354 Does the representativeness of a practice task effect perceptual-motor calibration? For example, is the calibration of decision making and gaze behavior more effective when hitting off a pitcher vs a tee in baseball?Download link Article:To Tee, Or Not to Tee: Exploring the Relationship Between Representative Practice and Performance in Highly Skilled Baseball Hitters More…
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353 A look at a new study comparing the effects of the CLA, differential learning, and prescriptive training on risk factors for ACL injury.Download link Articles:Motor learning methods that induce high practice variability reduce kinematic and kinetic risk factors of non-contact ACL injury More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs of my…
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My talk from the ESAN 2021 Pre-conference workshop: Developing perceptual cognitive expertise: Considerations for the role for virtual immersive technology
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352A look at some of the most interesting research articles from 2021 so far. How do constraints shape skill acquisition? How can we interpret some of the classic problems in perception from an ecological point of view? What have we learned about the search for optimal movement solutions?Download link Youtube Playlist Link: More information:Subscribe in…
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351 Why do many individuals have a distinctive manner of performing a motor action (aka a perceptual-motor style)? How can we determine whether a particular style is functional? How do styles change with development, sports training and through rehabilitation?Download link Articles:Perceptual‑motor stylesA whole body characterization of individual strategies, gender differences, and common styles in overarm…
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350 How can mapping a movement parameter into sound be used to aid motor learning? How can it be used to help stablilize movement patterns or alternatively encourage a learner to be creative and look for new ones?Download link Articles:Sonification Approaches in Sports in the past Decade: A Literature ReviewA Perspective on Implementing Movement Sonification…
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Skilled swimmers maintain performance stability under changing attentional focus constraints
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349 Why do we sometimes start moving in completely the wrong direction before changing course when intercepting a moving object? Under what conditions do these “movement reversals” occur and what do they tells us about the use of predictive vs prospective control? Download link Articles:Movement reversals in ball catchingVisual guidance of intercepting a moving target…
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