Imagine you are in a soccer match, and it’s tied. Each team will begin taking penalty kicks. The crowd is roaring, and whether or not your team wins the game depends on your ability to hit the shot.

People who support social equality often express far more positive attitudes toward the poor than those who favor social hierarchy. A new study reveals that despite these differing opinions, both ...

I grew up in Winnipeg, Canada. Hockey was in our DNA. On August 9, 1988, the unthinkable happened. The Edmonton Oilers traded hockey player Wayne Gretzky, known widely as “The Great One,” to the Los ...

If you do anything to work on the mental side of your sport, it better be mental imagery. Why, you ask? Because there is no more powerful mental tool than mental imagery and it can have a huge impact ...

Penny Pexman receives funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada. Emiko Muraki does ...

When you think about scenarios in your head, what do you see? You might assume everyone pictures memories and other situations in their mind the same way you do, but as it turns out, not everyone ...

Two years ago, Sarah Shomstein realized she didn’t have a mind’s eye. The vision scientist was sitting in a seminar room, listening to a scientific talk, when the presenter asked the audience to ...