meaning information, 144
measures see tests and measures
medical model of intervention, 23
memory:
pattern recall and recognition, 173–4;
practice, and, 184;
skilled memory theory, 179;
working memory, 133, 288
memory-span test, 184
mens sana in corpore sano, 236
mental aspects of sports injuries, 257, 258, 277–8
mental challenges, 12
mental chronometry, 141, 142
mental control:
ironic theory of, 118, 128, 129, 285
mental demands, 11–13
mental gym exercise, 146–7
mental imagery, 124, 131–7;
athletes’ use of, 153–6;
auditory imagery, 133, 135;
brain-imaging techniques, 132–4;
controllability, 135–6;
functional equivalence theory, 142;
injury rehabilitation, use in, 275, 276;
nature of, 131, 133–4;
perception, and, 142;
research directions, 156–8;
research projects, 159;
skills measurement, 150–3;
techniques, 132;
training programmes, 132;
types and dimensions, 134–7;
value of, 140–1;
visual imagery, 133, 135;
see also kinaesthetic imagery;
mental practice
mental journey, 141
mental load, 117, 118
mental practice (MP), 127, 133, 137–9;
actual and imagined movements, 141–2;
bio-informational theory, 144, 147–8;
cognitive interference, 142, 143;
cognitive theories, 146–7;
definition, 285;
efficacy of, 139–40;
experimental research, 139;
field research, lack of, 144;
functional equivalence theory, 142, 148–9;
integrated model, 148–9;
meaning, 137–8;
neuromuscular model, 144, 145;
psychological interest in, 138;
Subject index 339