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The Perception & Action Podcast

Exploration of how psychological research can be applied to improving performance, accelerating skill acquisition and designing new technologies in sports and other high performance domains. Hosted by Rob Gray, professor of Human Systems Engineering at Arizona State University, the podcast will review basic concepts and discuss the latest research in these areas.

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60 – Interview with Jenelle Gilbert, CSU Fresno,...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2017/05/16

A discussion with Jenelle Gilbert, Professor in the Department of Kinesiology, California State University Fresno. We discuss the importance of mental skills training in sports and beyond, her concept of the Psychological UNIFORM, using a Game Plan format to teach mental skills and her recent research looking at the stressors faced by coaches. More information about my guest: http://www.fresnostate.edu/chhs/kinesiology/faculty-staff/faculty/gilbert.html More information:

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59 – Interview with Bruce Hoyer, MMA Coach, Next Edge...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2017/05/09

A discussion with Bruce Hoyer, Martial Arts Coach at the Next Edge Academy in South Dakota. We discuss how Bruce has employed a variety of different ideas from sports science research in his coaching including using a flipped classroom, observational learning, giving feedback and reducing interference in motor learning. More information about my guest: https://www.nextedgeacademy.com/bruce-hoyer https://twitter.com/nextedgeacademy More information: http://perceptionaction.com/ My Research Gate

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58 – Flow & Psychological Momentum

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2017/05/02

What do we mean when we say an athlete is “in the flow”? How often does it occur? What brings it on? Can we control it? How does it relate to “psychological momentum” and performance? Articles/links: A systematic review of the experience, occurrence, and controllability of flow states in elite sport The relation of flow-experience and physiological arousal under stress — Can u shape it? Understanding the psychophysiology of flow: A driving simulator experiment to investigate the relationship

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57 – Interview with John Kiely, UCLAN, Rethinking the...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2017/04/25

A discussion with John Kiely, Senior Lecturer in Elite Performance from the University of Central Lancashire. Topics discussed include the evolution of theories of stress, anxiety and injury, the role of psycho-emotional factors in the stress process and designing supportive training environments to increase athlete buy-in. More information about my guest: http://www.uclan.ac.uk/staff_profiles/john_kiely.php https://www.researchgate.net/profile/John_Kiely2 https://twitter.com/simplysportssci

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56 – Variability & Motor Learning, Attentional...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2017/04/18

News: Listener picks for articles to review including more research on the effect of variability on motor learning, attention training to reduce the effects of stress on performance and the effect of explicit instructions. Articles: High variability impairs motor learning regardless of whether it affects task performance The effects of attention training techniques on stress and performance in sports The Effect of Variability of Practice at Execution Redundancy Level in Skilled and Novice

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55 – Interview with Harri Mannonen, Finland,...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2017/04/11

A discussion with Harri Mannonen, basketball coach based in Kouvola, Finland. Topics discussed include: why is it useful for coaches to look at basketball as a complex system, what is the best way to add variability to practice and what is the role of conscious control in sports. More information about my guest: https://harrimannonen.com/ https://twitter.com/harrimannonen More information: http://perceptionaction.com/ My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles) My ASU Web page Podcast Facebook

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54 – Perceptual Learning III: Application to Sports

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2017/04/04

How can we apply the principles of perceptual learning to improve information pickup on the sports field? Articles/links: Applying perceptual learning to achieve practical changes in vision Improved vision and on field performance in baseball through perceptual learning When less is more: Reduced usefulness training for the learning of anticipation skill in tennis No transfer of calibration between action and perception in learning a golf putting task Perception and action in golf putting:

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53 – Perceptual Learning II – Direct Learning

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2017/03/28

How does a performer become attuned to the perceptual information that is optimal for a task? Perceptual learning as a direct movement through information space guided by information for learning involving processes of education of intention, education of attention, and calibration. Articles/links: Direct Learning http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/has-the-fly-ball-revolution-begun/ Learning to visually perceive the relative mass of colliding balls in globally and locally constrained task ecologies

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52 – Perceptual Learning I: Introduction

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2017/03/21

How does experience and practice change our ability to extract information from our environment and how can we best facilitate this process? What changes in our brain during perceptual learning? Articles/links: Perceptual learning and human expertise Expert baseball batters have greater sensitivity in making swing decisions. More information: http://perceptionaction.com/ My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles) My ASU Web page Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc) Subscribe in

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51 – Rule Changes to Make Sports More Exciting

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2017/03/07

Sports Science Shorts: will baseball’s new proposed rule changes to speed the pace of play make the game more exciting and attract new fans? What can we learn from similar attempts made in soccer? What determines a sport’s fans level of excitement Articles: How to Make Soccer More Attractive? Rewards for a Victory, the Teams' Offensiveness, and the Home Bias Does the Three-Point Rule Make Soccer More Exciting? Evidence From a Regression Discontinuity Design Suspense: Dynamic Incentives in Sports

