Background An emerging body of the literature in the past two decades has generally shown
that prior cognitive exertion is associated with a subsequent decline in physical …

Background Psychologists are increasingly supporting the quest for performance
enhancement in sport and there is a need to evaluate the evidence base underpinning their …

The strength model of self-control assumes that all acts of self-control (eg, emotion
regulation, persistence) are empowered by a single global metaphorical strength that has …

Mental fatigue (MF) is a psycho-biological state that impairs sports-related performances.
Recently, it has been proved that MF can affect basketball performance. However, a …

Highlights•Perceptual-motor behavior is a process (ie, perception, selection, action).•Anxiety
induces an attentional, interpretational and behavioral bias to threat.•Reduced attentional …

Police officers are often required to perform under high-stress circumstances, in which
optimal task performance is crucial for their and the bystanders' physical integrity. However …

Changing attitudes does not necessarily involve the same psychological processes as
changing behavior, yet social psychology is only just beginning to identify the different …

Ego depletion theory proposes that self-regulation depends on a limited energy resource
(willpower). The simple initial theory has been refined to emphasize conservation rather …

The literature describing the effects of mental fatigue (MF) has grown tremendously. This is
accompanied by identification of a host of performance-determining parameters affected by …

The purpose of this study was to investigate sequential indirect pathways by which self-
control exertion affects resistance exercise performance through fatigue and task self …