Winning Streaks in Sports and the Misperception of Momentum

By R. C. Vergin. 2000

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• Psychological Momentum within Competitive Soccer: Players' Perspectives (2008, unknown): “Many researchers have also supported this social psychological manifestation of perceived psychological momentum even though existing research has not established a significant performance effect (Gilovich, Vallone, & Tversky, 1985; Silva et al., 1992; Stanimirovic & Hanrahan, 2004; Vergin, 2000).”
• Twenty years of “hot hand” research: Review and critique (2006, background): “Vergin (2000) Baseball 28 Major League Baseball (MLB) teams over the 1996 season (28 teams  162 games ¼ 4536 wins or losses per season).”
• The 'Hot Hand' Myth in Professional Basketball (2003, background): “…elevate their performance following streaks of success (Albert, 1993; Ayton, 1998; Berry, 1999; Gilden & Gray Wilson, 1995a, 1995b; Hooke, 1989; Kaplan, 1990; Larkey, Smith, & Kadane, 1989; Morrison & Schmittlein, 1998; Stern, 1997; Tversky & Gilovich, 1989a, 1989b; Vergin, 2000; Wardrop, 1995).”