Sport & Exercise Psychology

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Exercise and mental health

The impact of dance on wellbeing | Mental Muscle

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire | 2023 | 4'56''

An interview with Peter Lovatt aka Dr Dance.

The evolutionary link between movement and wellbeing | Science Cafe

BBC Radio Wales | 2021 | 6'06''

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

BBC Radio Wales | 2021 | 3'56''

Author, Caroline Williams, discusses the ways in which movement and dance is related to wellbeing.

The impact of exercise on mental wellbeing | True North

BBC One | 2019 | 5'37''

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

BBC Radio 4 | 2018 | 5'14''

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

BBC Two | 2000 | 4'13''

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

BBC Two | 2008 | 8'02''

An experiment showing how powerful words and 'pep talk' can be to motivate i...

What effect does an audience have on performance? | Inside Culture

BBC Two | 2021 | 3'02''

Sports personalities discuss the positive and negative effect of audience on performance.

The home advantage in sport | Advantage Home

BBC Radio 4 | 2021 | 7'39''

Multiple factors linked to home advantage including the impact of the audience.