Individual Differences in Movement

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Experimental and Developmental Studies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Individual differences in voluntary movement

      • Martin R. Sheridan

      Pages 3-26

   3. Personality theory and movement

      • John Brebner

      Pages 27-41

   4. Perceiving people through their movements

      • Sverker Runeson

      Pages 43-66

   5. Reminiscence as a factor in the learning of skilled movements

      • Hans J. Eysenck

      Pages 67-87

   6. Anxiety, stress and performance

      • Peter Glanzmann

      Pages 89-113

3. Physiological and Clinical Studies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115

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   2. Mental chronometry. I. Behavioural and physiological techniques

      • Kenneth B. Campbell

      Pages 117-145

   3. Mental chronometry. II. Individual differences

      • Kenneth B. Campbell, Nancy Noldy-Cullum

      Pages 147-167

   4. Neurophysiology of emotions and some general brain mechanisms

      • Natalia P. Bechtereva, Diliara K. Kambarova

      Pages 169-192

   5. Personality and motor activity: a psychophysiological perspective

      • Robert M. Stelmack

      Pages 193-213

   6. The effects of aerobic exercise on mood

      • Patricia J. Castell, James A. Blumenthal

      Pages 215-228

4. Social and Applied Studies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 229-229

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   2. Individual differences in non-verbal communication

      • Peter E. Bull

      Pages 231-245

   3. Movement and the personal style

      • James J. Conley

      Pages 247-256

   4. The value of traits in sport

      • Bruce D. Kirkcaldy

      Pages 257-277

   5. Personality and recreational behaviour

      • David K. B. Nias

      Pages 279-292

   6. Sex differences in play

      • Marsha B. Liss

      Pages 293-302

5. Back Matter

   Pages 303-309

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This book is an attempt to bridge the gap between differential psychology and human movement. It is curious that each discipline has received considerable attention in its own right but little effort has been made to cross-fertilize them. Some experimentalists view this union as the equivalent of committing academic adultery; they have tended to concentrate on general theories and models of motor control and movement, viewing individual differences as awkward and best assigned to the error variance component of an analysis. By neglecting person variables, valuable information is discarded: people do differ in terms of ability, attitude, motivation and temperament and it is hardly surprising that such differences interact with a variety of experimental and situational para­ digms. The causes and determinants of individual differences must be examined at an interdisciplinary level, incorporating studies from experimental, physio­ logical, clinical and educational psychology. This synthesis could not have been actualized by any single contributor. For this reason, a multi-authored approach has been adopted, in which 17 specialists have been assembled to present the current position of individual difference research in their respective disciplines. The authors were granted maximum freedom in their selection and present­ ation of material. What emerges is, hopefully, a novel and informative col­ lection of articles addressed to a wide audience and providing an impulse for further research.

• attention
• behavior
• brain
• communication
• development
• education
• emotion
• neurophysiology
• personality
• physiology
• psychology
• research
• sex
• stress

• Rehabilitation Clinic, University of Cologne, Cologne, 41-Lindenthal, West Germany

  Bruce D. Kirkcaldy

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