PhD Thesis
My thesis looked at the effects of mindfulness in sport and performance settings.
The thesis included:
- a systematic review of studies that explore mindfulness in athletes;
- machine learning methods for making short questionnaires, with a mindfulness case study; and
- a double-blinded randomised experiment that tested a brief mindfulness induction in athletes
Ultimately, I think the key lessons were that mindfulness isn’t the panacea that many make it out to be. The research is developing but overall, pretty low quality. It’s a low cost and moderate reward string in the bow of a high-performer, but can’t be relied upon as a silver bullet.
People struggling with insomnia can read the whole thesis here.