ISBN: 978-0-12-811827-6
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 358
• Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2017
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés