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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

09:16

23B - Sport Science Shorts: Transfer from Cricket to...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/03/21

Which is harder: hitting a baseball or cricket ball? Will Kieran Powell be successful in his attempt to transfer between the two sports? Articles/links: The Perceptual Illusion of Baseball's Rising Fastball and Breaking Curveball Visual judgements and misjudgements in cricket and the art of flight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYMhT_wgBwE&index=108&list=PLCc9T1oeaK1548na0ELb-4Q6urloNqEjG http://www.si.com/mlb/2016/02/12/strike-zone-podcast-kieran-powell-cricket-west-indies More

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23A– Interview with Keith Lohse, Auburn, Motor...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/03/17

A discussion with Keith Lohse, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology and Director of the Rehabilitation Informatics Lab at Auburn University. We discuss topics including internal vs external focus of attention, the role of engagement in learning, physical therapy and problems with data analysis in skill acquisition research. More information about my

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23 – Gap Acceptance in Driving/Pain Perception in...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/03/15

How do drivers decide whether or not it is safe to make a turn in front of an oncoming car or overtake and pass a more slowly moving vehicle? Why are these situations so dangerous? Do athletes have a higher tolerance for pain than non-athletes? (Time: 20:57) Motion aftereffect demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP_jYmbke14 Links to articles discussed: Processes and countermeasures in overtaking road accidents Multidisciplinary in-depth investigations of head-on and left- turn road

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22E- Sport Science Shorts: Lumosity & the Future of...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/03/14

What does the $2 million ruling against Lumosity mean for the future of brain training? Should we give up on generalized perceptual-cognitive training for sport, or do we just need more

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22D – Interview with Cathy Craig, QUB, Understanding...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/03/10

A discussion with Cathy Craig, Professor of Perception & Action Psychology at Queen’s University Belfast. We discuss topics including understanding and improvement movement in areas including pre-mature infants, soccer and Parkinson’s disease; how rugby players deceive their opponent; developing VR systems for training and research; and how we can learn a lot about perception from studying the rare instances when it fails. More information about my

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22C – Tactical Knowledge in Soccer, How Similar are...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/03/08

News: How is coordination achieved in team sports? Does drawing plays on a white board really transfer to on field performance? Is telling a tennis player to “throw their racquet at the ball” a good way to teach serving? Articles: Cognitive Representations and Cognitive Processing of Team-Specific Tactics in Soccer A kinematic comparison of the overhand throw and tennis serve in tennis players: how similar are they really? More information: http://perceptionaction.com/ My Research Gate Page

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22B - Sport Science Shorts: Perceptual-Motor Control...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/03/07

A look at some cycling science from a perceptual-motor control perspective. Where does a cyclist look when going around a curve? What control strategies do young cyclists use? Does seat height effect steering ability? Articles: Cycling around a Curve: The Effect of Cycling Speed on Steering and Gaze Behavior Visual guidance during bicycle steering through narrow lanes: a study in children Bicycle rider control skills: expertise and assessment Effects of changing seat height on bike handling More

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22A – Interview with Nancy Cooke, ASU, Team performance

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/03/03

A discussion with Nancy Cooke, Professor of Human Systems Engineering at Arizona State University. We discuss topics including how individual and team cognition differ, Nancy’s theory of Interactive Team Cognition, how teamwork is acquired, and how team performance changes under pressure. More information about my guest: http://poly.engineering.asu.edu/directory/nancy-cooke/ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nancy_Cooke2 https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancy-cooke-a6164aa More

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22 – Braking & Steering/Knuckleballs

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/03/01

How does a driver know when to start braking and whether they are braking hard enough to avoid a collision? Where do we look when we steer around a curve? Do race car drivers look somewhere different? Why is it so hard to hit (and throw!) a knuckleball? (Time: 18:36) Links to articles discussed: A theory of visual control of braking based on information about time-to-collision Time-to-contact judgment in the locomotion of adults and preschool children Visual control of braking: a test of the tau

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21E - Sport Science Shorts: A Ball By Any Other Color

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2016/02/29

Does ball color effect performance in sports? Do cricket batsman have the right to complain about pink balls and baseball batters about the brief experiment with orange ones? Articles/links: http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2015/oct/27/to-see-or-not-to-see-australian-cricket-divided-over-pink-ball-test Effect of ball color on hitting performance by college softball players Effect of softball color on batting performance in players and non-players Ball color, eye color, and a reactive motor

