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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.

68 – Interview with Emma Mosley, Southampton Solent, Emotional Intelligence, HRV & Pressure

29 mins; July 10, 2017

67 – Virtual Environments for Training & Understanding Sports Skills I: Why, How and When?

29 mins; July 03, 2017

66 – Interview with Gerard Jones, Bristol Rovers FC, Coaching to Develop Decision Making

39 mins; June 26, 2017

65 – Body Awareness, Kinaesthetic Sensitivity & Proprioceptive Training

22 mins; June 19, 2017

64 – Intermittent Vision: How Much Do We Need to Be Able to See To Act?

19 mins; June 12, 2017

63 – Innovative Video Feedback, Affordances for Movement & Team Coordination

22 mins; June 05, 2017

62 – Interview with Stephanie Rossit, East Anglia, How the Brain Supports Perception & Action

41 mins; May 29, 2017

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

35 mins; May 22, 2017

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

33 mins; May 15, 2017

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

21 mins; May 08, 2017

58 – Flow & Psychological Momentum

22 mins; May 01, 2017

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

46 mins; April 24, 2017

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

21 mins; April 17, 2017

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

36 mins; April 10, 2017

54 – Perceptual Learning III: Application to Sports

21 mins; April 03, 2017

53 – Perceptual Learning II – Direct Learning

21 mins; March 27, 2017

52 – Perceptual Learning I: Introduction

21 mins; March 20, 2017

51 – Rule Changes to Make Sports More Exciting

11 mins; March 06, 2017

50 – Structure of Motor Variability & Learning Rate, Facebook & Anxiety, Child vs Adult Motor Learning

16 mins; February 27, 2017

49 – Interview with Danny Newcombe, Oxford Brookes University, CLA & Coaching

37 mins; February 20, 2017

48 – Interview with Diane Ste-Marie, University of Ottawa, Observational Learning & Feedback

57 mins; February 13, 2017

47 – Interview with Dave Collins, Institute of Coaching & Performance, UCLAN

48 mins; February 06, 2017

46 – Self Talk & Mantras in Sport

17 mins; January 30, 2017

45 – Soccer Illusions, Detecting Opponents with Sound & Training with Mirrors

14 mins; January 23, 2017

44 –Social Facilitation of Performance & The 1st Sports Psych Experiment

14 mins; January 17, 2017

43 – P&A Court II: Low vs High Variability in Motor Control & Learning

33 mins; January 09, 2017

42 – Top 5 Sport Psychology Stories of 2016

13 mins; January 03, 2017

41 – Motion in Depth Blindness & Visual Channels

16 mins; December 05, 2016

40B – Report from Sports Biometrics Conference

10 mins; November 28, 2016

40A – Anxiety & Performance: Planning Actions, Motor Learning and Holistic Goals

14 mins; November 21, 2016

40 – P&A Court I: Monocular vs Binocular Vision

34 mins; November 14, 2016

39B – Specificity vs Variability in Training/My Ultra Update

15 mins; November 07, 2016

39A – Halloween Special II: Effects of Fear on Perception & Performance

12 mins; October 30, 2016

39 – Perceptual-Motor Development II: Ecological Approach

21 mins; October 24, 2016

38A – Interview with Andrew Wilson, Leeds Beckett, Ecological Approach

52 mins; October 17, 2016

38 – Perceptual-Motor Development I: Traditional Approaches

24 mins; October 12, 2016

37D - Sciencing My Way Through Ultrarunning: Intro

14 mins; October 10, 2016

37C – Interview with Kylie Steel, Western Sydney, Applying Biological Motion

22 mins; October 05, 2016

37B – Sports Science Shorts: Stereotype Threat & Performance

13 mins; October 03, 2016

37A – Interview with Joe Baker, York, Talent ID & Development

32 mins; September 28, 2016

37 – UAVs, Drones & Helicopters/Inhibiting Actions in Sports

23 mins; September 26, 2016

36C – Interview with Costas Karageorghis, Brunel, Applying Music in Sport

34 mins; September 21, 2016

36B – Ringside Feedback in Boxing, Action Capabilities & Perceived Location

12 mins; September 19, 2016

36A – Interview with Amit Katwala, Applying Neuroscience to Sports

25 mins; September 14, 2016

36 – Aviation Instruments & Automation/Causal Mechanisms of the Quiet Eye

25 mins; September 12, 2016

35C – Sports Science Shorts: Reversal of the Relative Age Effect

9 mins; September 07, 2016

35B – Effects of Increasing Contextual Interference & Augmented Audio Feedback on Motor Learning

11 mins; September 05, 2016

35A - Sport Science Shorts: Review of "The Arm", Injury Prevention & Recovery

11 mins; August 31, 2016

35 – Flight Simulation & Training/Part vs Whole Practice

25 mins; August 29, 2016

34B - Adventures in Analytics: Intro to Bayes Theorem & Fantasy Football

9 mins; August 24, 2016

34A – Report from Sports Expertise Workshop

11 mins; August 22, 2016

34 – Plane Crash Analysis/Famous Sporting Errors

29 mins; August 15, 2016

33 – Information Processing in Aviation /Self-Controlled Feedback in Sports

29 mins; August 01, 2016

32 – Spatial Disorientation in Aviation/Ironic Effects of Pressure in Pitching

25 mins; July 18, 2016

31 –Visual Perception in Aviation/ Manipulating Spatial & Temporal Constraints in Practice

28 mins; July 04, 2016

30 –Driver Training & Testing/What is the Greatest Sports Record?

