The Perception & Action Podcast

..where I discuss how psychological research can be applied to improving performance, accelerating skill acquisition & designing technologies.

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569 – Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception, Chaps 6-7  (JC 62)

569 Join Andrew, Marianne, and me as we start a new book. Looking at Chapters 6 and 7 from Gibson’s “1979 book”: The Ecological Approach to Visual PerceptionDownload link...

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568 – Representations with Andrew Wilson

568 A discussion with Andrew Wilson about representations? What are they exactly? Why do people propose we need them? Can we really have a non-representational theory of behavior?Download link...

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567 – An Ecological Account of Previewing and Using Advance Information

567 How can we understand the cognition involved in route previewing (for example, as is commonly used in rock climbing and alpine skiing) and using advance information (for example,...

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566 – Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception, Chaps 5 (JC 61)

566 Join Andrew, Marianne, and me as we discuss Chapter 5 from Gibson’s “1979 book”: The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception. What is the ambient optic array?Download link Articles:The...

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565 – Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception, Chaps 3-4 (JC 60)

565 Join Andrew, Marianne, and me as we start a new book. Looking at Chapters 3 and 4 from Gibson’s “1979 book”: The Ecological Approach to Visual PerceptionDownload link...

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564 – Ecological Cognition IV: Decision Making

564 Looking at decision-making from an ecological perspective. From a mental event that follows perception and precedes action to a phenomenon that emerges from the performer-environment interaction.Download link Articles:Ecological...

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