Handbook of Sport Neuroscience and Psychophysiology

Out of the broad arena of sport science and sport psychology, Roland A. Carlstedt presents a comprehensive collection on the neuroscience and associated psychophysiology that underlies and drives sport performance. Featuring sections ranging from the basics and foundations (anatomy and physiology) to the applied (assessment during competition, training, and mental training), Handbook of Sport Neuroscience and Psychophysiology is the first volume to provide students, researchers, practitioners, and coaches the latest knowledge on the brain, mind-body processes, and psychophysiological responding in the context of sport performance.

Roland A. Carlstedt, Ph.D. is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Board Certified Sport Psychologist. He chairs the American Board of Sport Psychology and is its Director of Research and Training and Chief Sport Psychologist. He holds research appointments with Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital in the department of Psychiatry. Michela Balconi, PhD, is Professor of Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuroscience at the Faculty of Psychology of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart - UCSC, Milan.

Introduction. 1. Applied, Integrative and Ecological Biomarker-Guided Sport Neuroscience and Psychophysiology: Fundamentals, Research, Procedures, Methods and Analytics: An Overview of Chapters Carlstedt Section I: Fundamentals and Research in Sport Neuroscience and Psychophysiology 2. The Neural Pathway of Sport Actions: From Seeing and Hearing to Doing: Perception-Action Relationships Cesari and Urgesi 3. Fundamentals of Electroencephalography and Optical Imaging for Sport and Exercise Science: From the Laboratory to On-the-Playing-Field Acquired Evidence Balconi and Crivelli 4. Sport-Related EEG Activity: What Have We Learned from a Quarter-Century's Worth of Research? Kubitz 5. Neuroimaging: Techniques and Applications in Sports Mayo and Gawryluk 6. fMRI in Sport and Performance Research: A Synthesis of Research Findings Bishop and Wright 7. From Investigation to Intervention: Biofeedback and Neurofeedback Biomarkers in Sport Balconi, Pala, Crivelli, and Milone 8. Understanding Neural Mechanisms of Memory in Rapid Recognition of Football Formations Morgan, Tucker, and Luu 9. Psychologically Mediated Heart Rate Variability During Official Competition: Ambulatory, Ecological Investigations of the Heart Rate Deceleration Response with Implications for Quantifying Flow Carlstedt Section II: Applied Sport Neuroscience and Psychophysiology: Intervention and Mental Training 10. Ecological, Volitional Inducement of Heart Rate Deceleration in Athletes During Competition: A Mental Training Protocol Carlstedt 11. The Use of Gaze Training to Expedite Motor Skill Acquisition Wilson and Vine 12. Cognitive Strategies to Enhance Motor Performance: Examples of Applying Action Observation, Motor Imagery and Psyching-up Techniques Bisio and Bove 13. Neurofeedback Research in Sport: A Critical Review of the Field Cooke, Bellomo, Gallicchio, and Ring 14. Neurofeedback in Sport: Theory, Methods, Research and Efficacy Hung and Cheng 15. We Think, Therefore We Are: A Social Neuroscience Perspective on Team Dynamics, Hyper-Brains, and Collective Minds Filho and Tenenbaum Section III: Clinical Sport Neuroscience and Psychophysiology 16. Neuroanatomy and Cellular Mechanisms of Sports-Related Concussion and Traumatic Brain Injury Perrine, Zuckerman, and Stieg 17. The Neuropsychology of Concussion Temple 18. Beyond Physical Exercise: Designing Physical Activities for Cognitive Enhancement Moreau 19. The Reticular-Activating Hypofrontality (RAH) Model Dietrich, Dirani, and Yaghi Section IV: Equipment, Instrumentation and Technology in Sport Neuroscience and Psychophysiology 20. Technology Product Options in Sport Neuroscience and Psychophysiology Jain and Atak