Enhancing sports performance with hypnosis: An ode for Tiger Woods.
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SmartACT likely operates through complementary pathways-top-down regulation (ACT), sensorimotor simulation (imagery), and autonomic/attentional tuning (hypnosis)-to yield concurrent gains in motor efficiency and reductions in psychosomatic distress.
“Within this framework, SmartACT likely operates through complementary pathways—top-down regulation (ACT), sensorimotor simulation (imagery), and autonomic/attentional tuning (hypnosis)—to yield concurrent gains in motor efficiency and reductions in psychosomatic distress [44,49,50,51,58,59,60,61,62,74,75,76].”
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- Authors
- Milling, L. S., & Randazzo, E. S.
- ORCID
- Milling, Leonard S.
- Venue
- Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice
- Published
- 2016-03
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 45-60
- ISSN
- 2326-5523 (ISSN-L)
- 2326-5531
- OpenAlex
- W2328439616
- Cited by
- 8
- References
- 51
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 0.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychology of Consciousness Theory Research and Practice (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Sport Psychology and Performance
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs
- Keywords
- hypnosis, athletic performance, Tiger Woods, athletic performance improvement, sport psychology
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