The Perception & Action Podcast

Rob Gray

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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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496 – Player Dynamics as a Measure of Skill

The Perception & Action Podcast

06/11/24 • 17 min

Can we quantify player skill in soccer using player dynamics through a model using attractors and repellors? Article:Measuring skill via player dynamics in football dribbling 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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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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

The Perception & Action Podcast

03/29/16 • 26 min

How much attention is required to drive effectively? Is driving a manual transmission really done automatically? How well do we remember the details of driving accidents?

What is the best way to develop tactical creativity and divergent thinking in young athletes? (Time 20:35)

Links to articles discussed:

How automatic is manual gear shifting?

Driving without awareness: The effects of practice and automaticity on attention and driving

Driving with the wandering mind: the effect that mind-wandering has on driving performance

Do familiarity and expectations change perception?

Forgetting Near-Accidents: The Roles of Severity, Culpability and Experience in the Poor Recall of Dangerous Driving Situations

Reconstruction of Automobile Destruction: An Example of the Interaction Between Language and Memory

Planting misinformation in the human mind: A 30-year investigation of the malleability of memory

Two strategies for learning a route in a driving simulator

Development of tactical creativity in sports

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

Jacuzzi Boys – Automatic Jail

Six Star General – I Remember

The Yolks - Wandering

Kelley Stoltz – The Memory Collector

Josh Woodward – Memory Replaced

Steadman – Create Your Fate

Anitek – Divergent Thought

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7A – Is Listening to Heavy Metal Music Bad For You?

The Perception & Action Podcast

08/11/15 • 12 min

News: Is listening to heavy metal music bad for you?

Articles:

Three Decades Later: The Life Experiences and Mid-Life Functioning of 1980s Heavy Metal Groupies, Musicians, and Fans

More information

http://www.perceptionactionpodcast.libsyn.com/

My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)

My ASU Web page

Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: [email protected]

Credits:

Insane Ride – Sound of Rock n Roll

Jose O Salvador – For Those About to Rock

Behold the Living Corpse – Death March

Without God – Space Weed

Wizardry – Keeper of Doom

Vincebus Eruptum – Hand of Doomish

Metamophosis – Ballada Bezbozna

Tombs – Seven Stars of The Angel of Death

Hellcore - Sakit Jiwa Terinfeksi

Subterrestrial – We Live Inside

The Old Submarine – Flawless

Utopian Condition – Human Despair

Singularity – Screaming at the Sun

Hound – Sleeping Hound

Silent Sorrow - The Sorrow Embrace

Zoliborz - To Balagopalan Ganapathy

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492 – An Ecological Approach to Physical Therapy, Rehab & Injury Prevention (JC38)

The Perception & Action Podcast

05/14/24 • 67 min

A Journal Club with Wieger Heijenk (PT, "The Dutch shoulder magician") and Lupko Pot (Founder / Owner Tidal Tank & UltimateInstability,) to discuss and demo their unique approaches to PT and training which incorporate many Ecological Dynamics concepts. Links:https://www.tidal-tank.com/ https://www.ultimateinstability.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/wieger-heijenk-0584a924a/ https://www.youtube.com/@Shoulderscience 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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340 – Educating a Coach’s Attention & the Use of Diagnostic Constraints

The Perception & Action Podcast

02/16/21 • 30 min

How do good coaches pick up information while observing an athlete, that can be used to guide skill acquisition? How can coaches better educate their attention to information that will better support search and self- organization of movement? A look at perceptual expertise in coaching.

Articles:Visual Expertise in the Perception of Action

Coaches’ internal model of the tennis serve technique: Knowing or understanding?

An Operational Model of Motor Skill Diagnosis

Golf coaches’ perceptions of key technical swing parameters compared to biomechanical literature Does perceptual or motor experience influence the perception of global and joint-specific kinematic changes in complex movement patterns?

Experiential Knowledge Affects the Visual Search Behaviors of Sprint Coaches and Sport Biomechanists

Videos:

https://youtu.be/9lbBiz-ouLo

https://youtu.be/qjW5LMQrRlU

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

22 – Braking & Steering/Knuckleballs

The Perception & Action Podcast

03/01/16 • 24 min

How does a driver know when to start braking and whether they are braking hard enough to avoid a collision? Where do we look when we steer around a curve? Do race car drivers look somewhere different?

Why is it so hard to hit (and throw!) a knuckleball? (Time: 18:36)

Links to articles discussed:

A theory of visual control of braking based on information about time-to-collision

Time-to-contact judgment in the locomotion of adults and preschool children Visual control of braking: a test of the tau hypothesis Affordance-Based Control of Visually Guided Action A two-point visual control model of steering Where we look when we steer Which parts of the road guide steering?

Using vision to control locomotion: looking where you want to go

Expert Baseball Batters Have Greater Sensitivity in Making Swing Decisions

Knuckleball graph link:

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2010/6/10/1511336/why-is-it-so-hard-to-hit-the

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36E46a1bG70

More information:

http://www.perceptionactionpodcast.libsyn.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

Split Single – Made for Breaking

Wheel on Fire – Hit You With a Kiss

Calexico – Bend to the Road

Mikal Cronin – Turn Around

Apache – Bloody Knuckles

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535 – Individual Differences in the Benefits of Linear and Non-Linear Pedagogy Approach to Skill Training

The Perception & Action Podcast

04/22/25 • 24 min

Does “it depend” when choosing between using a nonlinear vs linear pedagogy approach to coaching? Do some learners benefit from a prescriptive, linear approach? A look at the potential mediating role of adaptability.

Article:The influence of linear and nonlinear pedagogy on motor skill performance: the moderating role of adaptability 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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481 – Why are Some Affordances More Inviting than Others?

The Perception & Action Podcast

02/20/24 • 20 min

Revisiting the conceptualization of affordances as invitations for action. Why are some affordances more inviting than others and how can we influence this as a coach? Articles:Affordances can invite behavior: Reconsidering the relationship between affordances and agency Inviting affordances and agency Understanding phenomenological differences in how affordances solicit action. An exploration 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

489 – Interview with Alex Sarama, Transforming Basketball

The Perception & Action Podcast

04/23/24 • 50 min

My interview with Alex Sarama, founder of Transforming Basketball. Taking a constraints-led approach to basketball practice.

Links: https://transformingbball.com/ https://twitter.com/AlexJSarama

More information: Subscribe in iOS/Apple Subscribe in Android/Google My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles) My ASU Web page Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc) Email: [email protected]

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486 – Functional Variability in the Cricket Bowling Delivery

The Perception & Action Podcast

04/02/24 • 12 min

A look at a recent study that provides evidence that cricket bowlers use movement variability (as opposed to repeatability) to regulate the timing and speed of their delivery. And looking back at a classic in ecological dynamics – the first study to show this effect. Articles:Functional movement variability to maintain delivery speed in cricket fast bowling Timing an attacking forehand drive in table tennis 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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