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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:

61 – Interview with Damian Farrow, Victoria University/AIS, Practice Design May 23, 2017

Show notes

A discussion with Damian Farrow. Professor of Skill Acquisition at Victoria University in Melbourne Australia. We take a step by step look at practice design discussing how to determine the goals of practice, how to effectively manipulate constraints, how to achieve the right balance of practice variability, how to effectively use instruction and feedback, and things an athlete should do when off the practice field.

More information about my guest:

https://www.vu.edu.au/contact-us/damian-farrow

https://www.linkedin.com/in/damianfarrow/

https://twitter.com/FarrowDamian

More information:

http://perceptionaction.com/

My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)

My ASU Web page

Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I'm on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

60 – Interview with Jenelle Gilbert, CSU Fresno, Mental Skills Training May 16, 2017

Show notes

A discussion with Jenelle Gilbert, Professor in the Department of Kinesiology, California State University Fresno. We discuss the importance of mental skills training in sports and beyond, her concept of the Psychological UNIFORM, using a Game Plan format to teach mental skills and her recent research looking at the stressors faced by coaches.

More information about my guest:

http://www.fresnostate.edu/chhs/kinesiology/faculty-staff/faculty/gilbert.html

More information:

http://perceptionaction.com/

My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)

My ASU Web page

Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I'm on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

59 – Interview with Bruce Hoyer, MMA Coach, Next Edge Academy May 09, 2017

Show notes

A discussion with Bruce Hoyer, Martial Arts Coach at the Next Edge Academy in South Dakota. We discuss how Bruce has employed a variety of different ideas from sports science research in his coaching including using a flipped classroom, observational learning, giving feedback and reducing interference in motor learning.

More information about my guest:

https://www.nextedgeacademy.com/bruce-hoyer

https://twitter.com/nextedgeacademy

More information:

http://perceptionaction.com/

My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)

My ASU Web page

Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I'm on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

58 – Flow & Psychological Momentum May 02, 2017

Show notes

What do we mean when we say an athlete is "in the flow"? How often does it occur? What brings it on? Can we control it? How does it relate to "psychological momentum" and performance?

Articles/links:

A systematic review of the experience, occurrence, and controllability of flow states in elite sport

The relation of flow-experience and physiological arousal under stress — Can u shape it?

Understanding the psychophysiology of flow: A driving simulator experiment to investigate the relationship between flow and heart rate variability

Is Flow Really Effortless? The Complex Role of Effortful Attention

Interactive effects of visuomotor perturbation and an afternoon nap on performance and the flow experience

Psychological momentum: Why success breeds success

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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Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Dave Mason – Let it Go, Let it Flow

Son Volt - Flow

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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57 – Interview with John Kiely, UCLAN, Rethinking the Stress Process & Periodization Apr 25, 2017

Show notes

A discussion with John Kiely, Senior Lecturer in Elite Performance from the University of Central Lancashire. Topics discussed include the evolution of theories of stress, anxiety and injury, the role of psycho-emotional factors in the stress process and designing supportive training environments to increase athlete buy-in.

More information about my guest:

http://www.uclan.ac.uk/staff_profiles/john_kiely.php

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/John_Kiely2

https://twitter.com/simplysportssci

More information:

http://perceptionaction.com/

My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)

My ASU Web page

Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I'm on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

56 – Variability & Motor Learning, Attentional Training, Explicit Instructions & Skill Transfer Apr 18, 2017

Show notes

News: Listener picks for articles to review including more research on the effect of variability on motor learning, attention training to reduce the effects of stress on performance and the effect of explicit instructions.

Articles:

High variability impairs motor learning regardless of whether it affects task performance

The effects of attention training techniques on stress and performance in sports The Effect of Variability of Practice at Execution Redundancy Level in Skilled and Novice Basketball Players Explicit instruction of rules interferes with visuomotor skill transfer

vlog:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkFDwtrBfpZALV_oEPmc-cQ OR

https://www.facebook.com/perceptionactionpodcast/

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

Nude Beach – Story of a Man

Sean Adams – Hard Luck Story

The Plimsouls – Oldest Story in the World

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

55 – Interview with Harri Mannonen, Finland, Basketball as a Complex System Apr 11, 2017

Show notes

A discussion with Harri Mannonen, basketball coach based in Kouvola, Finland. Topics discussed include: why is it useful for coaches to look at basketball as a complex system, what is the best way to add variability to practice and what is the role of conscious control in sports.

More information about my guest:

https://harrimannonen.com/

https://twitter.com/harrimannonen

More information:

http://perceptionaction.com/

My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)

My ASU Web page

Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I'm on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

54 – Perceptual Learning III: Application to Sports Apr 04, 2017

Show notes

How can we apply the principles of perceptual learning to improve information pickup on the sports field?

Articles/links:

Applying perceptual learning to achieve practical changes in vision

Improved vision and on field performance in baseball through perceptual learning

When less is more: Reduced usefulness training for the learning of anticipation skill in tennis

No transfer of calibration between action and perception in learning a golf putting task

Perception and action in golf putting: Skill level differences reflect calibration

Role of feedback in the accuracy of perceived direction of motion in depth and control of interceptive action

http://perceptionaction.com/survey1/

https://twitter.com/ASU_HSE

https://www.facebook.com/HSEASU/

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

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Ultimate Painting – Can't You See

Joshua James Hunt – I Can't Wait to See You

Rocketship Park – See You

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

53 – Perceptual Learning II – Direct Learning Mar 28, 2017

Show notes

How does a performer become attuned to the perceptual information that is optimal for a task? Perceptual learning as a direct movement through information space guided by information for learning involving processes of education of intention, education of attention, and calibration.

Articles/links:

Direct Learning

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/has-the-fly-ball-revolution-begun/

Learning to visually perceive the relative mass of colliding balls in globally and locally constrained task ecologies Monocular optical constraints on collision control Lateral interception I: Operative optical variables, attunement, and calibration

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

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

The Monitors – Gimmie Direction

Ryan Bingham – Direction of the Wind

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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52 – Perceptual Learning I: Introduction Mar 21, 2017

Show notes

How does experience and practice change our ability to extract information from our environment and how can we best facilitate this process? What changes in our brain during perceptual learning?

Articles/links:

Perceptual learning and human expertise

Expert baseball batters have greater sensitivity in making swing decisions.

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

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Sonic Rendezvous Band – Love and Learn

Ha Ha Tonka – Learning to Fly

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

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