23 mins; June 20, 2016

29 –Risk Perception & Tolerance in Driving/Glare & Sports

26 mins; June 06, 2016

28B - Sport Science Shorts: Soccer Penalty Kicks

9 mins; May 29, 2016

28A – Interview with Sam Miller, Baseball Prospectus, Putting Analytics into Practice

32 mins; May 25, 2016

28 – Older and Younger Drivers/Guiding an Athlete's Attention

28 mins; May 23, 2016

27E - Adventures in Analytics: Spieth's Future and the Choking Hangover

12 mins; May 22, 2016

27D – Interview with Anders Ericsson, FSU, The New Science of Expertise

32 mins; May 18, 2016

27C – Effects of Mental Fatigue on Attention & Decision Making in Sports

11 mins; May 16, 2016

27B - Sport Science Shorts: Augmented Reality in Sports Broadcasting

8 mins; May 15, 2016

27A – Interview with Mark Anshell, MTSU, In Praise of Failure

29 mins; May 11, 2016

27 – Driver Warnings/Tunnel Vision in Sports

27 mins; May 09, 2016

26E - Sport Science Shorts: Psychology Strikes Out!

16 mins; May 08, 2016

26D – Interview with Peter Fadde, SIU, Sports Training and VR

36 mins; May 04, 2016

26C –Talent ID Using Perceptual-Motor Assessments/ Sensorimotor Rhythm Feedback for Training

13 mins; May 02, 2016

26B – Adventures in Analytics: Pitching Entropy/100th Episode

11 mins; May 01, 2016

26A– Interview with Denise Hill, University of Portsmouth, Choking Under Pressure

35 mins; April 27, 2016

26 – Driver Assistance Systems & Automated Vehicles/Designing Effective Sports Training

23 mins; April 25, 2016

25E - Adventures in Analytics: Handedness & Batting Stance

12 mins; April 24, 2016

25D– Interview with Jordan Muraskin, deCervo, Brain Recording & Sports

35 mins; April 20, 2016

25C – Using Fractions to Save Soccer Balls/Gymnastics Movement Feedback

8 mins; April 18, 2016

25B - Sport Science Shorts: Why Can't We Perceive Acceleration & Does it Matter?

7 mins; April 17, 2016

25A– Interview with Sam Sommers, Tufts University, This is Your Brain on Sports

18 mins; April 13, 2016

25 – Driver Distraction /Bringing Sports into the Lab

28 mins; April 11, 2016

24E - Sport Science Shorts: Nonverbal Communication

7 mins; April 10, 2016

24D– Interview with Dan McGehee, University of Iowa

30 mins; April 06, 2016

24C – A Constraints-Led Approach to the Quiet Eye, Gaze Training in Beach Volleyball

11 mins; April 04, 2016

24B - Sport Science Shorts: Bobbing, Weaving & Deceptive Actions

9 mins; April 03, 2016

24A– Interview with Natasha Merat, ITS, University of Leeds

24 mins; March 30, 2016

24 – Attention & Memory in Driving/Tactical Creativity in Sports

26 mins; March 28, 2016

23E- Sport Science Shorts: Color Blindness in Athletes & Fans

6 mins; March 27, 2016

23D– Interview with Nick Reed, Transport Research Lab

23 mins; March 23, 2016

23C – Letting it Happen vs Making it Happen/Challenging the Truths of Motor Learning

10 mins; March 21, 2016

23B - Sport Science Shorts: Transfer from Cricket to Baseball

9 mins; March 20, 2016

23A– Interview with Keith Lohse, Auburn, Motor Learning & Rehabilitation

38 mins; March 16, 2016

23 – Gap Acceptance in Driving/Pain Perception in Athletes

27 mins; March 14, 2016

22E- Sport Science Shorts: Lumosity & the Future of Brain Training in Sport

10 mins; March 13, 2016

22D – Interview with Cathy Craig, QUB, Understanding & Improving Movement

39 mins; March 09, 2016

22C – Tactical Knowledge in Soccer, How Similar are Throwing & Serving?

13 mins; March 07, 2016

22B - Sport Science Shorts: Perceptual-Motor Control in Cycling

7 mins; March 06, 2016

22A – Interview with Nancy Cooke, ASU, Team performance

22 mins; March 02, 2016

22 – Braking & Steering/Knuckleballs

24 mins; February 29, 2016

21E - Sport Science Shorts: A Ball By Any Other Color

8 mins; February 28, 2016

21D – Interview with Noel Rousseau, PGA golf professional and coach

25 mins; February 24, 2016

21C – Does 3D MOT training transfer to sport? How good are airport baggage screeners?

12 mins; February 22, 2016

21B – Sport Science Shorts: Skill Acquisition in the Movies, the Award goes to

7 mins; February 21, 2016

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