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  • The Effect of Different Attentional Strategies on Physiological and Psychological States During Running

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    Neumann, David L
    Piercy, Amy
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    Neumann, David L.
    Year published
    2013
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    Abstract
    The attentional focus of an athlete or recreational exerciser may influence performance outcomes during running. The present study used an experimental approach to manipulate the associative attentional focus of regular exercisers (n = 21) as they ran on a treadmill at 75% of Vmax. Participants focused their attention on their breathing, running movements, the distance travelled, or under no specific instructions (control). A focus on distance travelled produced the lowest respiration frequency, and a focus on running movements produced the lowest VO2 consumption. The distance focus was also rated as one of the least difficult ...
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    The attentional focus of an athlete or recreational exerciser may influence performance outcomes during running. The present study used an experimental approach to manipulate the associative attentional focus of regular exercisers (n = 21) as they ran on a treadmill at 75% of Vmax. Participants focused their attention on their breathing, running movements, the distance travelled, or under no specific instructions (control). A focus on distance travelled produced the lowest respiration frequency, and a focus on running movements produced the lowest VO2 consumption. The distance focus was also rated as one of the least difficult and most preferred strategies. Mood states and enjoyment of exercise did not differ across the conditions. The results suggest that the attentional focus that an individual adopts can improve physiological performance outcomes during running without any negative psychological cost. The attentional focus may, thus, be an important factor in the advice that psychologists give to competitive athletes and recreational exercisers.
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    Journal Title
    Australian Psychologist
    Volume
    48
    Issue
    5
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1111/ap.12015
    Copyright Statement
    © 2013 The Australian Psychological Society. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: The Effect of Different Attentional Strategies on Physiological and Psychological States During Running, Australian Psychologist, Vol.48 (5), 2013, pp.329–337, which has been published in final form at dx.doi.org/10.1111/ap.12015.
    Subject
    Sport and exercise psychology
    Cognitive and computational psychology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/56812
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