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The Prevalence of Pseudoscientific Ideas and Neuromyths Among Sports Coaches
There has been an exponential growth in research examining the neurological basis of human cognition and learning. Little is known, however, about the extent to which sports coaches are aware of these advances. Consequently, the aim of the present study was to examine the prevalence of pseudoscienti...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5941987/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29770115 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00641 |
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author | Bailey, Richard P. Madigan, Daniel J. Cope, Ed Nicholls, Adam R. |
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description | There has been an exponential growth in research examining the neurological basis of human cognition and learning. Little is known, however, about the extent to which sports coaches are aware of these advances. Consequently, the aim of the present study was to examine the prevalence of pseudoscientific ideas among British and Irish sports coaches. In total, 545 coaches from the United Kingdom and Ireland completed a measure that included questions about how evidence-based theories of the brain might enhance coaching and learning, how they were exposed to these different theories, and their awareness of neuromyths. Results revealed that the coaches believed that an enhanced understanding of the brain helped with their planning and delivery of sports sessions. Goal-setting was the most frequently used strategy. Interestingly, 41.6% of the coaches agreed with statements that promoted neuromyths. The most prevalent neuromyth was “individuals learn better when they receive information in their preferred learning style (e.g., auditory, visual, or kinesthetic),” which 62% of coaches believed. It is apparent that a relatively large percentage of coaches base aspects of their coaching practice on neuromyths and other pseudoscientific ideas. Strategies for addressing this situation are briefly discussed and include changing the content of coach education programs. |
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spelling | pubmed-59419872018-05-16 The Prevalence of Pseudoscientific Ideas and Neuromyths Among Sports Coaches Bailey, Richard P. Madigan, Daniel J. Cope, Ed Nicholls, Adam R. Front Psychol Psychology There has been an exponential growth in research examining the neurological basis of human cognition and learning. Little is known, however, about the extent to which sports coaches are aware of these advances. Consequently, the aim of the present study was to examine the prevalence of pseudoscientific ideas among British and Irish sports coaches. In total, 545 coaches from the United Kingdom and Ireland completed a measure that included questions about how evidence-based theories of the brain might enhance coaching and learning, how they were exposed to these different theories, and their awareness of neuromyths. Results revealed that the coaches believed that an enhanced understanding of the brain helped with their planning and delivery of sports sessions. Goal-setting was the most frequently used strategy. Interestingly, 41.6% of the coaches agreed with statements that promoted neuromyths. The most prevalent neuromyth was “individuals learn better when they receive information in their preferred learning style (e.g., auditory, visual, or kinesthetic),” which 62% of coaches believed. It is apparent that a relatively large percentage of coaches base aspects of their coaching practice on neuromyths and other pseudoscientific ideas. Strategies for addressing this situation are briefly discussed and include changing the content of coach education programs. Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-05-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5941987/ /pubmed/29770115 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00641 Text en Copyright © 2018 Bailey, Madigan, Cope and Nicholls. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Bailey, Richard P. Madigan, Daniel J. Cope, Ed Nicholls, Adam R. The Prevalence of Pseudoscientific Ideas and Neuromyths Among Sports Coaches |
title | The Prevalence of Pseudoscientific Ideas and Neuromyths Among Sports Coaches |
title_full | The Prevalence of Pseudoscientific Ideas and Neuromyths Among Sports Coaches |
title_fullStr | The Prevalence of Pseudoscientific Ideas and Neuromyths Among Sports Coaches |
title_full_unstemmed | The Prevalence of Pseudoscientific Ideas and Neuromyths Among Sports Coaches |
title_short | The Prevalence of Pseudoscientific Ideas and Neuromyths Among Sports Coaches |
title_sort | prevalence of pseudoscientific ideas and neuromyths among sports coaches |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5941987/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29770115 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00641 |
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