Sport & Exercise Psychology
Exercise and mental health

The impact of dance on wellbeing | Mental Muscle
The impact of dance on wellbeing | Mental Muscle
An interview with Peter Lovatt aka Dr Dance.

The evolutionary link between movement and wellbeing | Science Cafe
The evolutionary link between movement and wellbeing | Science Cafe
Author, Caroline Williams, discusses the reasons why movement is important for survival and emotional hea...

The importance of movement and dance on wellbeing | Science Cafe
The importance of movement and dance on wellbeing | Science Cafe
Author, Caroline Williams, discusses the ways in which movement and dance is related to wellbeing.

The impact of exercise on mental wellbeing | True North
The impact of exercise on mental wellbeing | True North
Dame Kelly and the found of Park Run, Paul Sinton-Hewitt, discuss the importance that exercise can have on mental as ...

Can exercise prevent depression? | All in the Mind
Can exercise prevent depression? | All in the Mind
Discussion about a recent meta-analysis that showed exercise had a consistent protective effect against depression.
Motivation and audience effects

What keeps athletes motivated? | Esther
What keeps athletes motivated? | Esther
Discussion of how win orientation, self efficacy and different fears affect motivation.

Can the power of positive thought turn ballerinas into basketball players? | The People Watchers
Can the power of positive thought turn ballerinas into basketball players? | The People Watchers
An experiment showing how powerful words and 'pep talk' can be to motivate i...

What effect does an audience have on performance? | Inside Culture
What effect does an audience have on performance? | Inside Culture
Sports personalities discuss the positive and negative effect of audience on performance.

The home advantage in sport | Advantage Home
The home advantage in sport | Advantage Home
Multiple factors linked to home advantage including the impact of the audience.

What keeps athletes motivated? | Esther
What keeps athletes motivated? | Esther
Discussion of how win orientation, self efficacy and different fears affect motivation.

Can the power of positive thought turn ballerinas into basketball players? | The People Watchers
Can the power of positive thought turn ballerinas into basketball players? | The People Watchers
An experiment showing how powerful words and 'pep talk' can be to motivate i...

What effect does an audience have on performance? | Inside Culture
What effect does an audience have on performance? | Inside Culture
Sports personalities discuss the positive and negative effect of audience on performance.

The home advantage in sport | Advantage Home
The home advantage in sport | Advantage Home
Multiple factors linked to home advantage including the impact of the audience.