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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.

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Journal Club #32: Exploring Ecological Dynamics

75 hours 33 mins; September 13, 2021

Article Review: Balancing the Demands of Learning and Performance in Sports

18 mins; September 06, 2021

Article Review: Does More Representative Practice Design Lead to Better Transfer of Training?

16 mins; August 30, 2021

Article Review: The Role of Movement Variability in Movement Accuracy

24 mins; August 23, 2021

Article Review: Choosing the Optimal Task Difficulty for Training

19 mins; August 16, 2021

Smart Perceptual Mechanisms & Training an Athlete to "See Through the Matrix"

15 mins; August 10, 2021

Self Organization & Self-Regulation in Skill Acquisition: Clarifying Some Confusions

18 mins; August 02, 2021

Biotensegrity

18 mins; July 26, 2021

Habit vs Skill II: Being Fast and Adaptable

15 mins; July 20, 2021

Article Review: Interoceptive Attention & Adaptation to Individual Constraints

12 mins; July 05, 2021

Article Review: Does the structure and amount of variability in practice matter?

19 mins; June 28, 2021

Article Review: How do Changes in Informational Constraints Influence Movement Variability?

14 mins; June 14, 2021

Article Review: How Does Movement Coordination Change with Increased Effort?

17 mins; June 07, 2021

Article Review: Does Practice Representativeness Effect Perceptual-Motor Calibration?

14 mins; May 31, 2021

Article Review: Variability of Practice as an Injury Prevention Mechanism

18 mins; May 24, 2021

Top Research Articles of 2021 (So Far)

10 mins; May 17, 2021

Perceptual-Motor Styles

18 mins; May 10, 2021

Movement Sonification to Aid Motor Learning

14 mins; May 03, 2021

Movement Reversals & what they tell us about Motor Control

16 mins; April 26, 2021

The Color of Noise in Motor Control

21 mins; April 19, 2021

Journal Club #31: Using Observation and Imagery in Coaching

53 mins; April 12, 2021

How Do Action Capabilities Constrain Affordance Perception & Decision Making

20 mins; April 05, 2021

Journal Club #30: An Ecological Approach to Youth Sports Coaching & Physical Education

63 hours 26 mins; March 22, 2021

Co-Adaptation: How Can Pitchers Exploit the Perceptual-Motor Strategies used by Hitters?

67 hours 58 mins; March 15, 2021

Journal Club #29: Exploring the Ecological Approach to Skill Acquisition

81 hours 48 mins; March 08, 2021

A Constraints-Based, Grand Unifying Theory of Sports Performance

23 mins; March 01, 2021

341 – Interview with Ollie Runswick, King's College, Anticipation, Adding Context to Practice, Video Feedback

49 mins; February 22, 2021

Educating a Coach's Attention & the Use of Diagnostic Constraints

30 mins; February 15, 2021

Journal Club #28: Ingold's "Perception of the Environment" Part I

94 hours 49 mins; February 08, 2021

Journal Club #27: Positively Advancing the Coaching Science Discussion in 2021

120 hours 17 mins; February 01, 2021

337 – An Ecological, Enactive Account of the Use of Mental Imagery in Sports

14 mins; January 25, 2021

336 – Strong Anticipation: Coordinating with the Future without Predicting It

15 mins; January 18, 2021

335 – Skilled Intentionality

15 mins; January 11, 2021

334 – Interview with Dan Peterson & Len Zaichkowsky, The Playmaker's Decisions

55 mins; January 04, 2021

Journal Club #26: Using Verbal Instructions in Coaching

75 hours 7 mins; December 21, 2020

Journal Club #25: Translating Theory into Coaching Practice

137 hours 40 mins; December 14, 2020

331 - Journal Club #24: Talent Development & How Elite Athletes are Made

60 hours 34 mins; December 07, 2020

Interview with Bill Warren, Brown, The Ecological Approach to Perception-Action

39 mins; November 30, 2020

Journal Club #22: Designing Practice Warm-Up

71 hours 58 mins; November 23, 2020

Interview with Frans Bosch, Movement Analysis in Sport

51 mins; November 16, 2020

Interview with Sian Beilock, Barnard, Building a Toolbox for Performing Under Pressure

27 mins; November 09, 2020

Revisiting "Automaticity" & Its Relevance to Skilled Performance

32 mins; November 02, 2020

Journal Club #21: Fundamental Movement Skills

69 hours 25 mins; October 26, 2020

An Ecological Approach to Sports Injury Prevention & Adaptation (Not Recovery)

35 mins; October 19, 2020

The Role of Movement Efficiency & Economy in Motor Learning: A Constraints-Based Framework

29 mins; October 12, 2020

Overspeed Perception & Decision Making Training

15 mins; October 05, 2020

Differential Learning III: Clarifying Methodology, Acute Training Effects & Brain Activity

22 mins; September 28, 2020

Using a Constraints Led Approach to Develop Tactical Skill

20 mins; September 21, 2020

Instruction, Feedback and the Promotion of Self-Organization

19 mins; September 14, 2020

My Recent Skill Acquisition Studies

29 mins; September 07, 2020

Interview with Kevin Becker, TWU, Focus of Attention & Holistic Cueing

41 mins; August 24, 2020

Machine Learning for Understanding Motor Learning

15 mins; August 17, 2020

Interview with Christian Vater, Bern, Using Peripheral Vision in Sports, Gaze Training

33 mins; August 10, 2020

Knowing Your Opponent: Deception & an Ecological View on Using Probability Information

23 mins; August 03, 2020

Do Explicit Strategies for Altering Technique Interfere with Implicit Motor Learning?

