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Habitual reflexivity and skilled action (2017)
Journal Article
Toner, J. (2017). Habitual reflexivity and skilled action. Body and Society, 23(4), 3-26. https://doi.org/10.1177/1357034X17736371

Theorists have used the concept habitus to explain how skilled agents are capable of responding in an infinite number of ways to the infinite number of possible situations that they encounter in their field of practice. According to some perspectives... Read More about Habitual reflexivity and skilled action.

Reflective and prereflective bodily awareness in skilled action. (2016)
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Toner, J., Montero, B. G., & Moran, A. (2016). Reflective and prereflective bodily awareness in skilled action. Psychology of consciousness theory, research, and practice, 3(4), 303-315. https://doi.org/10.1037/cns0000090

A number of influential theories of skill acquisition posit that the performing body is an absent presence during “habitualized” action. The current article counters this claim by drawing on a wide range of empirical and phenomenological evidence to... Read More about Reflective and prereflective bodily awareness in skilled action..

Surveillance technologies as instruments of discipline in the elite sports coaching context: a cautionary post-structural commentary (2016)
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Jones, L., & Toner, J. Surveillance technologies as instruments of discipline in the elite sports coaching context: a cautionary post-structural commentary. Sensoria : a journal of mind, brain and culture, 12(2), 13-21. https://doi.org/10.7790/sa.v12i2.439

The use of surveillance technologies as tools to encourage performance enhancement has become an accepted component of elite coaching. Those from the communities of sports physiology, psychology and biomechanics who promote the application of surveil... Read More about Surveillance technologies as instruments of discipline in the elite sports coaching context: a cautionary post-structural commentary.

Toward an explanation of continuous improvement in expert athletes: The role of consciousness in deliberate practice (2015)
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Toner, J., & Moran, A. (2015). Toward an explanation of continuous improvement in expert athletes: The role of consciousness in deliberate practice. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 46(6), 666-675. https://doi.org/10.7352/IJSP.2015.46.666

In a body of research spanning three decades, Janet Starkes and her colleagues have produced a wealth of empirical evidence on the importance of deliberate practice in the development of elite performers. Within this corpus of work, a number of studi... Read More about Toward an explanation of continuous improvement in expert athletes: The role of consciousness in deliberate practice.

The perils of automaticity (2015)
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Toner, J., Montero, B. G., & Moran, A. (2015). The perils of automaticity. Review of general psychology, 19(4), 431-442. https://doi.org/10.1037/gpr0000054

Classical theories of skill acquisition propose that automatization (i.e., performance requires progressively less attention as experience is acquired) is a defining characteristic of expertise in a variety of domains (e.g., Fitts & Posner, 1967). Au... Read More about The perils of automaticity.

Bodily crises in skilled performance: Considering the need for artistic habits (2015)
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Toner, J., Jones, L., & Moran, A. (2016). Bodily crises in skilled performance: Considering the need for artistic habits. Performance enhancement & health, 4(1-2), 50-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peh.2015.10.001

Empirical evidence demonstrates that performing artists are confronted by a variety of ‘bodily crises’ (e.g., injury, attrition of habits induced by ageing) over the course of their careers (Wainwright, Williams, & Turner, 2005). Such crises may pres... Read More about Bodily crises in skilled performance: Considering the need for artistic habits.

A brief report on the development of a theoretically-grounded intervention to promote patient autonomy and self-management of physiotherapy patients: Face validity and feasibility of implementation (2015)
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Matthews, J., Hall, A. M., Hernon, M., Murray, A., Jackson, B., Taylor, I., …Hurley, D. A. (2015). A brief report on the development of a theoretically-grounded intervention to promote patient autonomy and self-management of physiotherapy patients: Face validity and feasibility of implementation. BMC health services research, 15(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-0921-1

Background Clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of low back pain suggest the inclusion of a biopsychosocial approach in which patient self-management is prioritized. While many physiotherapists recognise the importance of evidence-based pra... Read More about A brief report on the development of a theoretically-grounded intervention to promote patient autonomy and self-management of physiotherapy patients: Face validity and feasibility of implementation.

Considering the role of cognitive control in expert performance (2014)
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Toner, J., Montero, B. G., & Moran, A. (2015). Considering the role of cognitive control in expert performance. Phenomenology and the cognitive sciences, 14(4), 1127-1144. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11097-014-9407-6

© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. Dreyfus and Dreyfus’ (1986) influential phenomenological analysis of skill acquisition proposes that expert performance is guided by non-cognitive responses which are fast, effortless and apparently... Read More about Considering the role of cognitive control in expert performance.

Enhancing performance proficiency at the expert level: Considering the role of 'somaesthetic awareness' (2014)
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Toner, J., & Moran, A. (2015). Enhancing performance proficiency at the expert level: Considering the role of 'somaesthetic awareness'. Psychology of sport and exercise, 16(P1), 110-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2014.07.006

© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. Objectives: Traditional theories of motor learning (e.g., Fitts & Posner, 1967), along with certain contemporary psychological perspectives (e.g., Weiss & Reber, 2012; Wulf, 2013), postulate that expert performers must relinq... Read More about Enhancing performance proficiency at the expert level: Considering the role of 'somaesthetic awareness'.

In praise of conscious awareness: A new framework for the investigation of "continuous improvement" in expert athletes (2014)
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Toner, J., & Moran, A. (2014). In praise of conscious awareness: A new framework for the investigation of "continuous improvement" in expert athletes. Frontiers in psychology Frontiers Research Foundation, 5(JUL), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00769

A key postulate of traditional theories of motor skill-learning (e.g., Fitts and Posner, 1967; Shiffrin and Schneider, 1977) is that expert performance is largely automatic in nature and tends to deteriorate when the performer “reinvests” in, or atte... Read More about In praise of conscious awareness: A new framework for the investigation of "continuous improvement" in expert athletes.

From ‘blame’ to ‘shame’ in a coach–athlete relationship in golf: a tale of shared critical reflection and the re-storying of narrative experience (2012)
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Toner, J., Nelson, L., Potrac, P., Gilbourne, D., & Marshall, P. (2012). From ‘blame’ to ‘shame’ in a coach–athlete relationship in golf: a tale of shared critical reflection and the re-storying of narrative experience. Sports Coaching Review, 1(1), 67-78. https://doi.org/10.1080/21640629.2012.704193

This paper is centered on the principle author's (John) personal narrative of a coach-athlete relationship in golf, and how the original story altered through a process of shared critical thinking. On first telling, John explained to his co-authors h... Read More about From ‘blame’ to ‘shame’ in a coach–athlete relationship in golf: a tale of shared critical reflection and the re-storying of narrative experience.

The effects of conscious processing on golf putting proficiency and kinematics (2011)
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Toner, J., & Moran, A. (2011). The effects of conscious processing on golf putting proficiency and kinematics. Journal of sports sciences, 29(7), 673-683. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2011.553964

Researchers have suggested that skill performance deteriorates when people try to exert conscious control over automatic actions. Unfortunately, little is known about the effects of different types of conscious processing on skilled performance by ex... Read More about The effects of conscious processing on golf putting proficiency and kinematics.