Books by sports psychologists, such as Dr. Bob Rotella, have become very popular. Dr. Rotella's titles speak to the mental game:Golf is Not a Game of PerfectandGolf is a Game of Confidence. But understanding that golf is not a perfect game, and is a game of confidence, doesn't count...
Early in the pandemic, when time off wasn’t a reality for New York City’s frontline health workers, Baptista helped organize a group of CUMC psychologists and psychiatrists who began volunteering their services to other clinicians in the health system. The program, calledCopeColumbia, offered 30...
Two deception checks were used to determine if participants suspected the true purpose of the study. First, at Stage Two, prior to the simulation participants were asked to identify any familiar names from a list. The list included several famous psychologists including Milgram, Asch, and Zimbardo...
I work occasionally with sports psychologists and mental toughness coaches who train athletes in visualization techniques, and all of are one opinion that the mind-body connection – healthy or unhealthy – impacts performance tremendously. Positive Self-Talk is an Especially Powerful Technique Leaving...
Due to the importance of the topic; professional sports organizations ranging from youth to senior individual and team athletes, sports psychologists and practitioners who work with professional athletes; and professional athletes, coaches, and other relevant staff members may benefit from the accumulative...
The psychologists mentioned above and PhDs Craig Anderson (Iowa State University of Science and Technology) and Karen Dill (Lenoir-Rhyne College) conducted two small experiments. The first of them showed that the most aggressive people regularly play computer games with elements of violence, the sec...
“Golf My Way.” If I recall correctly, these are a couple that has some info on preparation. There are also tapes and/or books by Dr. Bob Rotella, Dr. David Coop, and Dr. Richard Coop who are all famous Sports Psychologists that can help with the mental side of prperation and ...
(And speaking of government-paid psychologists, I was even required at one point by my corrupt opponent to undergo tests for having had the temerity of being in court at all! Fortunately for me that particular psychologist declined to participate in the nefariousness of his employer!). I find...