Judgment, Decision-Making, and Embodied Choices

Dr. Markus Raab is Head of the Institute of Psychology at the German Sport University and Head of the Performance Psychology Department. Additionally, he is Research Professor of Psychology at London South Bank University, UK. He obtained his MSc in Sport Science and PhDs in Movement Science and Cognitive Psychology. The main focus of the research programme in performance psychology is on judgement and decision making in sports, health and peak performance. He favours a simple heuristic approach and an embodied cognition approach to understanding the interaction of sensorimotor and cognitive behaviour from a psychological perspective. Dr. Raab brings more than two decades of experience to the project and co-edited the first edition of Elsevier’s Performance Psychology.

"This is a marvellous piece of work. Markus Raab has created a new way of thinking about Judgment and Decision Making by seriously considering the role of embodied choices. His ideas integrate knowledge from both cognitive psychology and movement science, and help to shed light on important concepts such as "gut feelings". The chapters span topics such as intuitive decisions athletes make in milliseconds to life-changing decisions such as whom to marry. The book is written in plain language and provides fascinating studies and real examples that can be useful when the readers are considering their own choices." --Michael Bar-Eli, Professor, University of Negev, Israel"This is an entertaining and timely overview on how our bodies influence our reasoning. Both enthusiastically and approachably written, this book is a perfect introduction to the field of embodied cognition. Covering a wide range of topics between lab and life, a seasoned scientist explains and illustrates the deep connection between body and mind." --Martin Fischer, Psychology Department, University Potsdam, Germany

• 1. What Are Embodied Choices?2. Simple Heuristics - How We Make Decisions3. How the Body and the Environment Affect Our Thinking4. Action Enables Perception and Cognition and Thus Embodied Choices5. Decisions When Moving Your Mind6. Embodied Choices in Real Life7. Individual and Cultural Differences in Embodied Choices8. How Do You Choose When It Is Your First Time? 9. How Do Embodied Choices Evolve?10. How to Train Embodied Choices?11. How to Cope with Uncertainty in Covid-19 Times12. Ten Rules of Grounding Your Life on Embodied Choices