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• Top Olympic tips for mental resilience to enhance success

  26-07-2024 15:15
  
  Team GB’s lead psychologist Jess Thom reveals her advice to athletes to boost focus and performanceTeam GB’s psychologist on nerves, negativity and self-doubtParis 2024 Olympics – live updatesAthletes are encouraged to recognise that they do not have control over their feelings but also that their feelings need not dictate their actions. The approach applies as much to enhancing training as to event-day performance. An athlete might plan, say, how they want to respond when thei
  
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• ‘They get anxious but still win gold’: Team GB’s psychologist on nerves, negativity and self-doubt

  26-07-2024 15:15
  Jess Thom hopes a handful of mental strategies will give British athletes an edge at the Paris OlympicsTop Olympic tips for mental resilience to enhance successParis 2024 Olympics – live updatesAs they pace to the start line, heart pounding, adrenaline pumping, even the world’s best athletes can be struck by the niggling voice of self-doubt. But while in the past competitors were urged to silence negative thoughts, in this Olympics Team GB athletes have instead been encouraged to giv
  
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• Video Test for Parkinson's Uses AI to Track Disease Progression

  26-07-2024 14:57 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Science Daily - Top HealthA video-processing technique that uses artificial intelligence may help neurologists better track the progression of Parkinson's disease in patients, ultimately enhancing their care and quality of life. The system, developed at the University of Florida, applies machine learning to analyze video recordings of patients performing the finger-tapping test, a standard test for Parkinson's disease that involves quickly tapping the thumb and index...
  
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• Managing Political Stress in the United States

  26-07-2024 14:57 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: APA MonitorAmericans are feeling increasingly stressed about politics amid an assassination attempt, a late-breaking candidate change, debate drama, and legal battles. In a "deeply negative" snapshot of American politics, a February 2024 Pew poll found that 65% of U.S. adults always or often felt exhausted by politics, and 55% always or often felt angry. Research suggests, however, that the positive aspects of political engagement may lead to greater...
  
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• OpenResearch Completes Largest U.S. Study on Basic Income

  26-07-2024 14:16 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Google NewsOver the past few years, the idea of direct cash transfers to low-income Americans has gained fast traction, with more than 150 studies in 35 U.S. states testing the idea of "basic income." The largest of those studies came from OpenResearch, a project backed by OpenAI Chief Executive Officer and Founder Sam Altman. After three years of providing $1,000 monthly to beneficiaries, the group has released a trio of research papers on its findings.
  
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