Month: September 2018

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

123 The first episode in a series looking at the incredible contributions of JJ Gibson to the study of perception and action. What is direct perception? What are invariants? How do these ideas form the foundation for ideas like the constraints led approach and ecological dynamics? Download link Articles: The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception…

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122 – Reflections on the FBR Summit: Putting Self Organization into Practice

122 Some reflections on the excellent Skill Acquisition Summit I recently attended at the Florida Baseball Ranch. What are some of the best practices for using self-organization for developing sports skills? Download link Articles/Links: Florida Baseball Ranch Summit Comparing cueing and constraints interventions for increasing launch angle in baseball batting More information: Subscribe in iOS/Apple…

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

121 A look at a couple interesting recent articles on motor learning. How much variability should we add to practice and when? Are skills strengthened when they are reconsolidated when performing slight variations? Does sitting in chest deep water improve skill acquisition? Download link Articles: Motor Skills Are Strengthened through Reconsolidation Comparison of motor skill…

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120 – Perceptual-Motor Calibration

120 A look at the process of perceptual-motor calibration. How do we scale our perception of affordances in the environment to our action capabilities? What conditions are needed to allow for effective calibration and recalibration? Download link Articles: A systematic review on perceptual-motor calibration to changes in action capabilities Perceiving affordances: visual guidance of stair…

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