A theory of the skill-performance relationship

SE Iso-Ahola - Frontiers in Psychology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The skill-performance relationship is a cornerstone of a meritocratic society. People are
selected for schools, colleges and jobs based on the premise that more skillful individuals …

Psychological momentum: Why success breeds success

SE Iso-Ahola, CO Dotson - Review of general psychology, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Whether trying to win Presidential primaries, trading stocks, or playing sports, performance-
enhancing effects of psychological momentum (PM) are widely accepted. But, does initial …

Measurement of attentional reserve and mental effort for cognitive workload assessment under various task demands during dual-task walking

EP Shaw, JC Rietschel, BD Hendershot… - Biological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Previous work focused on cognitive workload assessment suggests EEG spectral content
and component amplitudes of the event-related potential (ERP) waveform may index mental …

Combined assessment of attentional reserve and cognitive‐motor effort under various levels of challenge with a dry EEG system

RJ Gentili, KJ Jaquess, IM Shuggi, EP Shaw… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A novel ERP approach was proposed to index variations in mental workload, particularly in
attentional reserve, which is complementary to EEG spectral content thought to reflect …

The cognitive and affective neuroscience of superior athletic performance

BD Hatfield, KJ Jaquess, LC Lo… - Handbook of sport …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Sport is a pervasive phenomenon throughout the world and is characterized by three major
elements: psychomotor skills, institutionalized rules for competition, and public evaluation of …

Biomechanical and neurocognitive performance outcomes of walking with transtibial limb loss while challenged by a concurrent task

AL Pruziner, EP Shaw, JC Rietschel… - Experimental brain …, 2019 - Springer
Individuals who have sustained loss of a lower limb may require adaptations in sensorimotor
and control systems to effectively utilize a prosthesis, and the interaction of these systems …

[HTML][HTML] The relationship between engagement and neurophysiological measures of attention in motion-controlled video games: a randomized controlled trial

AM Leiker, M Miller, L Brewer, M Nelson… - JMIR serious …, 2016 - games.jmir.org
Background: Video games and virtual environments continue to be the subject of research in
health sciences for their capacity to augment practice through user engagement. Creating …

[HTML][HTML] Everything is cool when you're part of a team? The effects of outcome interdependence on appraisal, emotions, and performance under pressure

SA Wolf, K Utesch - Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 2024 - Elsevier
Pressure is an innate feature of competition and stimulates cognitions and emotions that can
both reduce and enhance performance. Similarly, teams are ubiquitous in sport and …

Psychophysiology of sport, exercise, and performance: Past, present, and future.

A Cooke, C Ring - 2019 - psycnet.apa.org
Psychophysiology is the scientific study of the reciprocal relations between mind and body. It
is characterized by interdisciplinary, multimeasure research studies, which shed light on the …

High-level motor planning assessment during performance of complex action sequences in humans and a humanoid robot

TC Hauge, GE Katz, GP Davis, DW Huang… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Examining complex cognitive-motor performance in humanoid robots and humans can
inform their interactions in a social context of team dynamics. Namely, the understanding of …