What is Mental Skills Training?
July 20, 2018
Mental skills training is used to promote performance and well-being in sport and life.
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Author: Jennifer Cumming
Easy ways to support image generation
June 2, 2016
Imagery is considered by many to be a core mental technique and a favourite topic in sport psychology text books. We know that athletes, dancers, and exercisers use it in a range of situations to achieve different kinds of benefits. There is also ample evidence to make a convincing case that imagery will directly improve … More Easy ways to support image generation
Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Imagination, Cognition and Personality: Imagery Ability
March 11, 2016
Jennifer Cumming and Daniel Eaves Guest Co-Editors We are pleased to announce a special issue of Imagination, Cognition and Personality focused on the conceptualization, measurement, and development of imagery ability within different contexts (e.g., sport, exercise, dance, music, rehabilitation) across the lifespan. We are particularly interested in papers relating to the application of cutting-edge techniques, … More Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Imagination, Cognition and Personality: Imagery Ability
Four ways for academics to write more productively
March 7, 2016
Having 6 months of freedom from work emails, meetings, and the usual things that seem to eat up my time is something I look forward to with equal parts excitement and nervous anticipation. It is has been a long time since I had months ahead of me with mostly just writing goals to achieve, and like … More Four ways for academics to write more productively
Improving your ability to image in layers
January 28, 2016
Imagery is considered by most sport psychologists as an important technique for athletes and coaches to master. So why are there so few established training methods to improve imagery ability? Imagery ability is a skill, and like any other skill, can be improved by practice. In this blog, I will summarize a study we conducted which … More Improving your ability to image in layers
Measuring Groupwork skills in Higher Education
May 13, 2015
When Dr Vikki Burns and I started our Birmingham Evaluating Skills (BEST) Project in 2010, we searched the literature for appropriate measures to answer our research question: do groupwork skills developed during a residential outdoor adventure course transfer to University and employment settings? There was no one questionnaire that seemed to be an ideal fit for our purposes – … More Measuring Groupwork skills in Higher Education
9 Questions for Dr Sanna Nordin-Bates
April 10, 2015
Originally posted on Birmingham Research in Imagery and Observation (BRIO) Group:
Dr Sanna-Nordin Bates completed her PhD on “Imagery in Dance” at the University of Birmingham in 2005 and is now a world-leading expert in the psychology of dance based at the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences. As Dr Jennifer Cumming’s first PhD student, who…
A sport psychologist’s guide for helping athletes develop better self-awareness
April 10, 2015
Self-awareness is fundamental to the success of sport psychology interventions and a quality associated with both developing and performance excellence. It can help athletes to build self-confidence and self-esteem, take more responsibility for their actions, as well as make better decisions. As such, self-awareness is not only vital for sporting success but many other aspects of … More A sport psychologist’s guide for helping athletes develop better self-awareness
Introducing the BRIO Group Blog
March 13, 2015
Originally posted on Birmingham Research in Imagery and Observation (BRIO) Group:
By Dr Jennifer Cumming CPsychol CSci AFBPsS Welcome to the first ever BRIO group blog post! We are a group of academic staff and post graduate students from the University of Birmingham (UK) who are avid about researching what helps make imagery and observation…
Why Sport and Exercise Psychology researchers should start using video abstracts
March 4, 2015
My last post focused on how sport and exercise psychology researchers can use blogging and networks such as Twitter or MiniManuscripts to develop an online profile and easily share information. In part of two of this series, I explore video abstracts as a way to share your research and call on journal editors and conference organizers within our field … More Why Sport and Exercise Psychology researchers should start using video abstracts
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