Train Your Mind for Peak Performance: A Science-Based Approach for Achieving Your Goals (APA LifeTools Series) - Tapa blanda

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Bourne, Lyle E.; Healy, Alice F.

 
9781433816178: Train Your Mind for Peak Performance: A Science-Based Approach for Achieving Your Goals (APA LifeTools Series)
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ISBN 10: 1433816172 ISBN 13: 9781433816178
Editorial: American Psychological Association, 2013

Sinopsis

Practical tips to help you learn quickly, remember what you learn, and apply it to real-world performance.

Whether you amp rsquo re training to play the piano, speak a foreign language, shoot a target with a bow and arrow, or master the techniques of fine carpentry, the conditions of your training will affect how successfully you learn and perform.

  • How can you process needed new information in order to remember it better and use it in the future?
  • How long should you work, study, or practice before taking a break?
  • How can you counteract fatigue and boredom to improve performance if the task is tedious?
This book shares practical tips to help you learn quickly, remember what you learn, and apply it to real-world performance. Exercises in the form of mini-experiments are provided so that readers can see first-hand why some learning conditions are better than others.

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Acerca del autor

Lyle E. Bourne, Jr., PhD, is Professor Emeritus and former chairman of the Department of Psychology and former director of the Institute of Cognitive Science at the University of Colorado. He has served as president of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association president of the Federation of Cognitive, Psychological, and Behavioral Sciences and president of both APA Division 3 (Experimental Psychology) and APA Division (Society for General Psychology).
 
Alice F. Healy, PhD, is College Professor of Distinction and director of the Center for Research on Training at the University of Colorado. She has served as editor of Memory amp amp Cognition, chair of the Psychology Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, president of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, president of APA Division 3 (Experimental Psychology), and chair of the Society of Experimental Psychologists.

De la contraportada

Whether you're training to play the piano, speak a foreign language, shoot a target with a bow and arrow, or master the techniques of fine carpentry, the conditions of your training will affect how successfully you learn and perform. How can you process needed new information in order to remember it better and use it in the future? How long should you work, study, or practice before taking a break? How can you counteract fatigue and boredom to improve performance if the task is tedious? This book shares practical tips to help you learn quickly, remember what you learn, and apply it to real-world performance.

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Editorial
American Psychological Association
Año de publicación
2013
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1433816172
ISBN 13 
9781433816178
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Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
131
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