Month: August 2016

35 – Flight Simulation & Training/Part vs Whole Practice

35 A discussion of the history of flight training with an emphasis on flight simulation. What makes a good simulator? Should it really perfectly re-create the real world? Can we identify effective pilots through screening tests? -Part vs whole training in sport (Time 21:01) Download link Articles/links: The Link Trainer Naive Realism: Misplaced Faith in…

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Bayes Theorem & Fantasy Football

Recommended: Listen to the Podcast Episode that accompanies this analysis Bayes Theorem allows us to predict the probability of a particular event (A) occurring given that we know that another condition (B) has already occurred. There are two basic formulations of the theorem that can be used Example 1: What is the probability that the…

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

34B What are conditional probabilities and how can they be used to help you draft and set you weekly lineup for a fantasy football team? Download link More about the analysis: https://perceptionaction.com/bayesintro More information: My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles) My ASU Web page Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc) Twitter: @Shakeywaits Email:…

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34A – Report from Sports Expertise Workshop

34A A few thoughts on the “Seeing the forest and the trees: Theoretical and practical issues in sport expertise” workshop held in conjunction with Annual Meeting of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSA) on June 14, 2016. Download link http://naspspa.com/2016-naspspa-conference-workshops/ More information: My Research Gate Page (pdfs of…

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34 – Plane Crash Analysis/Famous Sporting Errors

34 An analysis of some of the most serious plane crashes that were caused by human error with a goal of understanding what happened in terms of perceptual-motor and cognitive processes. What can we learn from these unfortunate incidents so that they never happen again? -Some famous errors on the sports field (Time 23:48) Download…

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

33 How do pilots use all the information from the outside environment, instruments and air traffic control to make decisions and act? Does their ability to sample information depend on experience? What are some of the common decision making errors that can occurs? -Why do performers learn better when they can control when feedback is…

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