

The Perception & Action Podcast
Rob Gray
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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Mar 8, 2016 • 13min
22C – Tactical Knowledge in Soccer, How Similar are Throwing & Serving?
News: How is coordination achieved in team sports? Does drawing plays on a white board really transfer to on field performance? Is telling a tennis player to “throw their racquet at the ball” a good way to teach serving? Articles: Cognitive Representations and Cognitive Processing of Team-Specific Tactics in Soccer A kinematic comparison of the overhand throw and tennis serve in tennis players: how similar are they really? 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 Nic Falon – Playing Fair JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound – Bad News via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

Mar 7, 2016 • 7min
22B - Sport Science Shorts: Perceptual-Motor Control in Cycling
A look at some cycling science from a perceptual-motor control perspective. Where does a cyclist look when going around a curve? What control strategies do young cyclists use? Does seat height effect steering ability? Articles: Cycling around a Curve: The Effect of Cycling Speed on Steering and Gaze Behavior Visual guidance during bicycle steering through narrow lanes: a study in children Bicycle rider control skills: expertise and assessment Effects of changing seat height on bike handling 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 Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

Mar 3, 2016 • 22min
22A – Interview with Nancy Cooke, ASU, Team performance
A discussion with Nancy Cooke, Professor of Human Systems Engineering at Arizona State University. We discuss topics including how individual and team cognition differ, Nancy’s theory of Interactive Team Cognition, how teamwork is acquired, and how team performance changes under pressure. More information about my guest: http://poly.engineering.asu.edu/directory/nancy-cooke/ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nancy_Cooke2 https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancy-cooke-a6164aa 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

Mar 1, 2016 • 25min
22 – Braking & Steering/Knuckleballs
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 via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

Feb 29, 2016 • 9min
21E - Sport Science Shorts: A Ball By Any Other Color
Does ball color effect performance in sports? Do cricket batsman have the right to complain about pink balls and baseball batters about the brief experiment with orange ones? Articles/links: http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2015/oct/27/to-see-or-not-to-see-australian-cricket-divided-over-pink-ball-test Effect of ball color on hitting performance by college softball players Effect of softball color on batting performance in players and non-players Ball color, eye color, and a reactive motor skill Behavior of College Baseball Players in a Virtual Batting Task The role of the baseball seam pattern in pitch recognition 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 50 Foot Wave – Hot Pink, Distorted Monk Turner – (Yellow) Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

Feb 25, 2016 • 26min
21D – Interview with Noel Rousseau, PGA golf professional and coach
A discussion with Noel Rousseau, PGA golf professional, coach and developer of the Everyday Golf Coach app. We discuss automaticity, how coaching needs to be tailored to individual players, handling pressure, and how sports psychology is viewed in golf. More information about my guest: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-noel-rousseau-13796a15 http://www.everydaygolfcoach.com/about-everyday-golf-coach.php https://twitter.com/noelrousseau 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

Feb 23, 2016 • 13min
21C – Does 3D MOT training transfer to sport? How good are airport baggage screeners?
News: Does training using the 3D multiple object tracking (Neurotracker) system transfer to on-field performance in soccer? How good are baggage screeners at detecting threatening object? How does their performance depend on passenger volume and shift length? Articles/links: 3D-Multiple Object Tracking training task improves passing decision-making accuracy in soccer players When and Why Threats Go Undetected: Impacts of Event Rate and Shift Length on Threat Detection Accuracy During Airport Baggage Screening Multiple Object Tracking demo 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 Hugh Cornwell – Wrong Side of the Tracks JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound – Bad News Karl Hendricks Trio – Men’ Room at the Airport via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

Feb 22, 2016 • 7min
21B – Sport Science Shorts: Skill Acquisition in the Movies, the Award goes to
A look at some infamous movie training scenes from a skill acquisition and motor learning perspective. Awards for best use of contextual inference, best constraints led-approach, best use of key performance indicators and more! We’re gonna need a montage, montage! Training Montages: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVY8SbQGW-Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SUzcDUERLo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdZVWeA7a-Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFyLD8rmty8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7kWjf8Vm14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZQTsy3pPwo 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 Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

Feb 18, 2016 • 23min
21A – Interview with Amy Whitehead, LJMU, Think Aloud Protocols, Decision Making in Sport
A discussion with Amy Whitehead, Senior Lecturer in Sports Coaching and Physical Education, at Liverpool John Moores University. We discuss her new study looking at the effect of pressure on the thought processes of golfers, using the Think Aloud protocol to investigate and improve sports performance, and what it’s like to work as an applied sports psychologist. More information about my guest: https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/staff-profiles/faculty-of-education-health-and-community/sport-studies-leisure-and-nutrition/amy-whitehead https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Amy_Whitehead4 https://twitter.com/a_whitehead1 Links: Evidence for Skill Level Differences in the Thought Processes of Golfers During High and Low Pressure Situations The Decision Specific Reinvestment Scale 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

Feb 16, 2016 • 26min
21 – Visual Perception in Driving/Heuristics & Decision Making in Sports
How do drivers use visual cues to judge distance, speed and heading? How does our vision change during night driving? What simple rules can athletes, referees and umpires use to make quick decisions? (Time: 19:45) Links to articles discussed: The attentional demand of automobile driving Scaling apparent distance in natural indoor settings. The influence of visual pattern on perceived speed. The Optical Expansion-Pattern in Aerial Locomotion Effects of luminance, blur, and age on nighttime visual guidance: A test of the selective degradation hypothesis Simple Heuristics in Sports Judgment Bias in Baseball Umpires' First Base Calls: A Computer Simulation 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 Ramsden – Driving Rain Royal Headache – Distance & Vague Dot Wiggin Band – Speed Limit RoMak and the Space Pirates – Driving Wyldlife – One Night Only The Goodnight Loving – Safe at Home via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com


