Sport and the Brain: The Science of Preparing, Enduring, and Winning, Part A (Progress in Brain Research, Volume 232)

  • Hardcover
  • Cambridge: Academic Press, 2017
By Walsh, Vincent (Ed.); Wilson, Mark (Ed.); Parkin, Beth (Ed.)
Cambridge: Academic Press, 2017. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 7 3/4". xvii, 220pp. Mild rubbing, bumps, and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper over boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound.

ABOUT THIS BOOK:
Sport and the Brain: The Science of Preparing, Enduring and Winning, Part A, Volume 231 reflects recent advancements in the understanding of how elite athletes prepare for and perform at peak levels during competition. The latest release in this series focuses on a variety of topics, including chapters on Great British medalists: Psychosocial biographies of Super-Elite and Elite athletes from Olympic sports, a chapter on elite and super-elite Great British athletes: Some theoretical implications from Hardy et al.'s (2016) findings, and The psychosocial development of world class athletes: Additional considerations for understanding the whole person and salience of adversity.

This series takes a multidisciplinary approach, focusing on aspects of psychology, neuroscience, skill learning, talent development and physiology.

-Takes a multidisciplinary approach, focusing on aspects of psychology, neuroscience, skill learning, talent development, and physiology
-Focuses on sports and the brain
-Contains expertise and an international focus of contributors
-Adopts the novel approach of having a target article with critical commentaries on the lessons learned from British multiple gold medalists at Olympic and World Championships(Publisher).

Details

Title

Sport and the Brain: The Science of Preparing, Enduring, and Winning, Part A (Progress in Brain Research, Volume 232)

Author

Walsh, Vincent (Ed.); Wilson, Mark (Ed.); Parkin, Beth (Ed.)

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Very Good

Publisher

Academic Press: Cambridge

Date

2017


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