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Specificity Principle

Specificity Principle is a foundational training theory in exercise science that posits that physiological adaptations to physical training are directly dependent on the precise nature of the imposed demands, such that improvements are most pronounced in the specific pathways, movements, and energy systems targeted by the training stimulus.

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2017–2026

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Variants

Said PrincipleSpecific Adaptation To Imposed Demands

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The Generality of Specificity

Bernard T. Engel · Archives of General Psychiatry · 1967 · 187 citations

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A Specificity Principle of Memory: Evidence From Aging and Associative Memory

Nathaniel R. Greene, Moshe Naveh‐Benjamin · Psychological Science · 2020 · 98 citations

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Generation-recognition theory and the encoding specificity principle.

Edwin Martin · Psychological Review · 1975 · 89 citations

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Fostering optimal development and averting detrimental development: Prescriptions, proscriptions, and specificity

Marc H. Bornstein · Applied Developmental Science · 2018 · 79 citations · Full text

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Strong cues are not necessarily weak: Thomson and Tulving (1970) and the encoding specificity principle revisited

Philip A. Higham · Memory & Cognition · 2002 · 61 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. MH
    Marc H. Bornstein

    Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, United States

    5 publications · 164 citations

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  2. NR
    Nathaniel R. Greene

    University of Missouri, United States

    2 publications · 109 citations

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  3. WN
    William N. Dudley

    University of Utah, United States

    2 publications · 112 citations

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  4. MN
    Moshe Naveh‐Benjamin

    University of Missouri, United States

    2 publications · 109 citations

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  5. JT
    J. Thomas Puglisi

    University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States

    2 publications · 112 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

    Bethesda, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    160 citations

  2. Institute for Fiscal Studies

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    145 citations

  3. Tufts University

    Medford, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    119 citations

  4. Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse

    Toulouse, France

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    47 citations

  5. Youth Development

    Albuquerque, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    82 citations

  6. Université Toulouse-I-Capitole

    Toulouse, France

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    47 citations

  7. United Nations Children's Fund

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    52 citations

  8. Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux

    Bordeaux, France

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    47 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

    3 publications · 63 citations

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  2. Human Dimensions of Wildlife

    2 publications · 45 citations

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  3. Journal of Gerontology

    2 publications · 112 citations

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  4. Discourse Processes

    DP · 1 publications · 23 citations

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  5. Journal of Motor Behavior

    JMB · 1 publications · 23 citations

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