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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:

140 – An Ecological Approach to Visual Anticipation in Sports Mar 26, 2019

Show notes

Is the common finding that expert athletes are better at using advance cues to anticipate their opponent's actions evidence that they are using a predictive, internal model for action control? Or can this be reconciled with the ecological approach?

Articles:

Special Issue of IJSP: Ventral and dorsal contribution to visual anticipation in fast ball sports

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Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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139 - Improving Performance by Amplifying Errors Mar 19, 2019

Show notes

Can having a performer amplify or exaggerate movement error be an effective way to correct it? Is error amplification a more effective method than corrective instruction?

Articles:

"Amplification of Error": A Rapidly Effective Method for Motor Performance Improvement Correction of a Technical Error in the Golf Swing: Error Amplification Versus Direct Instruction The effects of two different correction strategies on the snatch technique in weightlifting

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http://perceptionaction.com/

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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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138 – Alternative Ways to Cue & Provide Feedback Mar 05, 2019

Show notes

A look at some different ways we can cue and provide feedback to a performer including bandwidth, temporal-comparative and translational feedback and rhythm-based cues.

Articles:

Effect of bandwidth knowledge of results on movement consistency Applying Bandwidth Feedback Scheduling to a Golf Shot Temporal-Comparative Feedback Facilitates Golf Putting

Development of a rhythmic auditory biofeedback system to assist improving the kinetic chain for bat swing performance

The Importance of Temporal Structure and Rhythm for the Optimum Performance of Motor Skills: A New Focus for Practitioners of Sport Psychology

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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137 – The Yips Feb 26, 2019

Show notes

A look at the phenomenon of The Yips. What exactly is it? How does it differ from choking under pressure? What effects does it have on movement coordination? How can it be treated?

Articles:

The yips in sport: A systematic review Flikikammo: When Gymnasts Lose Previously Automatic Backward Moving Skills Yips and Other Movement Disorders in Golfers Performance blocks in sport: Recommendations for treatment and implications for sport psychology practitioners

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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136 - Talent Equation Podcast Panel - Applying Theory to Coaching Feb 20, 2019

Show notes

A panel discussion about applying different theoretical approaches to coaching, fence sitting, and "it depends" on the Talent Equation podcast hosted and produced by Stuart Armstrong:

https://www.spreaker.com/user/9625186/podcast-panel?autoplay=1

More information:

http://perceptionaction.com/

My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)

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135 – The Problem of Motor Redundancy vs the Bliss of Motor Abundance Feb 05, 2019

Show notes

Is having numerous possible solutions to a motor task a problem of redundancy that must be solved by somehow restricting the perception-action system? Or is it a gift of abundance that allows us to better adapt and react to our environment by developing new synergies?

Articles:

There is no motor redundancy in human movements. There is motor abundance

The Bliss of Motor Abundance Stages in learning motor synergies: A view based on the equilibrium-point hypothesis Motor abundance and control structure in the golf swing Learning a throwing task is associated with differential changes in the use of motor abundance

More information:

http://perceptionaction.com/

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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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134 – Are there General Perceptual-Motor Abilities? Should we be Testing & Training Them? Jan 29, 2019

Show notes

A look at the somewhat controversial topic of general perceptual-motor abilities. Are there general abilities such as agility and hand-eye coordination that apply to all sports or are the skills athletes use mainly sports specific? If such general abilities do exist, is it worth testing for them and training to improve them?

Articles:

The General Motor Ability Hypothesis: An Old Idea Revisited

Skill not athleticism predicts individual variation in match performance of soccer players

Further evidence against eye-hand coordination as a general ability

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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133 – New Representative Design Research Jan 22, 2019

Show notes

A look at some recent research on representative design. How can we evaluate the representativeness of typical practice activities used in sport? What expertise differences emerge when we evaluate athletes in a more representative test environment?

Articles:

Application of representative learning design for assessment of common practice tasks in tennis Emergence of Skilled Behaviors in Professional, Amateur and Junior Cricket Batsmen During a Representative Training Scenario

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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132 – Simple vs Complex Motor Skills: Do Training Principles Generalize? Jan 15, 2019

Show notes

Do the principles derived from studying simple laboratory skills apply to the more complex skills involved in most sports? How does task complexity influence the way in which we manipulate load and challenge in practice? How should we schedule practice, give feedback and give physical assistance when training complex tasks?

Articles:

Principles derived from the study of simple skills do not generalize to complex skill learning Balancing Intrinsic and Germane Load to Enhance Transfer of Learning

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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131 – How Should we Space Training to Optimize Skill Acquisition? Dec 11, 2018

Show notes

What is the optimal spacing of training sessions to promote acquisition of a new skill? How does it depend on task complexity and intensity? What underlying processes are involved?

Articles:

Spacing Repetitions Over Long Timescales: A Review and a Reconsolidation Explanation Rate of learning in relation to spacing of practice periods in archery and badminton Delayed Benefits from Spaced Training When Learning a Precision Throwing Task

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 iOS/Apple

Subscribe in Anroid/Google

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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