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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.

Latest Episodes:

330 – Interview with Bill Warren, Brown, The Ecological Approach to Perception-Action Dec 01, 2020

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A discussion with Bill Warren from Brown University about his extensive body of work using an ecological approach to perceptual-motor control. Topics include affordances, calibration, information-based v internal model control, why "behavior is regular without being regulated" and where the ecological approach is headed.

More info about my guest:

https://vivo.brown.edu/display/wwarrenj

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/William_Warren12

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329 - Journal Club #22: Designing Practice Warm-Up Nov 24, 2020

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A discussion about practice warm-up sessions. What should their purpose really be? How can we innovate and re-design them to promote exploration and pave the way for motor learning?

Links:

https://emergentmvmt.com/reshaping-the-weight-room/

https://emergentmvmt.com/preparing-for-game-day-the-warm-up/

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Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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328 – Interview with Frans Bosch, Movement Analysis in Sport Nov 17, 2020

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A discussion with Frans Bosch about his new book, Anatomy of Agility – Movement Analysis in Sport. Why is it critical to take into account the body's interests when coaching movement? Why is stability more important than perfecting a movement? How can a coach manipulate variability in practice to influence the development of attractors? What is the information for motor learning?

More info about my guest:

http://www.hmmrmedia.com/store/books/the-anatomy-of-agility/

https://fransbosch.systems/

https://twitter.com/FransBoschBook

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327 – Interview with Sian Beilock, Barnard, Building a Toolbox for Performing Under Pressure Nov 10, 2020

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A discussion with Sian Beilock from Barnard College. Why does pressure affect different performers in different ways? What should be in your toolbox when preparing for a high pressure situation or recovering from a situation where you didn't handle pressure as well as you would have liked? How can we best train to prevent choking?

More info about my guest:

https://sianbeilock.com/

https://www.amazon.com/Choke-Secrets-Brain-Reveal-Getting/dp/1416596186

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http://perceptionaction.com/

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326 – Revisiting "Automaticity" & Its Relevance to Skilled Performance Nov 03, 2020

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Revisiting the concept of "automaticity". Does it still have relevance to understanding skilled performance? Should the goal of training really be to get a performer to a stage where they are doing things automatically? Or, is it time to retire this idea to the legends section of the motor learning hall of fame?

Articles:

Movement Automaticity in Sport

Beyond Automaticity: The Psychological Complexity of Skill

Exploring the Orthogonal Relationship between Controlled and Automated Processes in Skilled Action

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Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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325 - Journal Club #21: Fundamental Movement Skills Oct 27, 2020

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I am joined by Stu Armstrong and Kasey Crider to discuss Karl Newell's recent article "What are Fundamental Motor Skills and What is Fundamental About Them?" What exactly are they? Do we need to teach them to new learners before they can begin to explore and self-organize? What are the potential dangers of doing this? If we don't "teach the fundamentals" what can we do instead?

Article:

What are Fundamental Motor Skills and What is Fundamental About Them?

More information:

http://perceptionaction.com/

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Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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324 – An Ecological Approach to Sports Injury Prevention & Adaptation (Not Recovery) Oct 20, 2020

Show notes

An ecological approach to preventing and adapting to sports injury. To what extent can we predict injury from technique? How is injury risk related to movement variability and attentional focus? Can we reduce risk by increasing variability through training? Does injury induce functional neuroplastic changes in our brain?

Articles:Reviewing the Variability-Overuse Injury Hypothesis: Does Movement Variability Relate to Landing Injuries? Predicting Injury in Professional Baseball Pitchers From Delivery Mechanics: A Statistical Model Using Quantitative Video Analysis Differences in attentional focus associated with recovery from sports injury: Does injury induce an internal focus?

Effect of gait retraining on segment coordination and joint variability in individuals with patellofemoral pain

Can kinematic and kinetic differences between planned and unplanned volleyball block jump-landings be associated with injury risk factors?

Functional Brain Plasticity Associated with ACL Injury: A Scoping Review of Current Evidence

More information:

http://perceptionaction.com/

My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)

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Support the podcast and receive bonus content

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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323 - The Role of Movement Efficiency & Economy in Motor Learning: A Constraints-Based Framework Oct 13, 2020

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Do learners choose movement solutions that are economical – that is those which not only achieve their performance goal but are also the most efficient and have low energy expenditure? What information is available to guide a performer to a more economical movement solution and how does it depend on attentional focus? How can this be conceptualized in a constraints-based framework?

Articles:

Metabolic energy expenditure and the regulation of movement economy Increased movement accuracy and reduced EMG activity as the result of adopting an external focus of attention Enhanced expectancies improve movement efficiency in runners

More information:

http://perceptionaction.com/

My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)

My ASU Web page

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Support the podcast and receive bonus content

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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322 – Overspeed Perception & Decision Making Training Oct 06, 2020

Show notes

Can decision making in sports be improved by using above real time or "overspeed" video based training? Does it seem more "game-like" to athletes? Does it result in transfer of training to improved decisions on the field?

Articles:

Sports training technologies: Achieving and assessing transfer

The speed of perception: the effects of over‑speed video training on pitch recognition in collegiate softball players

An above real time training intervention for sport decision making

The Effect of an Above Real Time Decision- Making Intervention on Visual Search Behaviour

More information:

http://perceptionaction.com/

My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)

My ASU Web page

Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)

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Support the podcast and receive bonus content

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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321 – Differential Learning III: Clarifying Methodology, Acute Training Effects & Brain Activity Sep 29, 2020

Show notes

A more detailed look at the manipulations used in Differential Learning. Are the movement variants representative? Will they induce an internal focus of attention? As a coach, how should you choose variants appropriate for the skill level and task being trained? And, a look at few recent studies in this area examining acute effects of training and changes in brain activity.

Articles:

Short-Term Effects of Differential Learning and Contextual Interference in a Goalkeeper-like Task: Visuomotor Response Time and Motor Control Acute effects of differential learning on football kicking performance and in countermovement jump Differential Training Facilitates Early Consolidation in Motor Learning Post-task Effects on EEG Brain Activity Differ for Various Differential Learning and Contextual Interference Protocols

More information:

http://perceptionaction.com/

My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)

My ASU Web page

Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)

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Support the podcast and receive bonus content

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

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