ArticleFrontiers in psychology2019
Action Monitoring Through External or Internal Focus of Attention Does Not Impair Endurance Performance.
Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- A Systematic Review of Attentional Focus Strategies in Weightlifting.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2019Pooled it
- Energy Availability as a Neurocognitive Regulator of Endurance Performance: Integrating Metabolic, Perceptual, and Decision-Making Mechanisms-A Narrative Review.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Effects of preferred music listening on physical and psychological parameters in sports: a systematic review and meta-analysis with meta-regression.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Attentional focus strategies and motor performance in young adolescents investigating role of task difficulty.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The effect of ergometer cycling and visual foraging on brain function: A pilot study.PloS one · 2025Article
- Effects of attentional focus on spatial localization of distal body parts and touch in two-arm position matching.Experimental brain research · 2024Article
- Exploring characteristics of and transitions between mental states within the Multi-Action Plan model in high-level judo.European journal of sport science · 2024Article
- Use and efficacy of dry-mouth interventions in Sjögren's disease patients and possible association with perceived oral dryness and patients' discomfort.Clinical oral investigations · 2023Article
- Reading the MAP: A Pracademic Perspective on the Current State of Play of the Multi-Action Plan Model with Regard to Transitions between Mental States.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- A developmental outlook on the role of cognition and emotions in youth volleyball and artistic gymnastics.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Superior Performance in Skilled Golfers Characterized by Dynamic Neuromotor Processes Related to Attentional Focus.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Attentional focus in endurance sports has been found to largely affect performance. To deal with discomfort, fatigue, and pain associated with endurance performance under pressure, athletes tend to direct attention to both internal (e.g., bodily) sensations and external (e.g., environmental) stimuli. The purpose of this study, framed within the multi-action plan (MAP) model, was to examine whether different levels of action monitoring through external or internal focus of attention could influence endurance performance. Action monitoring has been conceptualized as awareness of the current experience without necessarily influencing the course of action or disrupting automated motor processes. Thirty-two male participants (
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