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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.

New Research on Generalized Perceptual-Cognitive Training

16 mins; January 20, 2020

Exploratory Search for Information, Affordances & Action Selection

15 mins; January 13, 2020

Adaptive Training to Promote Motor Learning

19 mins; January 08, 2020

Constraining Vision to Educate Attention & Promote Skill Acquisition

20 mins; November 20, 2019

The Constraints-Led Approach to Coaching IV: Why do we "Constrain"?

20 mins; October 28, 2019

Differential Learning II: Contextual Interference vs Stochastic Resonance

27 mins; October 21, 2019

Practicing with a Partner: Matched or Mismatched

6 mins; October 14, 2019

Visuomotor Calibration & Frames of Reference

16 mins; October 07, 2019

What is an Optimal Movement Pattern?

19 mins; September 30, 2019

Motor Learning as a Search within Perceptual-Motor Workspace

20 mins; September 23, 2019

Coordinative Structures in Skilled Performance

13 mins; September 16, 2019

How Consistently Do We Need to Move to Be Consistently Successful?

20 mins; September 09, 2019

How soon should you give performance feedback?

8 mins; August 26, 2019

How is Peripheral Vision Used in Sports? Gaze Anchors & Pivot Points

12 mins; August 20, 2019

Are we demanding enough of athletes in practice?

11 mins; August 12, 2019

Learning New Movement Patterns: Specificity vs Variability

7 mins; August 05, 2019

The Equilibrium Point Hypothesis of Motor Control

14 mins; July 23, 2019

New Motor Learning Neuroscience Research

13 mins; July 15, 2019

How Does Noise Shape Motor Learning?

11 mins; July 01, 2019

On Becoming Skillful: A Dynamical Systems Approach

17 mins; June 17, 2019

New Constraints Led Approach (CLA) Research

9 mins; June 11, 2019

Effects of Analogy, Explicit Instruction & Attentional Cues on Performance

16 mins; May 21, 2019

Incidental Training, Goal Babbling & Motor Exploration

16 mins; May 15, 2019

An Ecological Dynamics Assessment of Perceptual-Cognitive & VR Training in Sport

15 mins; May 07, 2019

Naturalistic, Recognition-Primed Decision Making

21 mins; April 15, 2019

Affordance Based Control

19 mins; April 08, 2019

Demonstration & Imitation as Rate Enhancers in Skill Acquisition

10 mins; April 01, 2019

140 – An Ecological Approach to Visual Anticipation in Sports

18 mins; March 25, 2019

Improving Performance by Amplifying Errors

9 mins; March 18, 2019

Alternative Ways to Cue & Provide Feedback

23 mins; March 04, 2019

The Yips

15 mins; February 25, 2019

Talent Equation Podcast Panel

52 secs; February 20, 2019

The Problem of Motor Redundancy vs the Bliss of Motor Abundance

25 mins; February 04, 2019

Are there General Perceptual-Motor Abilities? Should we be Testing & Training Them?

22 mins; January 28, 2019

New Representative Design Research

9 mins; January 21, 2019

Simple vs Complex Motor Skills: Do Training Principles Generalize?

20 mins; January 14, 2019

How Should we Space Training to Optimize Skill Acquisition?

17 mins; December 10, 2018

Designing Affective Practice II: Emotion as a Constraint, Role of a Coaches' Emotions

13 mins; November 26, 2018

The Legacy of Paul Fitts II: A Three Stage Model of Motor Learning

16 mins; November 19, 2018

Affordances & Momentum, Value of Unstructured Practice

15 mins; November 12, 2018

The Legacy of Paul Fitts I: Fitts' Law & the Speed-Accuracy Tradeoff

18 mins; October 29, 2018

Guiding Movement by Coupling Taus

19 mins; October 22, 2018

The Legacy of James J Gibson III: The Ecological Approach, Research & Challenges

25 mins; October 15, 2018

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

22 mins; October 08, 2018

The Legacy of James J Gibson I: Invariants & Direct Perception

22 mins; September 24, 2018

Reflections on the FBR Summit: Putting Self Organization into Practice

14 mins; September 17, 2018

How Much Variability in Practice & When? Does Water Immersion Enhance Motor Learning?

15 mins; September 10, 2018

Perceptual-Motor Calibration

16 mins; September 03, 2018

Interview with Jeff Fairbrother, Tennessse, Motor Learning, Feedback, Focus of Attention

27 mins; August 27, 2018

Interview with Paul Venner, Dutch Baseball, Variability & Constraints in Movement, S&C

21 mins; August 20, 2018

Shared Mental Models vs Shared Affordances in Team Coordination

20 mins; August 13, 2018

New Research on Implicit Learning: Is it a More Effective Way to Acquire New Skills?