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50 – Structure of Motor Variability & Learning Rate,...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2017/02/28

News: A look at a few recent articles in the area of motor learning and performance. Can the structure of motor variability predict the rate at which a performer learns a new skill? Does using social media before a game increase anxiety in an athlete? What differs between the way in which I child and adult learns a motor skill? Articles: Can the Structure of Motor Variability Predict Learning Rate? Facebook use and its relationship with sport anxiety Children and Adults Both Learn Motor

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49 – Interview with Danny Newcombe, Oxford Brookes...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2017/02/21

A discussion with Danny Newcombe, Lecturer in Sports Coaching and PE, Oxford Brookes University. Topics discussed include: applying the constraints-led approach to practice design and physical education curriculum, research on the constraints-led approach --what does it tell us about its effectiveness and are we using the correct methods of evaluation? More information about my guest: http://www.shs.brookes.ac.uk/daniel-newcombe https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Daniel_Newcombe

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48 – Interview with Diane Ste-Marie, University of...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2017/02/14

A discussion with Diane Ste-Marie, Professor in the School of Human Kinetics at the University of Ottawa. Topics discussed include: why do athletes tend to perform better when they have control over the feedback they receive and when is self-controlled feedback ineffective? How do athletes use observation of themselves or others to acquire or improve sports skills and what factors should be taken into account when applying observational learning in sport? More information about my guest:

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47 – Interview with Dave Collins, Institute of...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2017/02/07

A discussion with Dave Collins, Professor & Director of the Institute of Coaching & Performance, University of Central Lancashire. Topics discussed include: what it’s like to be a sports psychologist, talent development, performance analytics, technique change, bridging the gap between research and practice, and the role of social media in research. More information about my guest: http://www.uclan.ac.uk/staff_profiles/professor_dave_collins.php http://www.gm4p.com/ https://twitter.com/davegm4p

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46 – Self Talk & Mantras in Sport

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2017/01/31

Do athletes perform better when they talk to themselves? Should the talk be motivational or instructional? Positive or negative? Does it work for both novices and experts? Articles/links: The influence of self-talk on the performance of skilled female tennis players Self-talk influences vertical jump performance and kinematics in male rugby union players Self-Talk of Marathon Runners Self-Talk and Sports Performance: A Meta-Analysis Effects of Self-Talk: A Systematic Review Self-talk: Review

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45 – Soccer Illusions, Detecting Opponents with Sound...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2017/01/24

News: A look at a few recent journal articles. Do soccer players and referees sometimes see an event that never really happened? Can a basketball player detect where a dribbler is headed using sound alone? Is doing exercise in front of a mirror effective? Articles: Seeing the unseen? Illusory causal filling in FIFA referees, players, and novices Expert Players Accurately Detect an Opponent's Movement Intentions Through Sound Alone The Effects of Either a Mirror, Internal or External Focus

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44 –Social Facilitation of Performance & The 1st...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2017/01/17

Why does the presence of others change the performance of an individual athlete? Why is this social facilitation effect sometimes good and sometimes bad? Does it matter whether the other people are observing, evaluating or performing the same action? Does being “observed” via activity monitoring technology facilitate performance? Articles/links: The Dynamogenic Factors in Pacemaking and Competition Social Facilitation From Triplett to Electronic Performance Monitoring Social "facilitation" as

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43 – P&A Court II: Low vs High Variability in Motor...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2017/01/10

Should the goal of practice be to reduce movement variability to as low a value as possible? Is high variability the signature of an unskilled performer or a necessity for effective learning? Articles/links: A schema theory of discrete motor skill learning Feedback-Induced Variability and the Learning of Generalized Motor Programs Optimizing generalized motor program and parameter learning Variability in baseball pitching biomechanics among various levels of competition What variability tells us

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42 – Top 5 Sport Psychology Stories of 2016

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2017/01/03

My list of the top 5 sports psychology stories from 2016: The death knell for brain games? Deliberate practice fights back! What to do about the relative age effect? Advances in Teamwork Research Somebody’s watching (or monitoring) me Articles/links: Do “Brain-Training” Programs Work? Peak: The New Science of Expertise Age-ordered shirt numbering reduces the selection bias associated with the relative age effect Reversal of the Relative Age Effect Team Synergies in Sport: Theory and Measures

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41 – Motion in Depth Blindness & Visual Channels

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/12/06

A look at visual channeling theory and its consequences for perception. Why are some people blind to approaching objects in certain areas of their visual field and what implications does it have for sport? Articles/links: The Charles F. Prentice Award Lecture 1990: specific tests and specific blindnesses: keys, locks, and parallel processing Visual field defects for unidirectional and oscillatory motion in depth Impaired Velocity Processing Reveals an Agnosia for Motion in Depth More

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