{"id":65947,"date":"2022-10-14T18:52:14","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T22:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=65947"},"modified":"2023-09-13T13:44:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T17:44:20","slug":"grazie-italia-bu-wheelock-grad-students-present-at-international-sport-psychology-conference","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2022\/grazie-italia-bu-wheelock-grad-students-present-at-international-sport-psychology-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Grazie, Italia! BU Wheelock Grad Students Present at International Sport Psychology Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin news-block-editorial-leadin is-style-emphasis-on-text has-media has-box has-media-focus-center-top has-secondary-theme\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1100\" height=\"1100\" src=\"\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/10\/BU-Wheelock-at-FEPSAC-2022-e1668615695455.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Shows professor and six graduate students at conference\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/10\/BU-Wheelock-at-FEPSAC-2022-e1668615695455.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/10\/BU-Wheelock-at-FEPSAC-2022-e1668615695455-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/10\/BU-Wheelock-at-FEPSAC-2022-e1668615695455-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/10\/BU-Wheelock-at-FEPSAC-2022-e1668615695455-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/10\/BU-Wheelock-at-FEPSAC-2022-e1668615695455-826x826.jpg 826w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/10\/BU-Wheelock-at-FEPSAC-2022-e1668615695455-344x344.jpg 344w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/10\/BU-Wheelock-at-FEPSAC-2022-e1668615695455-529x529.jpg 529w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/10\/BU-Wheelock-at-FEPSAC-2022-e1668615695455-682x682.jpg 682w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/10\/BU-Wheelock-at-FEPSAC-2022-e1668615695455-1032x1032.jpg 1032w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/10\/BU-Wheelock-at-FEPSAC-2022-e1668615695455-688x688.jpg 688w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/10\/BU-Wheelock-at-FEPSAC-2022-e1668615695455-1058x1058.jpg 1058w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/10\/BU-Wheelock-at-FEPSAC-2022-e1668615695455-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/10\/BU-Wheelock-at-FEPSAC-2022-e1668615695455-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/10\/BU-Wheelock-at-FEPSAC-2022-e1668615695455-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/10\/BU-Wheelock-at-FEPSAC-2022-e1668615695455-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/10\/BU-Wheelock-at-FEPSAC-2022-e1668615695455-710x710.jpg 710w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Edson Filho (l) and several BU Wheelock graduate students, including Dhruv Raman and Piotr Piasecki (second from right and far right)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">Sport psychology<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGrazie, Italia! \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\">BU Wheelock grad students present at international sport psychology conference<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar js-block-editorial-metabar news-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">October 14, 2022<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/authors\/finn-gardiner\/\">Finn Gardiner<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p>BU Wheelock was well represented at the <a href=\"https:\/\/fepsac2022.eu\/\">16th Annual European Congress of Sport and Exercise Psychology<\/a>, an international conference for sport and exercise psychology research. Organized by the <a href=\"https:\/\/fepsac.com\/\">European Federation of Sport Psychology<\/a> (FEPSAC, using the organization\u2019s French initials), the conference took place in Padua, Italy\u2014<em>Padova<\/em> in Italian\u2014from July 11 to 16. <a href=\"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/profile\/edson-filho\/\">Edson Filho<\/a>, an associate professor of sport, exercise, and performance psychology, presented at the conference alongside a group of master\u2019s and PhD students. Filho is the director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/z-old-website-structure\/research-action\/centers-labs-institutes\/performance-recovery-and-optimization-pro-lab\/\">Performance Recovery &amp; Optimization Lab<\/a> (PRO Lab), a multidisciplinary research initiative that studies how athletes reach and maintain well-being and peak performance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Filho and two of his doctoral students, <a href=\"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/profile\/dhruv-raman\/\">Dhruv Raman<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/profile\/piotr-piasecki\/\">Piotr Piasecki<\/a>, reflected on their experiences at FEPSAC and the research they presented. \u201cWe looked at how virtual reality can be used to train rowers,\u201d says Filho of one study. \u201cWe found that virtual-reality training can enhance athletic performance\u2014it provides athletes with a multisensory experience.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another study focused on stress and burnout among high school athletes. \u201cWe connected athletic and academic burnout during the preseason and the postseason. Athletes rest less during the preseason, which is problematic in the long term as it may lead to burnout,\u201d Filho says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Raman and Piasecki, FEPSAC was an exciting opportunity to present at a conference. Raman, a first-year PhD student in the counseling psychology program, presented a meta-analysis on the brain functioning of high-performing athletes. \u201cWe wanted to see how a specific verbal-motor brain pathway works differently in expert athletes compared to novices,\u201d he says. \u201cWe found studies published in the field ranging from the early 2000s to 2020 and presented our findings at the conference. We found that expert athletes have \u2018quieter\u2019 brains than novices\u2019.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Piasecki, a second-year counseling psychology PhD student, worked with Filho on a study about the effects of peer leadership on team cohesion and confidence. The study investigated how peer leadership on the field can affect athletic performance, along with ways that teammates encourage one another and socialize in between games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s FEPSAC was notable for another reason: For some on the PRO Lab team, it was the first in-person conference they attended since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. \u201cIt was surreal to be in Italy for the conference,\u201d says Raman. Piasecki adds, \u201cThe relational piece gets lost through a screen if you have attended a virtual one. There is no &#8216;in-between&#8217; time where you mingle and meet people who are just as passionate about the field as you are. For me, that&#8217;s what makes a conference.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Filho and his students extolled the benefits of FEPSAC\u2014which he called \u201cone of the strongest conferences in the field\u201d\u2014for student researchers. \u201cFor the students, I think it was the whole experience: how big the field is, how big the world is,\u201d Filho says. \u201cFEPSAC helped me connect and reconnect with a community of sport psychology researchers and practitioners from all over the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am now a lot more familiar with their work, and I have increased opportunities to collaborate with them,\u201d Raman says. Piasecki adds, \u201cThe diversity was incredible, and not only in ideas, but countries, ethnicities, and the various experiences people shared were so rich.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BU Wheelock was well represented at the 16th Annual European Congress of Sport and Exercise Psychology, an international conference for sport and exercise psychology research. Organized by the European Federation of Sport Psychology (FEPSAC, using the organization\u2019s French initials), the conference took place in Padua, Italy\u2014Padova in Italian\u2014from July 11 to 16. 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