Mental Skills Lab
Patterned after the Army’s Center for Excellence in Performance (ACEP) at the United States Military Academy at West Point (USMA), NMMI’s Mental Skills Laboratory (MSL) expands on that concept by offering unique and exciting training and learning opportunities for its cadets.
The MSL mission is to provide mental skills training services and programs with the goal of helping cadets deal more effectively with competitive and life pressures and ultimately achieve their full performance potential. By using performance psychology training techniques cadets learn how to use the tools of goal-setting, imagery, self-talk and relaxation to enhance the skills of motivation, concentration/focus, self-confidence, stress management and arousal control.
The MSL features cutting edge state-of-art biofeedback equipment with the goal of combining the best practices of the latest cutting edge science along with traditional training to accelerate the individual’s progress and ability to perform at one’s peak.
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For more information contact MAJ Zeljka Vidic, Ph.D. at 575-624-8033 or zvidic@nmmi.edu


