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Research

Training Attention in Elite Football: Alberto Cei’s Early Applied Model

Revisiting Alberto Cei’s 1994 approach to attention assessment and match analysis in elite football.

By Alberto Cei, Giani Boldeanu Oct 22, 2026 4 min read

Training Attention in Elite Football: Alberto Cei’s Early Applied Model

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What a Two-Week Sport Camp Revealed About Autism and Participation

A two-week multidisciplinary sports camp studied by Cei and colleagues through parents’ reports of children's experiences.

By Alberto Cei, Giani Boldeanu 4 min read

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Leadership

What Is Leadership?

Leadership is not a title or a universal personality type. It is the practice of creating direction, conditions for coordinated action and accountability under real constraints.

By Giani Boldeanu 7 min read

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Human Performance

Why Skilled People Sometimes Fail When the Stakes Rise

Pressure does not erase expertise. It can redirect attention, increase self-monitoring or fill limited mental capacity with consequences that compete with the task.

By Giani Boldeanu 7 min read

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Politics

A Political Consultant Is Not Paid to Tell the Candidate They Are Right

A serious political consultant is not paid to protect the candidate from contradiction. The job is to improve decision quality and keep inconvenient information alive long enough to matter.

By Giani Boldeanu 6 min read

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Tired but Wired: Why Your Mind Won’t Switch Off

Exhausted but unable to settle? Research on rumination, stress and recovery helps explain why fatigue and restlessness can sometimes coexist.

By Giani Boldeanu 4 min read

Human Performance

Can You Really Get Into a Flow State on Demand?

Time disappears, attention narrows and the task seems effortless. What does research actually tell us about flow—and how much control we have over it?

By Giani Boldeanu 4 min read

Human Performance

Does Feeling Nervous Mean You’re Not Ready?

A racing heart before a speech, exam or competition can feel like proof of poor preparation. The research offers a more complicated picture.

By Giani Boldeanu 4 min read

Human Performance

Why the Same Pressure Feels Different to Different People

One challenge can sharpen attention for one person and overwhelm another. The psychology of challenge and threat offers a more useful way to understand pressure.

By Giani Boldeanu 5 min read

Human Performance

Can You Be Ambitious Without Being Consumed by It?

Serious commitment does not have to take over a life. Research on harmonious and obsessive passion explores the different ways ambition can shape us.

By Giani Boldeanu 4 min read

Research

Football Together: Alberto Cei’s Research on Inclusion Through Sport

What Alberto Cei and colleagues reported from the 2017 Soccer Together programme, including mixed motor and football outcomes.

By Alberto Cei 6 min read

Human Performance

What Rewards Really Tell Us About Motivation

Can a reward make someone less interested in the work? Decades of contested research suggest that what a reward communicates may matter as much as what it offers.

By Giani Boldeanu 4 min read