36A A discussion with Amit Katwala, senior writer for Sport Magazine and author of the new book: The Athletic Brain: How Neuroscience is Revolutionizing Sport and Can Help You Perform Better. We discuss topics including how the brains of elites athletes are different than normal people, some methods teams are using to short cut this…
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36 A look at some of the developments in cockpit technology. Do “glass cockpits” really lead to better flying performance? Can Head-Up Displays and Highways in the Sky reduce pilot workload? Has automation in aviation lived up to its promise? -Why does having a “quiet eye” resulting in better sports performance? (Time 20:45) Download link…
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35C Does the advantage of being relatively older (being born in Jan, Feb or March) hold up when the highest levels of sport are examined? Why might this effect reverse, giving a clear advantage to the relatively young underdogs? Download link Articles: Annual age grouping and athlete development: A meta-analytical review of relative age effect…
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35B News: A look at a couple recent motor learning studies. How can we build on basic concepts such like contextual interference and extrinsic feedback to speed skill acquisition? Download link Articles: The Effect of Gradual Increase in Contextual Interference on Acquisition, Retention and Transfer of Volleyball Skills More Feedback Is Better than Less: Learning…
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35A One of the greatest challenges those of us working in sports currently face is how to keep athletes healthy and on the field. Should we take a conservative approach, giving them more rest days and not pushing them so hard in practice? Or should we believe what doesn’t kill them will only make the…
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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…
Read MoreRecommended: 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 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 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 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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