How Biological Psychology Affects Sports Psychology

Running Head : HOW BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY AFFECTS SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY

How biological psychology affects sports psychology

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How biological psychology affects sports psychology

No psychologist would decline to highlight the great link between the brain- influenced behavioral patterns and the sports psychology . In the same note , this would be a link between the physiology involving the functioning of the brain through its nervous system under different conditions , and sport psychology

Therefore the one aspect we can use to relate biological psychology to sport psychology is the

influence of the brain during the different occasions that demand different conditions from the sportsmen and women This is referred to as neuropsychology . Visualization for instance involve the brain and it has been attested by many athletes that when they take the actual distance of the track and record it in their brain they create a mental awareness which instill in them a sense of well being , confidence and comfort , culminating in amazing sports performance . This is in contrast with someone who simply gets to the track and without analyzing the field to obtain a mental picture , are already getting into the competition (Kalat , 2008

Most sportsmen and sportswomen always believe in achieving desired results either in the competition or in the outcome of the competition like an injury . In to achieve this they use their brains to create an imagination of the desired event . When they imagine that winning or healing into a feeling that it is now real , it becomes...