21 mins; August 06, 2018

Interview with Randy Sullivan, Florida Baseball Ranch, Skill Acquisition Summit

33 mins; July 23, 2018

Interview with Israel Halperin, Skill Acquisition Training & Research, Cueing, Combat Sports

31 mins; July 16, 2018

113 – Online vs Internal, Model-Based Control of Action

30 mins; July 02, 2018

Interview with Len Zaichkowsky & Dan Peterson, The Playmaker's Advantage

38 mins; June 25, 2018

111 – When Should a Coach Abandon a Practice Activity and Try Something Else?

20 mins; June 18, 2018

110 – Donor Sports & the Value of Non Sport Specific Practice

17 mins; June 11, 2018

Habit vs Skill: Which Should We Attempt to Develop in Performers?

18 mins; June 04, 2018

Does Brain Stimulation Enhance Acquisition, Performance and Retention of Sports Skills?

18 mins; May 28, 2018

Interview with Mike Studer, President NWRA, Applying motor learning principles to rehabilitation

23 mins; May 21, 2018

Does Neurofeedback Training Improve Sports Performance?

15 mins; May 14, 2018

How Difficult Should Practice Be? The Challenge Point Hypothesis

22 mins; April 30, 2018

Practicing with Intent: The Role of Intention in Action

15 mins; April 23, 2018

Interview with Rajiv Ranganthan, MSU, Motor Learning, Variability & Coordination

32 mins; April 09, 2018

Modified Perceptual Training, Proactive & Reactive Motor Inhibition

14 mins; April 02, 2018

Brain Dynamics & Psychomotor Efficiency, Effect of Culture on Movement

15 mins; March 26, 2018

The Why, What, How & When of Movement Variability

37 mins; March 12, 2018

Interview with Shawn Myszka, Sport Movement Skill Conference, Ecological Dynamics

34 mins; March 05, 2018

Interview with Movement & Skill Acquisition Ireland, Constraints based coaching

44 mins; February 26, 2018

Interview with Mark O'Sullivan, AIK, Affordances, Practice Design & Talent Development

32 mins; February 19, 2018

Can Assisted Movement Facilitate Skill Acquisition?

25 mins; February 12, 2018

The Legacy of Nikolai Bernstein III: "Repetition without Repetition" & Beyond

22 mins; February 05, 2018

The Legacy of Nikolai Bernstein II: Skill Acquisition through Free(z)ing Degrees of Freedom

25 mins; January 29, 2018

The Legacy of Nikolai Bernstein I: Problems in Movement Coordination

20 mins; January 22, 2018

Differential Learning

23 mins; January 15, 2018

Variability of Practice Revisited

35 mins; January 08, 2018

Interview with Leah Robinson, Michigan, Fundamental Movement Skills

21 mins; December 11, 2017

The Constraints-Led Approach to Coaching III: Evaluating its Effectiveness

33 mins; December 04, 2017

The Constraints-Led Approach to Coaching II: Dynamics

27 mins; November 27, 2017

The Constraints-Led Approach to Coaching I: What are Constraints?

22 mins; November 20, 2017

86 – Interview with Brian McCormick, Talent Development & Practice Design in Basketball

37 mins; November 13, 2017

Interview with Dave Mann, Vrije University, Vision & Gaze Behavior in Sports

26 mins; November 06, 2017

Time Scales in Motor Learning

25 mins; October 30, 2017

Vision & Gaze Behavior in Baseball Batting

24 mins; October 23, 2017

Movement Instruction, Knowledge & Description

17 mins; October 16, 2017

Interview with Tim Buszard, ISEAL, Scaling Equipment, WMC, Contextual Interference

29 mins; October 09, 2017

Interview with Gaby Wulf & Rebecca Lewthwaite, OPTIMAL Theory of Motor Learning

24 mins; October 02, 2017

Designing Affective Practice I: Using Pressure to Aid Motor Learning

24 mins; September 25, 2017

New Research on Changing Movement Patterns

19 mins; September 18, 2017

Achieving & Assessing Transfer in Sport Training

22 mins; September 11, 2017

Interview with Mark Williams, Utah, Talent ID and Development

39 mins; September 04, 2017

Attentional Theories of Choking Under Pressure Revisited II: Integrative Theories

20 mins; August 28, 2017

Interview with Sam Vine, Exeter, Quiet Eye, Pressure, VR Training

37 mins; August 21, 2017

Attentional Theories of Choking Under Pressure Revisited I: Critiques

31 mins; August 14, 2017

Interview with Edward Coughlan, CIT, Skill Acquisition & Deliberate Practice

42 mins; August 07, 2017

Skill Acquisition AZ (SAAZ) 2017 Meeting Announcement

1 min; August 07, 2017

Virtual Environments for Training & Understanding Sports Skills III: Altering Reality for Research

30 mins; July 31, 2017

70 – Interview with Anne Benjaminse, Groningen, Attentional Focus in Injury Prevention & Recovery

14 mins; July 24, 2017

69 – Virtual Environments for Training & Understanding Sports Skills II: Evaluating the Evidence

48 mins; July 17, 2017

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