Browsing Norges idrettshøgskole by Subject "consciousness"
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The inner game of sport: is everything in the brain?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-12)The article deals with the following: (1) Three brain imaging studies on athletes are evaluated. What do these neuroscientific studies tell us about the brain and mind of the athlete? (2) Empirical investigations will need ... -
The role of skill in sport
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Skill is obviously a central part of sports and should therefore be central in sport philosophic studies. My aim in this paper is to try to place skill in a wider context and thus give skill the place it deserves. I will ... -
Zombie-like or superconscious? A phenomenological and conceptual analysis of consciousness in elite sport
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-10-08)According to a view defended by Hubert Dreyfus and others, elite athletes are totally absorbed while they are performing, and they act non-deliberately without any representational or conceptual thinking. By using both ...