Psychology of human performance, sports psychology, judgment and decision making in sport

Books
Bar-Eli, M., “BOOST! : How the psychology of sports can enhance your performance in management and work”, Oxford University Press, New York, 2018 [published thus far in English, German (Wiley-VCH), Russian (Popuri), Korean (Cheomnetwork), and Hebrew (OrAm)].
Bar-Eli M., Plessner H. and M. Raab, "Judgment, Decision-Making, and Success in Sport ", Wiley, Chichester, UK, 2011, English.

Edited Books
Blumenstein, B., Bar-Eli, M., & Collins, D. (2002). Biofeedback training in sport. Brain and body in sport and exercise: Biofeedback applications in performance enhancement, 55-76.
Bar-Eli M. and M. Raab (Eds.), "Judgment and Decision Making in Sport and Exercise", Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 7(6) , 2006, 519-688, Special Issue.

ARTICES UNTIL 2019 – SELECTED EXAMPLES
Bar-Eli, M.,Tenenbaum, G.,Pie, J.,Btesh, Y. and A. Almog, "Effect of Goal Difficulty, Goal Specificity and Duration of Practice Time Intervals on Muscular Endurance Performane", Journal of Sports Sciences, 15(2) , 1997, 125-135, [also included in an abridged version, in D. Smith & M. Bar-Eli (Eds.), Essential Readings in Sport Psychology. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics].
Bar-Eli M., "Psychological Performance Crisis in Competition, 1984-1996: A Review", European Yearbook of Sport Psychology, 1 , 1997, 73-112.
Bar-Eli, M., & Tractinsky, N. (2000). Criticality of game situations and decision making in basketball: an application of performance crisis perspective. Psychology of sport and exercise, 1(1), 27-39.
Bar-Eli, M., Avugos, S., & Raab, M. (2006). Twenty years of “hot hand” research: Review and critique. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 7(6), 525-553.
Bar-Eli, M., Azar, O. H., Ritov, I., Keidar-Levin, Y., & Schein, G. (2007). Action bias among elite soccer goalkeepers: The case of penalty kicks. Journal of economic psychology, 28(5), 606-621. [Chosen by “THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE” as one of the significant highlights/ most innovative research breakthroughs of 2008 – within the 8th Annual ‘Year in Ideas’ issue – December 14, 2008].
Bar-Eli, M. and O. H. Azar, "Penalty Kicks in Soccer: An Empirical Analysis of Shooting Strategies and Goalkeepers' Preferences", Soccer and Society, 10(2) , 2009, 183-191.

ARTICLES 2019-present:
Avugos, S., Azar, O.H., Gavish, N., Sher, E., and M. Bar-Eli, “Goal center width, how to count sequences, and the gambler’s fallacy in soccer penalty shootouts”, Judgment and Decision Making, 2019, 14(1), 98-108.

Gomez, M-A., Avugos, S., Ortega, E. and M. Bar-Eli, “Adverse effects of technical fouls in elite basketball performance”, Biology of Sport, 2019, 36(2), 155-161.

Morgulev, E., Azar, O.H. and M. Bar-Eli, “Does a ‘comeback’ create momentum in overtime? Analysis of NBA tied games”, Journal of Economic Psychology, 2019, 75, article No. 102126; available online.

Raab, M., Bar-Eli, M., Plessner, H. and D. Araujo, “The past, present and future of research on judgment and decision making in sport”, Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 42, 2019, 25-32.

Morgulev, E., Azar, O.H. and M. Bar-Eli, “Searching for momentum in NBA triplets of free throws”, Journal of Sports Sciences, 2020, 38(4), 390-398.

Professor Michael Bar-Eli holds the Nat Holman Chair in Sports Research and is the former Chair of the Business Administration Department at the Faculty of Business and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. Bar-Eli earned degrees in psychology and sociology from universities in Israel and Germany. He has over 200 refereed publications in English and numerous publications in Hebrew. Bar-Eli has held senior positions in FEPSAC (The European Federation of Sport Psychology) and ASPASP (The Asian-South Pacific Association of Sport Psychology). His scientific work has been recognized by a number of awards, such as “Mercator Professor” at the University of Tuebingen, “Distinguished Invited Professor” at Heidelberg University, and “ASPASP Fellow”.