"Don't miss!" the debilitating effects of suppressive imagery on golf putting performance

Article Abstract:

This article examines the effectiveness of mental imagery on golf putting performance. The authors, analyzing the performance of 6 control groups of beginning golfers, maintain results demonstrated that suppressive imagery hurt performance, however, when replacing suppressive imagery with positive imagery the golfer's performance did not improve.

Author: Beilock, Sian L., Afremow, James A., Rabe, Amy L., Carr, Thomas H.
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc.
Publication Name: Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0895-2779
Year: 2001
United States, Testing, Golfers, Golf, Imagery (Psychology)

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Effects of an acute bout of exercise on cognitive aspects of Stroop performance

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The impact of an acute bout of aerobic exercise on executive functioning is assessed in college-age adults. The results have found that exercise facilitate cognitive performance by improving the maintenance of goal-oriented processing in the brain.

Author: Etnier, Jennifer L., Sibley, Benjamin A., Masurier, Guy C. Le
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc.
Publication Name: Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0895-2779
Year: 2006
Physiological aspects, Young adults, Aerobic exercises

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