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Application of the Facial Feedback Hypothesis to Endurance Performance: Does Frowning Modulate Perception of Effort?

McCormick, Alister, Meijen, Carla, Pageaux, Benjamin, Marcora, Samuele Maria (2016) Application of the Facial Feedback Hypothesis to Endurance Performance: Does Frowning Modulate Perception of Effort? In: British Psychological Society Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology Conference, Cardiff, Wales 2016, 12-13 Dec 2016, Cardiff, Wales. (Unpublished) (KAR id:61882)

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Abstract

Objectives: People frown during strenuous exercise. Research on the facial feedback hypothesis raises the intriguing

therefore play a causal role in endurance performance. This study examined whether intentionally frowning

exhaustion. This study also examined the effects of frowning on affective states experienced during performance

Design: A randomised, controlled, crossover experimental design was used to compare (within-subjects) the effects

Methods: Ten recreational endurance athletes performed cycling time-to-exhaustion tests in three conditions. In a

condition, participants pressed their thumb against the ergometer handlebar throughout the test. Electromyography

of effort and exercise-related affect were measured throughout the time-to-exhaustion test, and positive and

Results: Intentionally frowning did not affect perception of effort, affective states experienced while cycling or after

Conclusions: Frowning may not modulate perception of effort or affective responses during endurance exercise to

findings suggest that interventions that target the expression of a frown would be unlikely to offer an efficacious

method of improving endurance performance.

Item Type: Conference or workshop item (Speech)
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > School of Sport and Exercise Sciences
Depositing User: C. Meijen
Date Deposited: 30 May 2017 08:43 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Feb 2021 13:45 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/61882 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)
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