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Does priming really put the gloss on performance? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Priming has recently emerged in the literature as offering advantages in the preparation for skilled performance. Accordingly, the current study tested the efficacy of imagery against a priming paradigm as a means of enhancing motor performance: in ...
Collins, D., Winter, S.,
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Mirror formation control in the vicinity of an asteroid [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Two strategies are presented for the positioning and control of a spacecraft formation designed to focus sunlight onto a point on the surface of asteroid, thereby sublimating the material and ejecting debris creating thrust.
Battin R. H.   +11 more
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Behaviour adoption approaches during public health emergencies: implications for the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

open access: yesBMJ Global Health, 2021
Human behaviour will continue to play an important role as the world grapples with public health threats. In this paper, we draw from the emerging evidence on behaviour adoption during diverse public health emergencies to develop a framework that ...
Avi J Hakim   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Partial containment control over signed graphs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
In this paper, we deal with the containment control problem in presence of antagonistic interactions. In particular, we focus on the cases in which it is not possible to contain the entire network due to a constrained number of control signals.
DeLellis, Pietro   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Focus of Attention in Coach Instructions for Technique Training in Sports: A Scrutinized Review of Review Studies

open access: yesJournal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, 2023
Literature reports superior performance when focusing one’s attention during a movement on environmental effects of that movement (external focus, EF) compared to focusing on the moving body (internal focus, IF).
Inge Werner, Peter Federolf
doaj   +1 more source

Why are people with high self-control happier? The effect of trait self-control on happiness as mediated by regulatory focus

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2014
Background: While self-control has often been related to positive outcomes in life such as higher academic achievements and better health, recent insights reveal that people with high trait self-control (TSC) may even experience greater life satisfaction
Tracy T.L. Cheung   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Letter to the editor concerning the article “Performance of gymnastics skill benefits from an external focus of attention” by Abdollahipour, Wulf, Psotta & Nieto (2015) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Abdollahipour, Wulf, Psotta, & Nieto (2015) recently published data in Journal of Sports Sciences to show that an external focus of attention promotes superior performance effects (gymnastics jump height and judged movement form score) when compared to ...
Carson, H.J.,, Collins, D., Toner, J.
core   +1 more source

Pointing to One's Moving Hand: Putative Internal Models Do Not Contribute to Proprioceptive Acuity

open access: yesFrontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2018
We can easily and without sight bring our fingertip to our nose, or swat a mosquito on our arm. These actions rely on proprioception, also known as kinesthesia, which classically has been attributed to processing of sensory inflow by the CNS.
Warren G. Darling   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sistemes de vigilància en instal·lacions interactives

open access: yesArtnodes, 2007
És un focus controlat per ordinador que apunta a persones en un espai públic. És un estudi interessant sobre com reaccionen les persones quan són el centre d'atenció.
Marie Sester
doaj   +1 more source

"A manager in the minds of doctors" : a comparison of new modes of control in European hospitals [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Background: Hospital governance increasingly combines management and professional self-governance. This article maps the new emergent modes of control in a comparative perspective and aims to better understand the relationship between medicine and ...
Burau, Viola   +6 more
core   +4 more sources

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