Context and alcohol consumption behaviors affect inhibitory control (2017)
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© 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Contrasting the traditional focus on alcohol-related visual images, this study examined the impact of both alcohol-related auditory cues and visual stimuli on inhibitory control (IC). Fifty-eight participants completed... Read More about Context and alcohol consumption behaviors affect inhibitory control.

Transitioning in higher education: An exploration of psychological and contextual factors affecting student satisfaction (2017)
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© 2017 UCU. In view of recent changes in the higher education sector, such as increased tuition fees, a greater focus has been placed on widening participation initiatives and monitoring student satisfaction. The aims of the current study were twofol... Read More about Transitioning in higher education: An exploration of psychological and contextual factors affecting student satisfaction.

Reliability and normative data of computerized dynamic visual acuity tests (2017)
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Aims: First, to create a standard for testing DVA using all three testing protocols (head still, object moving; head moving, object still; head and object moving). Second, to examine reliability of the tests. Third, provide normative data. Methods:... Read More about Reliability and normative data of computerized dynamic visual acuity tests.

Evaluation of stereo acuity in professional baseball and LPGA athletes compared to non-athletes (2017)
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To investigate stereo acuity of professional athletes in an open (baseball) and closed (golf) skilled sport compared to non-athletes using a new digitized version of the Titmus Stereo Test/Wirt Circles. Additionally, to examine the new test for relia... Read More about Evaluation of stereo acuity in professional baseball and LPGA athletes compared to non-athletes.

Creating a critical mass eliminates the effects of stereotype threat on women's mathematical performance (2016)
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© 2016 The British Psychological Society. BACKGROUND: Women in mathematical domains may become attuned to situational cues that signal a discredited social identity, contributing to their lower achievement and underrepresentation.AIM: This study exam... Read More about Creating a critical mass eliminates the effects of stereotype threat on women's mathematical performance.

Blurred lines: Performance enhancement, common mental disorders and referral in the U.K. athletic population (2016)
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© 2016 Roberts, Faull and Tod. Through the awareness-raising efforts of several high-profile current and former athletes, the issue of common mental disorders (CMD) in this population is gaining increasing attention from researchers and practitioners... Read More about Blurred lines: Performance enhancement, common mental disorders and referral in the U.K. athletic population.

The malleability of stigmatizing attitudes: Combining imagined social contact with implicit attitude feedback (2016)
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© 2016, Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Research is reported that examines whether imagined social contact combined with implicit attitude feedback may be an effective intervention for inducing changes in attitudes toward mental ill health... Read More about The malleability of stigmatizing attitudes: Combining imagined social contact with implicit attitude feedback.

Wearing eye tracking technology during batting practice: Assessing the experiences of professional baseball athletes (2016)
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Utilizing wearable technology in sport allows for the collection of motor behavior data during task engagement. This data can be assessed in real-time or retrospectively. Although enriching the scope of performance data, the consequences of wearable... Read More about Wearing eye tracking technology during batting practice: Assessing the experiences of professional baseball athletes.

"Girls can't play": The effects of stereotype threat on females' gaming performance (2016)
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© 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. The current study examined the impact of stereotype threat on female online gamers' performance and further examined whether manipulating the availability of multiple social identities effectivel... Read More about "Girls can't play": The effects of stereotype threat on females' gaming performance.

Twenty years of stereotype threat research: A review of psychological mediators (2016)
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Copyright © 2016 Pennington et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and... Read More about Twenty years of stereotype threat research: A review of psychological mediators.

The contributions of stereotype threat research to social psychology (2015)
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Stereotype threat describes the experience of being viewed through the lens of a negative stereotype. This social psychological phenomenon demonstrates the deleterious effects that negative societal stereotypes can exert on performance. The current a... Read More about The contributions of stereotype threat research to social psychology.

Enhancing student learning experiences in sport psychology modules using practical activities (2015)
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The University of Worcester states in its most recent strategic plan (2013 – 2018) a set of enduring values that guide and direct the activities of the institution. The first listed, and perhaps the most important value is the striving to be “an out... Read More about Enhancing student learning experiences in sport psychology modules using practical activities.

An in-depth appraisal of career termination experiences in professional cricket (2015)
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© 2014 Taylor & Francis. Abstract: This qualitative study explored the career termination experiences of 9 male, retired professional cricketers between the ages of 28 and 40 (mean value34, s=4.65 m). The participants took part in retrospective, se... Read More about An in-depth appraisal of career termination experiences in professional cricket.

Building a successful Olympic team selection protocol in women's handball: A case study examining the benefits of employing reflective practice (2013)
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The sharing of applied practice offered in the current paper affords an opportunity to view how the use of reflective practice can serve as a problem-solving catalyst to a variety of issues raised during support provided to GB women's handball within... Read More about Building a successful Olympic team selection protocol in women's handball: A case study examining the benefits of employing reflective practice.