Prof. Aidan Moran is a Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Director of the Psychology Research Laboratory in UCD and a consultant to some of Ireland's leading athletes and teams. A Fulbright scholar and former Olympic Team Psychologist, he has published ten  books (most recently, Pure Sport: Practical Sport Psychology, with John Kremer; Routledge, 2008), two self-help audiotapes and many papers in scientific journals on concentration and imagery processes in athletes.

Among his best-known books are Sport and Exercise Psychology: A Critical Introduction (2004, Routledge), Concentration Skills Training in Sport (with Iain Greenlees, 2003, The British Psychological Society) and The Psychology of Concentration in Sport Performers: A Cognitive Analysis (1996, Psychology Press). Prof Moran has delivered keynote addresses at international sport psychology conferences in Portugal, the Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, and the USA and is Editor-in-Chief of the International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology.

Most recent book
Kremer, J., and Moran, A. (2008). Pure Sport: Practical Sport Psychology (2008, Routledge Publishers). See further details at

http://www.routledgesport.com/books/Pure-Sport-isbn9780415395588

Prof. Aidan Moran’s website details
http://www.ucd.ie/psychology/staff/AidanMoran.htm

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