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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:

130 – Designing Affective Practice II: Emotion as a Constraint, Role of a Coaches' Emotions Nov 27, 2018

Show notes

How do the emotions of an athlete constrain the movement solutions that emerge in practice? How can they be used an indicator of progress in learning? How might a coaches' emotions influences skill acquisition and performance?

Articles/links:

The dynamics of expertise acquisition in sport: The role of affective learning design

Emotional games: How coaches' emotional expressions shape players' emotions, inferences, and team performance

More information:

http://perceptionaction.com/

My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)

My ASU Web page

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Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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129 – The Legacy of Paul Fitts II: A Three Stage Model of Motor Learning Nov 20, 2018

Show notes

The second episode in a series looking at the contributions of Paul Fitts to our understanding of motor control and motor learning. A look at Fitts' highly influential 3 phase model of skill acquisition involving cognitive, fixation and autonomous phases. Is this model really at complete odds with more recent ecological approaches?

Articles:

Perceptual-motor skill learning Factors in complex skill training Information Processing and Constraints-based Views of Skill Acquisition: Divergent or Complementary?

Links

Sport Movement Skill Conference 2019

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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128 – Affordances & Momentum, Value of Unstructured Practice Nov 13, 2018

Show notes

Does our perception of affordances in our environment depend on psychological momentum, changing as we move towards or away from achieving our goal? What is the value of informal, unstructured practice? How does it conform to the principles of ecological dynamics?

Articles:

Perceiving affordances in sports through a momentum lens

The Role of Informal, Unstructured Practice in Developing Football Expertise: The Case of Brazilian Pelada

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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127 – The Legacy of Paul Fitts I: Fitts' Law & the Speed-Accuracy Tradeoff Oct 30, 2018

Show notes

The first episode in a series looking at the contributions of Paul Fitts to our understanding of motor control and motor learning. What is Fitts' Law? How can it be used to understand and predict speed-accuracy tradeoffs (e.g. between throwing hard and throwing accurately) in sports?

Articles:

The information capacity of the human motor system in controlling the amplitude of movement

Information capacity of discrete motor responses

The Accuracy of Interceptive Action in Time and Space

Throwing speed and accuracy in baseball and cricket players

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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126 – Guiding Movement by Coupling Taus Oct 23, 2018

Show notes

A look at David Lee's Tau Coupling theory which seeks to explain how movements are controlled by using taus from our different senses and intrinsic tau guides. What is general tau theory and why does this variable apply to more than just approaching objects?

Articles:

Guiding movement by coupling taus

Guiding the swing in golf putting

Guiding contact by coupling the taus of gaps

When Is Behavioral Data Evidence for a Control Theory? Tau-Coupling Revisited

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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125 – The Legacy of James J Gibson III: The Ecological Approach, Research & Challenges Oct 16, 2018

Show notes

The final episode in my series looking at the contributions of JJ Gibson to the study of perception and action. Where is the ecological approach to perception and action now? What evidence is there to support it? What are some of the challenges it still faces?

Articles:

Perceiving action boundaries in the volleyball block

Affordances can invite behavior: Reconsidering the relationship between affordances and agency

The relevance of action in perceiving affordances: Perception of catchableness of fly balls

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

124 – The Legacy of James J Gibson II: The Theory of Affordances & Its Application to Sports Oct 09, 2018

Show notes

124 – The Legacy of James J Gibson II: The Theory of Affordances & Its Application to Sports

The second episode in a series looking at the incredible contributions of JJ Gibson to the study of perception and action. How do we go from information to goal-directed action? What are affordances and effectivities? How can they be used to guide our understanding of sports performance?

Articles:

The Theory of Affordances Affordances and Prospective Control: An Outline of the Ontology Information, affordances, and the control of action in sport

http://psychsciencenotes.blogspot.com/2018/07/you-cannot-perceive-relational.html

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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123 – The Legacy of James J Gibson I: Invariants & Direct Perception Sep 25, 2018

Show notes

The first episode in a series looking at the incredible contributions of JJ Gibson to the study of perception and action. What is direct perception? What are invariants? How do these ideas form the foundation for ideas like the constraints led approach and ecological dynamics?

Articles:

The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception

The Senses Considered as Perceptual Systems

Perception with an Eye for Motion

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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122 – Reflections on the FBR Summit: Putting Self Organization into Practice Sep 18, 2018

Show notes

Some reflections on the excellent Skill Acquisition Summit I recently attended at the Florida Baseball Ranch. What are some of the best practices for using self-organization for developing sports skills?

Articles/Links:

Florida Baseball Ranch Summit

Comparing cueing and constraints interventions for increasing launch angle in baseball batting

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

121 - How Much Variability in Practice & When? Does Water Immersion Enhance Motor Learning? Sep 11, 2018

Show notes

A look at a couple interesting recent articles on motor learning. How much variability should we add to practice and when? Are skills strengthened when they are reconsolidated when performing slight variations? Does sitting in chest deep water improve skill acquisition?

Articles:

Motor Skills Are Strengthened through Reconsolidation

Comparison of motor skill learning, grip strength and memory recall on land and in chest-deep water

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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