Train Your Mind for Peak Performance

by Bourne, Lyle E., Jr., Ph.d.; Healy, Alice F., Ph.d.

• ISBN13: 9781433816178
• ISBN10: 1433816172
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-11-15
• Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn

Summary

Practical tips to help you learn quickly, remember what you learn, and apply it to real-world performance.

Whether you’re training to play the piano, speak a foreign language, shoot a target with a bow and arrow, or master the techniques of fine carpentry, the conditions of your training will affect how successfully you learn and perform.

• How can you process needed new information in order to remember it better and use it in the future?
• How long should you work, study, or practice before taking a break?
• How can you counteract fatigue and boredom to improve performance if the task is tedious?

This book shares practical tips to help you learn quickly, remember what you learn, and apply it to real-world performance. Exercises in the form of mini-experiments are provided so that readers can see first-hand why some learning conditions are better than others.

Author Biography

Lyle E. Bourne, Jr., PhD, is Professor Emeritus and former chairman of the Department of Psychology and former director of the Institute of Cognitive Science at the University of Colorado. He has served as president of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association; president of the Federation of Cognitive, Psychological, and Behavioral Sciences; and president of both APA Division 3 (Experimental Psychology) and APA Division 1 (Society for General Psychology).
 
Alice F. Healy, PhD, is College Professor of Distinction and director of the Center for Research on Training at the University of Colorado. She has served as editor of Memory & Cognition, chair of the Psychology Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, president of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, president of APA Division 3 (Experimental Psychology), and chair of the Society of Experimental Psychologists.
 

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. What's This Book All About?
2. How to Learn Quickly: Increasing the Efficiency of Training
3. How to Retain What You Learn: Increasing the Durability of Training
4. How to Apply What You Learn to New Situations: Increasing the Generalizability of Training
5. Refreshing Your Skills, Aging, and Debunking Myths About Training

Recommended Additional Reading

Bibliography

Index

About the Authors