22 mins; July 27, 2020

Adding Variability, Execution Redundancy & "Essential Noise" to Practice with Equipment Modifications

22 mins; July 20, 2020

Individual Differences & Intrinsic Dynamics: Why Do Some Performers Self-Organize Better Than Others?

30 mins; July 13, 2020

Developing Adaptable Performers: Training in Regions of Metastability

16 mins; July 06, 2020

309 - Journal Club #20: Sport Practitioners as Sport Ecology Designers

76 hours 25 mins; July 01, 2020

Interview with Paula Silva, Cincinnati, Anti-fragility, Dynamical Systems Approach to Rehabilitation

53 mins; June 29, 2020

Using Biomechanical Analyses to Reduce Injury & Improve Performance

61 hours 46 mins; June 24, 2020

Interview with Matt Dicks. Portsmouth, Perception-Action Coupling, Exploring to Learn, Affordances

44 mins; June 22, 2020

Journal Club #16: What are "normal movements" in atypical populations?

62 hours 4 mins; June 17, 2020

Interview with Wolfgang Schollhorn. Mainz, Differential Learning

53 mins; June 15, 2020

New Remote Motor Learning Technology

60 hours 43 mins; June 10, 2020

Interview with John van der Kamp, VU, Implicit Learning, Ventral vs Dorsal Stream, Movement Creativity

62 hours 55 mins; June 08, 2020

Journal Club #14: Deliberate Practice

74 hours 53 mins; June 03, 2020

Evolution of My Ideas: How I Self-organized towards Self-Organization

31 mins; June 01, 2020

Interview with Kate Wilmut, Oxford Brookes, Perceptual-Motor Control in DCD, Embodied Perception vs Action

46 mins; May 31, 2020

Journal Club #13: Affordances

77 hours 27 mins; May 27, 2020

Journal Club #12: Talent ID & Selection

73 hours 10 mins; May 25, 2020

Interview with James Rudd, LJMU, An Ecological Dynamics Approach to Improving Physical Literacy & Movement Skills in PE

48 mins; May 24, 2020

Interview with Jia Yi Chow, NTU Singapore, Nonlinear Pedagogy

43 mins; May 20, 2020

Journal Club #11: Prospective Control

80 hours 3 mins; May 18, 2020

Interview with Ben Cohen, WSJ, The Hot Hand: The Mystery & Science of Streaks

26 mins; May 17, 2020

Journal Club #10: VR Training

80 hours 31 mins; May 13, 2020

Journal Club #9: Skill Acquisition Summit Roundtable

72 hours 46 mins; May 11, 2020

Prescriptive Instruction vs Self Organization: Comparative Research & Playing Both Sides

18 mins; May 10, 2020

Journal Club #8: Focus of Attention and Proprioceptive Information

55 mins; May 06, 2020

Journal Club #7: Focus of Attention and Cueing in Injury Rehabilitation

73 hours 55 mins; May 04, 2020

Interview with Joan Ryan, Intangibles: Unlocking the Science & Soul of Team Chemistry

38 mins; May 03, 2020

186 - Journal Club #6 – General vs Specific Training & "Learning to Learn to Move"

78 hours 34 mins; April 27, 2020

185 – Freezing Degrees of Freedom as an Early Movement Solution

21 mins; April 26, 2020

Journal Club #5: Bringing Representative Learning Design to Home Training

78 hours 15 mins; April 20, 2020

Interview with Greg Appelbaum, Duke University, Sports Vision Testing and Training

51 mins; April 19, 2020

Journal Club #4: Ecological Cognition & Sports Decision Making

86 hours 0 mins; April 13, 2020

Interview with Fabian Otte, Cologne, Applying the Periodization of Skill Training Framework

37 mins; April 12, 2020

Interview with Nick Winkelman, Irish Rugby, The Language of Coaching: The Art & Science of Teaching Movement

54 mins; April 08, 2020

Journal Club #3: Pitch Information & the Regulation of Baseball Swing Timing

63 hours 57 mins; April 06, 2020

Interview with Chris Button, Otago, 2nd Ed of Dynamics of Skill Acquisition, Applying Ecological Dynamics to Water Safety

34 mins; April 05, 2020

177 - Journal Club #2 - Attractor Stability & Adaptation to Constraints

61 hours 52 mins; March 31, 2020

Journal Club #1: Equipment Scaling & Functional Variability

44 mins; March 25, 2020

What is the Role of Eye Dominance in Skilled Motor Action?

29 mins; March 23, 2020

Technique Change II: Proactive Interference, Constraints & Individual Differences

15 mins; March 18, 2020

Practice Design to Improve Emergent Decision Making

29 mins; March 16, 2020

Game-Based Approaches to Coaching

25 mins; February 24, 2020

Coordination, Control & Skill: A Three Stage Model of Motor Learning

24 mins; February 17, 2020

Interview with Shawn Eagle, Pittsburgh, A Perception-Action Coupling Approach to Sport Concussion

23 mins; February 10, 2020

Going Blind: Are there Benefits to Training without Vision?

19 mins; February 03, 2020

168 – Periodization of Skill Acquisition

26 mins; January 27, 2020

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