Cognition and behavior exhibit biases consistent with future expectations, and some of
these biases result in momentum-like effects and have been linked with the idea of …

This article sheds light on a quantitative method allowing psychologists and behavioral
scientists to take into account the specific characteristics emerging from the interaction …

Purpose A recent laboratory study demonstrated that the ingestion of a cold/menthol
beverage improved exercise performance in a hot and humid environment during 20 km of …

Forecasted probabilities rarely stay the same for long. Instead, they are subject to constant
revision—moving upward or downward, uncertain events become more or less likely. Yet …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of playing position, pitch location,
team ability and opposition ability on technical performance variables (pass, cross, corner …

In business and sports, teams often experience periods of positive and negative momentum
while pursuing their goals. However, researchers have not yet been able to provide insights …

This study on psychological momentum (PM) in sports provides the first experimental test of
an interconnection between short-term PM (during a match) and long-term PM (across a …

The future actions, behaviors, and outcomes of objects, individuals, and processes can often
be anticipated, and some of these anticipations have been hypothesized to result from …

The current study examined the development of psychological momentum (PM) in table
tennis and the effect of a time-out. Eighty table tennis players were exposed to an …

Any single competition is rarely a “one-off” event and instead is often part of a larger
sequence of related competitions. Thus, we contend that in order to better understand …