Performance Psychology Laboratory

Dr. Christopher Janelle, Director

The mission of the Performance Psychology Laboratory is to understand how emotion influences the thoughts and behaviors of participants in motor performance and exercise/health settings. Topics include basic understanding of emotion and movement as related to motor expertise in performance domains, as well as the role of attentional biases in the perpetuation of anxiety and movement disorders. Though uniquely applied to the performance and health/exercise domains respectively, each of the two principal arms of our research program inform each other and are congruent in their theoretical roots and practical implications.