This review provides an overview of a diverse, temporally distributed, body of literature
regarding the effects of conscious attention to movement. An attempt is made to unite the …

Psychophysiologic insomnia (PI) is the most common form of persistent primary insomnia. Its
'behavioral phenotype', comprising elements such as conditioned arousal, sleep …

How does thinking affect doing? There is a widely held view—both in academia and in the
popular press—that thinking about what you are doing, as you are doing it, hinders …

Two experiments examined the impact of attention on sensorimotor skills. In Experiment 1,
experienced golfers putted under dual-task conditions designed to distract attention from …

Research has found an advantage for an external focus of attention in motor control and
learning; instructing subjects to focus on the effects of their actions, rather than on body …

In reply to commentary on our target article, we supply further evidence and hypotheses in
the description of ritualized behaviors in humans. Reactions to indirect fitness threats …

Although sport is played with the body, it is won in the mind. Inspired by this idea, the second
edition of this popular textbook provides a comprehensive critical introduction to sport and …

In 3 experiments, the authors examined mathematical problem solving performance under
pressure. In Experiment 1, pressure harmed performance on only unpracticed problems with …

Two experiments were conducted to examine the hypothesis that learning by analogy will
invoke characteristics of an implicit mode of motor learning. In the first experiment, table …

Under anxiety, people sometimes perform poorly. This concerns cognitive performance (eg,
taking an important exam) as well as perceptual-motor performance (eg, picking up a cup …