Markus Raab (EDT), Babett Lobinger (EDT), Sven Hoffmann (EDT), Alexandra Pizzera (EDT), Sylvain Laborde (EDT) Performance Psychology

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This book integrates findings from across domains in performance psychology to focus on core research on what influences peak and non-peak performance. The book explores basic and applied research identifying cognition-action interactions, perception-cognition interactions, emotion-cognition interactions, and perception-action interactions. The book explores performance in sports, music, and the arts both for individuals and teams/groups, looking at the influence of cognition, perception, personality, motivation and drive, attention, stress, coaching, and age. This comprehensive work includes contributions from the US, UK, Canada, Germany, and Australia.Integrates research findings found across domains in performance psychologyIncludes research from sports, music, the arts, and other applied settingsIdentifies conflicts between cognition, action, perception, and emotionExplores influences on both individual and group/team performanceInvestigates what impacts peak performance and error production