Sport is more than just fun and competition. There’s considerable health benefits too. This analysis of 2.6 million people across 76 studies found participation in various sports (including cycling, football, running, and swimming) was linked to: - Reductions in risk of

Interested in a PhD in Sport Psych at Florida State in Fall '25? Come join our team of researchers, below: Drs Eklund, DeCouto, Foster, Wolf, and Eccles, and admin wizard Aubrey We have plentiful funding for PhD students, and year-round sunshine. See cehhs.fsu.edu/sport-psycholo…

We have two new preprints up today! One is on exploratory research, written for sport scientists doi.org/10.51224/SRXIV…, the other is on measurement development, reporting the next step in developing an academic research values scale by a.kis! osf.io/preprints/psya…

Huberman: "Cold, in particular, can be leveraged to improve mental health, physical health, and performance... for endurance exercise, for recovering from various forms of exercise, for actually improving strength and power..." One thing almost unequivocal about cold immersion

Geoff Capes, British shot put record holder and two-time world's strongest man, has died aged 75. In 1976, Tonight spent some time with him as he prepared for the Olympics lifting tonnes of weights, consuming countless calories and breeding budgies.

It's wonderful, and gratifying, that there is still interest in this project. Thanks to Andy Kirkland Ph.D. and all the other commenters in this thread

Very excited to see this: a National Geographic documentary about one of the biggest frauds in social science—the Stanford Prison Experiment. Based on all the new evidence. Thibault Le Texier in particular deserves major credit for his work uncovering the truth.

Yeah. Not good. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Very excited to share our new preprint! 📢 We investigated how often researchers misinterpret statistically nonsignificant results as the absence of an effect. Spoiler: it’s a lot (~81% of 599 articles)! Dive into our findings and their implications here: osf.io/preprints/psya…

We are proud of this book. Note the 30% discount for community members! jasp-stats.org/2024/11/21/dis…

🚨 Excited to announce, I’m seeking my next role in football analytics!🚨 👉HIRE ME 😃 ; Let’s turn data into winning strategies together! 👉Explore my work at themachineball.com or check out my analytics page on X (EPL - Analytics )

Our latest article just published in British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) "Group-mediated exercise for chronic conditions – an urgent need for implementation and scale-up" Thanks Tim Rees for leading this work & great collaboration Mark Beauchamp Mark Stevens Matthew Low bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/…

"kids who thought going to university to learn coding may be in trouble now?... YES" Nobel Laureate, Geoffrey Hinton: AI tutors could outperform humans by using data to pinpoint misunderstandings. it will make universities less necessary for undergraduate learning, but vital

In our new study (with Tim Rees), we show that genetically predicted memory capacity is independently associated with self-reported foreign language proficiency in both children and adults. More memory-enhancing alleles = better language skills. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40428411/

What separates elite from *super-elite* athletes? In our final Great British Medalists paper, we found one key difference: coach support—especially at the highest level. Watch this short explainer 👇 📄 Full article: bit.ly/40rG3av #sportsci #coaching #olympics