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PODCAST

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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All Episodes

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26D – Interview with Peter Fadde, SIU, Sports...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/05/05

A discussion with Peter Fadde from Southern Illinois University. We touch on several topics related to training including perception-action coupling, part vs whole training and sport specificity. We also do a deep dive into VR use in sports, attempting to tackle the question: how real does virtual reality need to be? More information about my guest: http://peterfadde.com/ http://ehs.siu.edu/ci/faculty-staff/faculty-all/fadde.php https://twitter.com/DrFadde More

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26C –Talent ID Using Perceptual-Motor Assessments/...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/05/03

News: Can tests of general perceptual motor skills (e.g., agility, speed, eye-hand coordination) given to 7-11 year olds predict future participation and performance in sports? Can neurofeedback training improve sports performance? Articles: Sensorimotor Rhythm Neurofeedback Enhances Golf Putting Performance Can Perceptuo-Motor Skills Assessment Outcomes in Young Table Tennis Players (7–11 years) Predict Future Competition Participation and Performance? An Observational Prospective Study More

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26B – Adventures in Analytics: Pitching Entropy/100th...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/05/02

Hurray for the 100th Episode of the Podcast! Can baseball pitchers overcome a lack of velocity by being less predictable? How does entropy relate to success in sports? To See the Data, Figures & R Code from the Analysis Please Go To: http://perceptionaction.com/pitchentropy Articles/links: The Relationship Between Visual Anticipation and Baseball Batting Game Statistics http://www.brooksbaseball.net/ More information: http://perceptionaction.com/ My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles) My

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26A– Interview with Denise Hill, University of...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/04/28

A discussion with Denise Hill, Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Psychology at the University of Portsmouth. We discuss the experience of choking from the athlete’s point of view, whether we have been using the wrong definition of choking, how the effects of pressure are different for individual and team sports, and the importance of pre and post shot routines. More information about my

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26 – Driver Assistance Systems & Automated...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/04/26

What new technologies are being developed to make driving safer? Will they remedy all the problems of driver distraction? Are we ready for an automated car to do the driving for us? 5 evidence-based tips for designing effective sports training (Time 18:24). Articles: Evaluation of Six Night Vision Enhancement Systems: Qualitative and Quantitative Support for Intelligent Image Processing Allocation of visual attention while driving with simulated augmented reality Towards real-time recognition of

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25E - Adventures in Analytics: Handedness & Batting...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/04/25

What is the relationship between the hand you throw with and how you hold a bat? How do players choose which side to bat from? Is it better to have your dominant hand higher or lower? My analysis of Major League Baseball data trying to answer these questions. To See the Data, Figures & R Code from the Analysis Please Go To: http://perceptionaction.com/battinghand Articles/links: Manual Laterality and Hitting Performance in Major League Baseball Hand and Eye Dominance in Sport: Are Cricket Batters

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25D– Interview with Jordan Muraskin, deCervo, Brain...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/04/21

A discussion with Jordan Muraskin, post-doctoral fellow at Columbia University and co-inventor of deCervo. We discuss topics including his research on the brain activity that underlies fast decision making in sport, combining EEG and fmri to understand where and when neural activity differs as function of expertise, action inhibition, and using brain recording as a tool for scouting and training in sport. More information about my

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25C – Using Fractions to Save Soccer Balls/Gymnastics...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/04/19

News: How do soccer goalkeepers move in response to shots coming from different directions and with curved trajectories? How can fractions be used to explain this behavior? Which factors influence the way in which coaches give error feedback to gymnasts? How important are things like motor experience and biomechanical knowledge? Articles: Fractional-Order Information in the Visual Control of Lateral Locomotor Interception How Do Gymnastics Coaches Provide Movement Feedback in

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25B - Sport Science Shorts: Why Can’t We Perceive...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/04/18

How can we be so good at hitting and catching accelerating objects when we can’t really judge acceleration? Do we use anticipation or just correct errors based on feedback? Articles: How Can People Be so Good at Intercepting Accelerating Objects if They Are so Poor at Visually Judging Acceleration? Visual timing in hitting an accelerating ball. Identifying the acceleration of visual targets. Visual information about moving objects. More information: http://perceptionaction.com/ My Research Gate

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25A– Interview with Sam Sommers, Tufts University,...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/04/14

A discussion with Sam Sommers, Associate Professor of Psychology from Tufts University and co-author of the recently released book, This is Your Brain on Sports: The Science of Underdogs, the Value of Rivalry, and What We Can Learn from the T-Shirt Cannon. We discuss topics including why great athletes don’t always make for great coaches, whether all kids should be getting trophies, and how sports often mirrors our everyday lives. More information about my

