Research Impact: This paper provides a detailed analysis of six questionnaires used to assess motivation in sport. As well as reliability and validity information being summarised and evaluated, questionnaires are analysed according to impact. […]
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Swimming Research: Does HIT Effect Performance in Competitive Swimmers?
Research Impact: Competitive swimmers are widely acknowledged to perform high training volumes from a young age. It is not uncommon for competitive youth swimmers to train 12 – 18 hours per week.Presently, a popular topic […]
Elevated inflammation and depressive symptom response to exercise
Research Impact: Increased levels of the pro-inflammatory factor interleukin-6 (IL-6) have been implicated in depression. Recent findings support plausible involvement of IL-6 in the antidepressant effects of exercise. Data from 116 depressed adults who completed 12 […]
Imagery and the Brain
Dr. Christopher R. Madan, a postdoctoral researcher working at the Department of Psychology at Boston College, presented a research seminar entitled “Movement imagery: Measurement and role in cognition” in the PESS on February 7th. Chris […]
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