Convidamos a comunidade académica a participar no ciclo de conferências do CIPsi. Os Laboratórios de Investigação convidam personalidades nacionais e internacionais de relevo nas suas áreas de investigação para partilharem diferentes perspetivas, metodologias e abordagens na investigação científica da mente e do comportamento.
A convite do Laboratório de Saúde, Bem-Estar e Rendimento, e com apresentação da Doutora Maria da Graça Pereira, o Doutor Marc Jones traz-nos a conferência " Stress, health and performance In extreme environments: From sport performance to space travel ", no dia 29 de setembro, sexta-feira às, 12h15, na sala 0.27 da EPsi.
Bio
Marc is a Professor of Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University. His work is focused on understanding the impact of stress on health, wellbeing and performance. The protocols, and approach, that Marc and colleagues have developed for the assessment and training of stress responses, and enhancing performance, have been utilized by businesses, education, professional athletes and sports teams. In addition to his ongoing work in sport and business, Marc is working on, research and consultancy projects in stress, wellbeing and health in extreme environments. These include military settings, space travel and emergency medicine groups. Marc has published widely with over 100 publications comprising peer-review papers, books and book chapters.
Resumo
The talk will cover a biopsychosocial perspective to understanding stress, health and performance. Marc will cover his research in a range of different environments, all of which can be considered extreme in that reflect uncertainty, effort and the potential for harm. The research will report data from emergency medicine, sport performance, remote working in a pandemic, defense and security settings and ongoing work in analogue space missions.