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25 – Driver Distraction /Bringing Sports into the Lab

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/04/12

How much does talking or texting on a smart phone impair driving performance? How can we get drivers’ attention back on the road? How can we effectively bring the sports field into the lab by creating representative task designs? Are coaches impairing skill acquisition by oversimplifying sports skills? (Time 20:47) Links to articles discussed: http://about.att.com/story/smartphone_use_while_driving_grows_beyond_texting.html Interference between concurrent tasks of driving and telephoning A

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24E - Sport Science Shorts: Nonverbal Communication

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/04/11

How important is nonverbal communication (e.g., hand gestures, high fives, using gaze) in sports? Why is a lot of the communication that occurs between athletes ineffective? Articles/links: Intrateam communication and performance in doubles tennis Real-time communication during play: Analysis of team-mates’ talk and interaction Tactile Communication, Cooperation, and Performance: An Ethological Study of the NBA More information: http://perceptionaction.com/ My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my

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24D– Interview with Dan McGehee, University of Iowa

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/04/07

A discussion with Dan McGehee, Director of the Transportation and Vehicle Safety Research Program in the Public Policy Center at the University of Iowa. We discuss how driver behavior in a simulator compares to a real car, using black box recordings to understand how drivers react just before they crash, using instrumented vehicles to help reduce accidents by teen drivers, the transition to automated driving and his new program mycardoeswhat. More information about my

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24C – A Constraints-Led Approach to the Quiet Eye,...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/04/05

News: How has research on the quiet eye manipulated the performer, environment and task constraints? What questions are still unanswered? Does training a novice to have eye movements like an expert improve decision making? Articles: The ‘Quiet Eye’ and Motor Performance: A Systematic Review Based on Newell’s Constraints-Led Model Perceptual Training in Beach Volleyball Defence: Different Effects of Gaze-Path Cueing on Gaze and Decision-Making More information: http://perceptionaction.com/ My

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24B - Sport Science Shorts: Bobbing, Weaving &...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/04/04

Why do even the most elite athletes sometimes get completely fooled by a killer step-over move in soccer, head fake in football, or cross-over dribble in basketball? Where should an athlete look on their opponent’s body to avoid being deceived? What brain areas are involved in the perception of deceptive actions? Articles/links: Detecting Deception in Movement: The Case of the Side-Step in Rugby Deceptive Body Movements Reverse Spatial Cueing in Soccer Fooling the kickers but not the goalkeepers:

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24A– Interview with Natasha Merat, ITS, University of...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/03/31

A discussion with Natasha Merat, Associate Professor in the Institute for Transport Studies at The University of Leeds. We discuss topics including detecting driving distraction, the effects of fatigue on driving and how to keep a driver in the loop with an automated vehicle. More information about my guest: http://www.its.leeds.ac.uk/people/n.merat https://www.linkedin.com/in/natasha-merat-879b7844 https://twitter.com/NatashaMerat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT7FMs9L_vM More

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24 – Attention & Memory in Driving/Tactical...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/03/29

How much attention is required to drive effectively? Is driving a manual transmission really done automatically? How well do we remember the details of driving accidents? What is the best way to develop tactical creativity and divergent thinking in young athletes? (Time 20:35) Links to articles discussed: How automatic is manual gear shifting? Driving without awareness: The effects of practice and automaticity on attention and driving Driving with the wandering mind: the effect that

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23E- Sport Science Shorts: Color Blindness in...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/03/28

Are athletes with color vision deficiencies less likely to make it to the elite levels of sport? If they do get there, will their color blindness effect their performance or determine which position they play? Articles/links: http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/25372806/nfl-we-didnt-account-for-color-blindness-with-color-rush-jerseys Colour blind cricketers and snowballs Abnormal colour vision is a handicap to playing cricket but not an insurmountable one One of Australia's greatest

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23:45

23D– Interview with Nick Reed, Transport Research Lab

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/03/24

A discussion with Nick Reed, Academy Director at the Transport Research Lab in the UK. We discuss topics including ball catching, distracted driving, new in car technologies, the human factors and ethical challenges associated driverless vehicles, and the real world mobility lab TRL is using to study the future of transportation. More information about my

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23C – Letting it Happen vs Making it...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/03/22

News: What exactly does it mean to be in “the flow” as an athlete? Can we make it happen or do we just need to let it happen? Is it really true that skill acquisition is a single process that strives for low variability and is constrained by the speed-accuracy tradeoff? Articles: Psychological states underlying excellent performance in professional golfers: “Letting it happen” vs. “making it happen” Computations underlying sensorimotor learning More information: http://perceptionaction.com/ My

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