Golf - Psychology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Marginally perceptible outcome feedback, motor learning and implicit processes.

15 Apr 2009 Participants struck 500 golf balls to a concealed target. Outcome feedback was presented at the subjective or objective threshold of awareness of each participant or at a supraliminal threshold. Participants who received fully perceptible ... Read more...

Psychophysiological stress response during competition between elite and non-elite Korean junior golfers.

17 Mar 2009 The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of stress hormone and competition state anxiety response between elite and non-elite junior golfers in competition. Six elite (Handicap: 2.67+/-0.82; 16.2+/-1.38 yrs) and six non-elite ... Read more...

The architecture of the golfer's brain.

9 Mar 2009 BACKGROUND: Several recent studies have shown practice-dependent structural alterations in humans. Cross-sectional studies of intensive practice of specific tasks suggest associated long-term structural adaptations. Playing golf at a high level of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Golf - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Marginally perceptible outcome feedback, motor learning and implicit processes. 15 Apr 2009
• Psychophysiological stress response during competition between elite and non-elite Korean junior golfers. 17 Mar 2009
• The architecture of the golfer's brain. 9 Mar 2009
• Causal attribution and emotion in the days following competition. 27 Feb 2009
• Duration of mentally simulated movement before and after a golf shot. 30 Jan 2009
• The role of DHEA-S in the mood adjustment against negative competition outcome in golfers. 30 Jan 2009
• Psychological hallmarks of skilled golfers. 30 Dec 2008
• When does haste make waste? Speed-accuracy tradeoff, skill level, and the tools of the trade. 29 Nov 2008
• Implicit overcompensation: the influence of negative self-instructions on performance of a self-paced motor task. 29 Sep 2008
• Beating the bunker: the effect of PETTLEP imagery on golf bunker shot performance. 30 Aug 2008
• Parity of match play: an LPGA replication. 30 Jul 2008
• Think aloud: acute stress and coping strategies during golf performances. 29 Jun 2008
• Putting in the mind versus putting on the green: expertise, performance time, and the linking of imagery and action. 30 May 2008
• Reduced relative frequency of knowledge of results without visual feedback in learning a golf-putting task. 30 Jan 2008
• A longitudinal study of "choking" in professional golfers. 29 Nov 2007
• An external focus of attention enhances golf shot accuracy in beginners and experts. 30 Aug 2007
• The role of effort in influencing the effect of anxiety on performance: testing the conflicting predictions of processing efficiency theory and the conscious processing hypothesis. 30 Jul 2007
• Competitive state anxiety and self-confidence: intensity and direction as relative predictors of performance on a golf putting task. 30 May 2007
• Can an athlete be taught to cope more effectively? The experiences of an international-level adolescent golfer during a training program for coping. 30 Mar 2007
• Implicit and explicit control of motor actions: revisiting some early evidence. 30 Jan 2007

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Technical information about 'Golf'

Definition: A game whose object is to sink a ball into each of 9 or 18 successive holes on a golf course using as few strokes as possible.

Descriptor UI: D006055

Alternative terms: Golf; Golfs;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; injuries; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics; physiology;

Tree Number: I03.450.642.845.400;

History Note: 90(76); was see under SPORTS 1976-89

Technical Notes: /inj: coord IM with specific inj (IM); /physiol permitted; Manual 30.15.1