Performance Psychology

Dr. Markus Raab is Head of the Institute of Psychology at the German Sport University and Head of the Performance Psychology Department. Additionally, he is Research Professor of Psychology at London South Bank University, UK. He obtained his MSc in Sport Science and PhDs in Movement Science and Cognitive Psychology. The main focus of the research programme in performance psychology is on judgement and decision making in sports, health and peak performance. He favours a simple heuristic approach and an embodied cognition approach to understanding the interaction of sensorimotor and cognitive behaviour from a psychological perspective. Dr. Raab brings more than two decades of experience to the project and co-edited the first edition of Elsevier’s Performance Psychology. Dr. Babett H. Lobinger is a senior lecturer at the institute of psychology at the German Sport University Cologne. She obtained her MSc in Psychology and Movement Science and her PhD in Sport Psychology. She is a trained psychologist with interest in paradoxical performance and talent development in high performance sports. Dr. Lobinger brings 15 years of experience to the project and co-edited the first edition of Elsevier’s Performance Psychology.Dr. Alexandra Pizzera is a sport scientist at the German Sport University Cologne. Her research interests span judgement and decision-making, visual and auditory perception, and embodied cognition of sports officials. Dr. Pizzera brings 15 years of experience to the project and co-edited to the first edition of Elsevier’s Performance Psychology.Dr. Sylvain Laborde is a senior lecturer at the German Sport University Cologne. He obtained his MSc in Psychology and Sport Science and PhDs in Psychology and Sport Science. His research focuses on heart rate variability (HRV) as a self-regulation indicator and emotional intelligence as an adaptive personality individual difference. Dr. Pizzera brings 17 years of experience to the project and co-edited to the first edition of Elsevier’s Performance Psychology.

• Preface Section AWhat is Performance Psychology?1. The Building Blocks of Performance: An OverviewMarkus Raab2. Theoretical Framework of Performance Psychology: An Action Theory PerspectiveJürgen R. Nitsch and Dieter Hackfort3. Measurement Considerations in Performance PsychologyGershon Tenenbaum and Edson Filho4. Applications within Performance PsychologyTerry Clark and Aaron WilliamonSection BPerformance Phenomena of Cognitive-Action Interaction5. Bridging the Gap between Action and Cognition: An OverviewBabett Helen Lobinger6. Improving Performance by Means of Action–Cognition Coupling in Athletes and CoachesGloria B. Solomon7. Music Performance: Expectations, Failures, and PreventionEckart Altenmüller and Christos I. Ioannou8. Motor Imagery and Mental Training in Older AdultsMichael Kalicinski, Monika Thomas and Babett LobingerSection CDysfunctional Learning, Errors, and Other Performance Phenomena of Perception-Cognition Interactions9. Bridging the Gap between Perception and Cognition: An OverviewSven Hoffmann10. Performance and Error Monitoring: Causes and ConsequencesSven Hoffmann11. Committing Errors as a Consequence of an Adverse Focus of AttentionDaniel Schneider12. Lifestyle and Interventions for Improving Cognitive Performance in Older AdultsPatrick D. Gajewski and Michael FalkensteinSection DSelf-Other Perceptions and Other Performance Phenomena of Perception-Action Interactions13. Bridging the Gap between Perception and Action: An OverviewAlexandra Pizzera14. Capturing Motion for Enhancing Performance: An Embodied Cognition Perspective on Sports and the Performing ArtsVassilis Sevdalis and Clemens Wöllner15. Auditory Action PerceptionChristian Kennel and Alexandra Pizzera16. Visual Perception in Expert ActionRita de OliveiraSection EPerformance under Pressure of Individuals or Teams and Other Performance Phenomena of Emotion-Cognition Interactions17. Bridging the Gap between Emotion and Cognition: An OverviewSylvain Laborde18. Performing under Pressure: Influence of Personality- Trait-Like Individual DifferencesEmma Mosley and Sylvain Laborde19. The Influence of Hormonal Stress on PerformanceFranziska Lautenbach and Sylvain Laborde20. Performing under Pressure: High-Level Cognition in High-Pressure EnvironmentsK. WernerIndex