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25:54

21D – Interview with Noel Rousseau, PGA golf...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/02/25

A discussion with Noel Rousseau, PGA golf professional, coach and developer of the Everyday Golf Coach app. We discuss automaticity, how coaching needs to be tailored to individual players, handling pressure, and how sports psychology is viewed in golf. More information about my guest: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-noel-rousseau-13796a15 http://www.everydaygolfcoach.com/about-everyday-golf-coach.php https://twitter.com/noelrousseau More information: http://perceptionaction.com/ My Research Gate

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21C – Does 3D MOT training transfer to sport? How...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/02/23

News: Does training using the 3D multiple object tracking (Neurotracker) system transfer to on-field performance in soccer? How good are baggage screeners at detecting threatening object? How does their performance depend on passenger volume and shift length? Articles/links: 3D-Multiple Object Tracking training task improves passing decision-making accuracy in soccer players When and Why Threats Go Undetected: Impacts of Event Rate and Shift Length on Threat Detection Accuracy During Airport

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21B – Sport Science Shorts: Skill Acquisition in the...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/02/22

A look at some infamous movie training scenes from a skill acquisition and motor learning perspective. Awards for best use of contextual inference, best constraints led-approach, best use of key performance indicators and more! We’re gonna need a montage, montage! Training

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21A – Interview with Amy Whitehead, LJMU, Think Aloud...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/02/18

A discussion with Amy Whitehead, Senior Lecturer in Sports Coaching and Physical Education, at Liverpool John Moores University. We discuss her new study looking at the effect of pressure on the thought processes of golfers, using the Think Aloud protocol to investigate and improve sports performance, and what it’s like to work as an applied sports psychologist. More information about my

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21 – Visual Perception in Driving/Heuristics &...

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2016/02/16

How do drivers use visual cues to judge distance, speed and heading? How does our vision change during night driving? What simple rules can athletes, referees and umpires use to make quick decisions? (Time: 19:45) Links to articles discussed: The attentional demand of automobile driving Scaling apparent distance in natural indoor settings. The influence of visual pattern on perceived speed. The Optical Expansion-Pattern in Aerial Locomotion Effects of luminance, blur, and age on nighttime

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20E- Sport Science Shorts: Unorthodox Technique

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/02/15

Should we be correcting the form of an athlete with an unusual movement pattern? Or could this actually give them an advantage? What do the different skill acquisition theories have to say about it? Articles/links: NAPSPA pre-conference event: Seeing the forest and the trees: Theoretical and practical issues in sport expertise Faubert - Neurotracker Why didn’t everybody copy Bradman? Uncovering the secrets of the ‘the Don’ More information: http://perceptionaction.com/ My Research Gate Page

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20D – Interview with Stuart Armstrong, Player...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/02/11

A discussion with Stuart Armstrong Rugby Football Union. We discuss topics including talent development and talent identification, the problems with competition, encouraging creativity through practice design and sports analytics. More information about my guest: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartarmstrong http://www.thetalentequation.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/stu_arm More information: http://perceptionaction.com/ My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles) My ASU Web page Podcast Facebook page

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20C – The Ecological Approach to Perception-Action &...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/02/09

What are the key ideas of the ecological approach to perception-action first proposed by James Gibson? How do they differ from the traditional approach? What are affordances? Are representations and internal models evil? Does perception work like Sherlock Holmes? Book: Direct Perception More information: http://perceptionaction.com/ My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles) My ASU Web page Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc) Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action The New

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20B - Sport Science Shorts: Let’s Talk about Sex &...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/02/08

Is there any validity to the long-held belief by many athletes and coaches that having sex the night before a big competition will impair sports performance? Should you be abstaining this Valentine’s Day if you have to play the next day? Articles: Abstention from sex and other pre-game rituals used by college male varsity athletes Effects of sexual intercourse on maximal aerobic power, oxygen pulse, and double product in male sedentary subjects Altered sleep-wake cycles and physical performance in

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20A – Interview with Barbara Barclay, President,...

The Perception & Action Podcast ·

2016/02/04

A discussion with Barbara Barclay, President of Right Eye, a company developing products to measure, analyze and transform visual performance. We discuss topics including the present and future of eye tracking for sport, how visual problems might underlie what seem to be complex performance problems, the FTC rulings against perceptual-cognitive training and plasticity in the visual-motor system. More information about my guest: http://www.righteye.com/ More

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