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Education
Selected Research

Current Courses

KNR 295.001 Honors Seminar

KNR 299.001 Independent Honor Study

KNR 257.001 Motor Learning And Performance

KNR 445.003 Statistics in Applied Science and Technology

EDD

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

Other

University of Wales

Wales, Bangor

BS

University of Wales

Wales, Bangor

Abstract

An investigation of age, task complexity, and gender as potential moderators of attentional focus effects

Peter Smith, K. A. Becker.

Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 44 (5), S176, (2012)

Exploring the relationship between dimensions of psychological need satisfaction and intrinsic motivation in athletes

Anthony Amorose, J. Richardson, Anne Cox, Peter Smith.

Medicine and Science on Sports and Exercise, (41), S532, (2009)

The effect of focus of attention and age on children’s learning of two motor skills differing in complexity

Peter Smith, K. Wojenwnik.

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, (31), S99, (2009)

Conference Proceeding

The influence of altering the locus of an internal focus on standing long jump performance

K. A. Becker, Peter Smith.

2012 Association for Applied Sports Psychology Conference, (2012)

Journal Article

Effects of Attentional Focus Cues on Lower Extremity Kinematics during Inside of the Foot Soccer Trap among Expert Soccer Players

Peter Smith, Ladule Lako Losara, Adam Jagodinsky, Mike Torry.

International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, (2021)

Perception of Affordances for Stepping Over an Expanse With Crutches

Jeffrey Wagman, Peter J Smith.

Perception, 47 (10-11), 1106-1109, (2018)

Nesting in perception of affordances for stepping and leaping

Jeffery Wagman, Jiuyang Bai, Peter Smith.

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 78, 1771-1780, (2016)

ATTENTIONAL FOCUS EFFECTS IN STANDING LONG JUMP PERFORMANCE: INFLUENCE OF A BROAD AND NARROW INTERNAL FOCUS

Kevin Becker, Peter Smith.

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 29 (7), 1780-1783, (2015)

Perception of maximum stepping and leaping distance: Stepping affordances as a special case of leaping affordances

Brian M Day, Jeff B Wagman, Peter Smith.

Acta Psychologica, 158, 26-35, (2015)

Relationship between socioeconomic status and physical fitness in junior high school students.

A D Bohr, Dale Brown, Kelly Laurson, Peter Smith, R W Bass.

The Journal of school health, 83 (8), 542-7, (2013)

Effect of Ankle Braces on Lower Extremity Joint Energetics in Single-Leg Landings

J. K. Gardner, Steven McCaw, Kevin Laudner, Peter Smith, L. N. Stafford.

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 44 (6), 1116-1122, (2012)

Relationship Between Socioeconomic Status and Physical Fitness in Junior High School Students

A. Bohr, Kelly Laurson, Dale Brown, Peter Smith.

Journal of School Health, (2012)

Attentional Focus Effects in Standing Long Jump Performance: Influence of a Broad and Narrow Internal Focus

Peter Smith, Kevin Becker.

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Presentations

BODY COMPOSITION CHANGES IN MEN AND WOMEN OVER 12 MONTHS OF TRAINING

Jake Remmert, Jake Rafferty, Kristen Lagally, Peter Smith.

ISU Research Symposium, Normal, April, 2020

BODY COMPOSITION CHANGES IN MEN AND WOMEN OVER 12 MONTHS OF TRAINING

Jacob Remmert, Jake Rafferty, Peter Smith, Kristen Lagally.

Mid West ACSM, Oakbrook, IL, November 8, 2019

Perception of Maximum Crutching Distance

Peter Smith, Jeff Wagman, Vince Cialdella.

Psychonomic Society Annual Convention, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, November 9, 2017

Connecting the Dots in Perception of Affordances for Stepping

Peter Smith, Jeffrey Wagman, Juiyang Bai, Aja Carten, Brian Day.

International Conference on Perception and Action, Minneapolis, MN, July 14, 2015

A comparison of internal and external attentional foci with a distraction condition in learning balance and locomotion tasks.

Peter Smith.

Annual Convention of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 14, 2014

Perception of Maximum Stepping and Leaping Distances

Brian Day, Jeffrey Wagman, Peter Smith.

International Society for Ecological Psychology, North America, Miami, Ohio, June 5, 2014

A comparison of internal and external attentional foci with a distraction task as methods of improving balance performance

S. Tonsul, Peter Smith.

NASPSPA, Online, January, 2013

An Investigation of Age, Task Complexity, And Gender As Potential Moderators Of Attentional Focus Effects