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WIM
NOTEBAERT
RESEARCH
LAB

Cognitive Psychology and Decision Making in Sports

at Ghent University

RESEARCH & DISCOVERIES

Primary Areas of Interest

Basketball Court
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The Time
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HEAT MAPS BASKETBALL

 

After a missed shot professional basketball players are more careful (all shots from 1 NBA season). 

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DECISION MAKING DURING PHYSICAL EXERCISE

Exploring the inverted U shape: low-intensity physical exercise increases decision making while high intensity training  interferes

TIME IS REWARDING

We demonstrated that time can be used as a reward signal. People are willing to invest some time in order to gain more!

Sport Tactics

DECISION MAKING INTERVENTION

TRAINING ELITE SPORTERS

On the basis of formal decision making models and neural networks we train elite athletes in gaining more control in the decision making process and ultimately in making better decisions. 

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