Brain and Body in Sport and Exercise

ISBN 10: 0471499072 / ISBN 13: 9780471499077

Published by John Wiley & Sons, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Brain and Body in Sport and Exercise
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471499072
• ISBN 13: 9780471499077
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

With the remarkable technical advances of recent years, the use of highly technical means of sport psychology has gained momentum. Biofeedback (BFB) typifies one of the most important perspective methods of training athletes for better self-control and relaxation.

This book aims to show how BFB techniques can be used with these new devices to provide optimum performance.

• Shows how well-known theory can be used with new, cheap and effective gadgets
• Emphasis of practical applications
• Edited by renowned, international experts

About the Author

Boris Blumenstein is the editor of Brain and Body in Sport and Exercise: Biofeedback Applications in Performance Enhancement, published by Wiley.

Michael Bar-Eli is a Professor and Chair of the Business Administration Department and the Nat Holman Chair in Sports Research at the Faculty of Business and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva. He also heads the Sport Management program at the Wingate Academic College.

Gershon Tenenbaum, PHD, is a Professor at Florida State University in the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems. He is past president of the International Society of Sport Psychology (ISSP) and the Editor of the International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education and the American Association of Applied Sport Psychology, and Director of the Ribstein Center for Research and Sport Medicine at the Wingate Institute in Israel.