Falls represent a substantial risk in the elderly. Previous studies have found that a focus on the outcome or effect of the movement (external focus of attention) leads to improved balance performance, whereas a focus on the movement execution itself (internal focus of attention) impairs balance performance in elderly. A shift toward more conscious, explicit forms of motor control occurs when e...

Blood Institute (NHLBI) sent a memo to his Division Directors instructing them to inform contractors and grantees about the Institute's data sharing policy. He wrote, " It is the policy of the NHLBI to make available detailed data from collaborative clinical trials, epidemiological studies, and other large-scale studies … with adequate protection of the confidentiality and privacy of research s...

Escalation of commitment denotes decision makers’ increased reinvestment of resources in a losing course of action. Despite the relevance of this topic, little is known about how information is processed in escalation situations, that is, whether decision makers who receive negative outcome feedback on their initial decision search for and/or process information biasedly and whether these biase...

Multi-mode Resource Constrained Project Selection and Scheduling Considering the Reinvestment Strategy in a Flexible Time Horizon

The yips is a multi-etiological phenomenon consisting of involuntary movements during the execution of a skill (e.g., a golf putt). Reinvestment, the conscious control of a movement that detrimentally affects automated movements, is thought to be a potential mechanism leading to the yips. Preventing yips-affected golfers from consciously controlling their movement, therefore, should be benefici...

Two studies examined EEG co-activation (coherence) between the verbal-analytical (T3) and motor planning (Fz) regions during a golf putting task. In Study 1, participants with a strong propensity to consciously monitor and control their movements, determined psychometrically by high scores on a movement specific Reinvestment Scale, displayed more alpha2 T3-Fz co-activation than participants wit...