Handbook of embodied cognition and sport psychology / edited by Massimiliano L. Cappuccio.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cappuccio, Massimiliano, Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--Psychological aspects.

Sports.

Athletes--Psychology.

Athletes.

Cognition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxv, 770 sider)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2019]

Summary:

The first systematic collaboration between cognitive scientists and sports psychologists considers the mind-body relationship from the perspective of athletic skill and sports practice. This landmark work is the first systematic collaboration between cognitive scientists and sports psychologists that considers the mind-body relationship from the perspective of athletic skill and sports practice. With twenty-six chapters by leading researchers, the book connects and integrates findings from fields that range from philosophy of mind to sociology of sports. The chapters show not only that sports can tell scientists how the human mind works but also that the scientific study of the human mind can help athletes succeed. Sports psychology research has always focused on the themes, notions, and models of embodied cognition; embodied cognition, in turn, has found striking confirmation of its theoretical claims in the psychological accounts of sports performance and athletic skill. Athletic skill is a legitimate form of intelligence, involving cognitive faculties no less sophisticated and complex than those required by mathematical problem solving. After presenting the key concepts necessary for applying embodied cognition to sports psychology, the book discusses skill disruption (the tendency to "choke" under pressure); sensorimotor skill acquisition and how training correlates to the development of cognitive faculties; the intersubjective and social dimension of sports skills, seen in team sports; sports practice in cultural and societal contexts; the notion of "affordance" and its significance for ecological psychology and embodied cognition theory; and the mind's predictive capabilities, which enable anticipation, creativity, improvisation, and imagination in sports performance. Contributors Ana Maria Abreu, Kenneth Aggerholm, Salvatore Maria Aglioti, Jesús Ilundáin-Agurruza, Duarte Araújo, Jürgen Beckmann, Kath Bicknell, Geoffrey P. Bingham, Jens E. Birch, Gunnar Breivik, Noel E. Brick, Massimiliano L. Cappuccio, Thomas H. Carr, Alberto Cei, Anthony Chemero, Wayne Christensen, Lincoln J. Colling, Cassie Comley, Keith Davids, Matt Dicks, Caren Diehl, Karl Erickson, Anna Esposito, Pedro Tiago Esteves, Mirko Farina, Giolo Fele, Denis Francesconi, Shaun Gallagher, Gowrishankar Ganesh, Raúl Sánchez-García, Rob Gray, Denise M. Hill, Daniel D. Hutto, Tsuyoshi Ikegami, Geir Jordet, Adam Kiefer, Michael Kirchhoff, Kevin Krein, Kenneth Liberman, Tadhg E. MacIntyre, Nelson Mauro Maldonato, David L. Mann, Richard S. W. Masters, Patrick McGivern, Doris McIlwain, Michele Merritt, Christopher Mesagno, Vegard Fusche Moe, Barbara Gail Montero, Aidan P. Moran, David Moreau, Hiroki Nakamoto, Alberto Oliverio, David Papineau, Gert-Jan Pepping, Miriam Reiner, Ian Renshaw, Michael A. Riley, Zuzanna Rucinska, Lawrence Shapiro, Paula Silva, Shannon Spaulding, John Sutton, Phillip D. Tomporowski, John Toner, Andrew D. Wilson, Audrey Yap, Qin Zhu, Christopher Madan

Contents:

Embodied cognition and sport / Lawrence Shapiro and Shannon Spaulding

Emotions on the playing field / Daniel D. Hutto, Michael Kirchhoff and Ian Renshaw

Trading perception and action for complex cognition : application of theoretical principles from ecological psychology to the design of interventions for skill learning / Paula Silva, Adam Kiefer, Michael A. Riley and Anthony Chemero

Flipping sport psychology theory into practice : a context- and behavior-centered approach / Geir Jordet and Gert-Jan Pepping

The many threats of self-consciousness : embodied approaches to choking under pressure in sensorimotor skills / Massimiliano L. Cappuccio, Rob Gray, Denise Hill, Chris Mesagno and Tom Carr

Cognition in skilled action : meshed control and the varieties of skill experience / Wayne Christensen, John Sutton and Doris McIlwain

Questioning the breadth of the attentional focus effect

Barbara gail montero, john toner and aidan p. moran

Knowledge, consciousness, and sporting skills / Jens E. Birch, Vegard Fusche Moe and Gunnar Breivik

Embodied cognition and sport pedagogy / Denis Francesconi and Shaun Gallagher

Complex motor activities to enhance cognition / David Moreau and Phillip D. Tomporowski

Neither genes nor deliberate practice : an embodied and multidimensional approach to talent / Mirko Farina and Alberto Cei

Emerging technologies for sport performance enhancement : embodied cognition and manipulation of brain rhythms / Miriam Reiner

Action understanding, motor resonance, and simulation in team sports : a neuroscientific and embodied approach / Ana Maria Abreu, Pedro Tiago Esteves and Salvatore Maria Aglioti

Action-driven and prediction-driven contagions in human actions / Tsuyoshi Ikegami, Hiroki Nakamoto, Gowrishankar Ganesh

Planning together and playing together / Lincoln J Colling

Excellence without mental representation : high performance in risk sports and japanese swordsmanship / Jesus Ilunduin-Agurruza, Kevin Krein and Karl Erickson

Stereotype threat and the female athlete : swimming, surfing, and sport martial arts / Michele Merritt, Audrey Yap, Cassie Comely and Caren Diehl

Ethnomethodological re-specifications of cognition in sport / Raul Sanchez-Garcia, Giolo Fele and Kenneth Liberman

The irreducible embeddedness of action choice in sport / Duarte Araujo, Keith Davids and Patrick McGivern

Selecting among affordances : a basis for channeling expertise in sport / Duarte Araujo, Matt Dicks and Keith Davids

Affordances and the ecological approach to throwing for long distances and accuracy / Andrew D. Wilson, Qin Zhu and Geoffrey P. Bingham

Affordances and the anticipatory control of action / Wayne Christensen and Kath Bicknell

Imagery, expertise, and action : a window into embodiment / Tadhg E. MacIntyre, Christopher R. Madan, Noel E. Brick, Jurgen Beckmann and Aidan P

Moran

Predictive processing in the control of interceptive motor actions / David L. Mann

Embodied and enactive creativity in sports / Zuzanna Rucinska and Kenneth Aggerholm

Prefiguration, anticipation, and improvisation. a neuro-cognitive and phenomenological perspective / Mauro Maldonato, Alberto Oliverio and Anna Esposito.

ISBN:

0-262-34818-7

0-262-34817-9