The first systematic collaboration between cognitive scientists and
sports psychologists considers the mind-body relationship from the
perspective of athletic skill and sports practice. This landmark
work is the first systematic collaboration between cognitive
scientists and sports psychologists that considers the mind-body
relationship from the perspective of athletic skill and sports
practice. With twenty-six chapters by leading researchers, the book
connects and integrates findings from fields that range from
philosophy of mind to sociology of sports. The chapters show not
only that sports can tell scientists how the human mind works but
also that the scientific study of the human mind can help athletes
succeed. Sports psychology research has always focused on the
themes, notions, and models of embodied cognition; embodied
cognition, in turn, has found striking confirmation of its
theoretical claims in the psychological accounts of sports
performance and athletic skill. Athletic skill is a legitimate form
of intelligence, involving cognitive faculties no less
sophisticated and complex than those required by mathematical
problem solving. After presenting the key concepts necessary for
applying embodied cognition to sports psychology, the book
discusses skill disruption (the tendency to "choke" under
pressure); sensorimotor skill acquisition and how training
correlates to the development of cognitive faculties; the
intersubjective and social dimension of sports skills, seen in team
sports; sports practice in cultural and societal contexts; the
notion of "affordance" and its significance for ecological
psychology and embodied cognition theory; and the mind's predictive
capabilities, which enable anticipation, creativity, improvisation,
and imagination in sports performance. Contributors Ana Maria
Abreu, Kenneth Aggerholm, Salvatore Maria Aglioti, Jesus
Ilundain-Agurruza, Duarte Araujo, Jurgen Beckmann, Kath Bicknell,
Geoffrey P. Bingham, Jens E. Birch, Gunnar Breivik, Noel E. Brick,
Massimiliano L. Cappuccio, Thomas H. Carr, Alberto Cei, Anthony
Chemero, Wayne Christensen, Lincoln J. Colling, Cassie Comley,
Keith Davids, Matt Dicks, Caren Diehl, Karl Erickson, Anna
Esposito, Pedro Tiago Esteves, Mirko Farina, Giolo Fele, Denis
Francesconi, Shaun Gallagher, Gowrishankar Ganesh, Raul
Sanchez-Garcia, Rob Gray, Denise M. Hill, Daniel D. Hutto, Tsuyoshi
Ikegami, Geir Jordet, Adam Kiefer, Michael Kirchhoff, Kevin Krein,
Kenneth Liberman, Tadhg E. MacIntyre, Nelson Mauro Maldonato, David
L. Mann, Richard S. W. Masters, Patrick McGivern, Doris McIlwain,
Michele Merritt, Christopher Mesagno, Vegard Fusche Moe, Barbara
Gail Montero, Aidan P. Moran, David Moreau, Hiroki Nakamoto,
Alberto Oliverio, David Papineau, Gert-Jan Pepping, Miriam Reiner,
Ian Renshaw, Michael A. Riley, Zuzanna Rucinska, Lawrence Shapiro,
Paula Silva, Shannon Spaulding, John Sutton, Phillip D.
Tomporowski, John Toner, Andrew D. Wilson, Audrey Yap, Qin Zhu,
Christopher Madan
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