associative–dissociative strategy

a plan of shifting one’s attentional focus between internal (associative) feedback (e.g., breathing rate, muscle soreness) and external (dissociative) stimuli (e.g., what others are doing, the scenery). Athletes in endurance activities use such strategies to check body functions at specific times and to pay attention to external stimuli at others.

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Psychology term of the day

January 2nd 2025

fascia

n. (pl. fasciae) a sheet or band of fibrous tissue covering, separating, or binding together muscles, organs, and other soft-tissue structures of the body. —fascial adj.