Read this short article, "Missed Kicks Make Brain See Smaller Goal Post," by Hadley Leggett.
It turns out that our brain actually starts to perceive things differently as we succeed or fail. Kickers who made the field goals started to see the goal posts and gigantic and wide apart. Kickers who missed the goal started to perceive the goal posts as narrower and taller, making the task even more difficult each time.
So, while the minds role in success might not be news, but the discovery of the measurable ocular shift stunned the Science community.
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Thanks for this...I'm prepping my Neuropsych class right now and I plan to use this as part of an introduction! Saved me some research..thanks
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