Month: January 2022

386 – Decision Making III: Emergent, Mental Model Driven or Both?

386 A look at the recent systematic review of decision making in sports. Is decision making best explained as being emergent, mental model driven or both? Is this an example of integrating direct and indirect theories of perception?Download link Articles:Understanding a Player’s Decision-Making Process in Team Sports: A Systematic Review of Empirical EvidenceContinuous hitting movements…

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385 – A 10 Commandments for an Ecological Approach to Skill

385 A look Michaels and Palatinus’ 10 commandments for ecological psychology and their implications for skill acquisition research and coaching. Why are the principles of the ecological approach a package deal?Download link Articles:A Ten Commandments for Ecological Psychology More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)My ASU Web pagePodcast Facebook…

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384– Learning to Move with Pain: Affordances & Constraints

384 How does pain shape learning and re-learning to move? How does it change the field of affordances available to an athlete? What is the best way to treat it?Download link Articles:Pain and the field of affordances: an enactive approach to acute and chronic pain More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs…

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383 – Why I Switched Sides to the Ecological Approach

383 Why did I make the switch in my career from thinking about skill as an indirect, predictive process involving internal models to direct perception, ecological dynamics?  Why do I think the latter is a better approach to understanding and developing skill?  Download link Articles:“Markov at the Bat”: A Model of Cognitive Processing in Baseball…

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