Motivation is a significant part of both a manager's and individual athlete's preparation for sport. This research study examined this important area by completing three studies. Study One examined the combined effect of ...

Recent research has indicated that use of cognitive skills training tools can produce positive benefits with older adults. However, little has been done to date comparing the efficacy of technologically based interventions ...

Assistive Technology may play a critical role in the rehabilitation of persons with acquired spinal cord injury. Smart-technologies, i.e. Internet enabled mobile technologies, are contemporary forms of assistive technology, ...

Prospective memory (PM) refers to an individual's ability to remember to carry out tasks of delayed intention, such as remembering to attend a doctor's appointment. It was believed that the implementation of qualitative ...

Introduction: Modern day video games are made up of a variety of structural video game characteristics and engage video gamers in such a way that they experience a variety of positive and negative psychological effects. ...

Disengaging from mainstream education is a complex issue with wide reaching consequences for individuals, society and the economy. There is growing recognition of the scale of the challenge presented by Early School Leaving ...

Attitudes are essential to human interaction, ranging from simple attitudes to complex ones. An attitude is an individual's cognitive evaluation of a particular person, group, object, action or concept (Smith & Mackie, ...

The aim of this study was to explore the effect information provided on a social network profile has on romantic attraction. Participants were recruited online, and from the student population of an Irish third-level ...