29 How good are drivers at detecting risks and dangers that lurk around the corner? What is the best way to assess this ability? Do people actually want some risk when driving? Is the desire for risk going to counteract our efforts to making make the road safer through interventions? -How does glare effect sports…
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28B A look at the psychological side of penalty kicks to get you ready for Euro 2016. How does a penalty shootout compare to high pressure situations in other sports? What is the best strategy for taking a penalty? Is it important to have a pre-kick routine and celebrate if you win? Download link Articles/links:…
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28A A discussion with Sam Miller, Editor in Chief at Baseball Prospectus and co-author of the new book: The Only Rule Is It Has to Work: Our Wild Experiment Building a New Kind of Baseball Team. We discuss the story of how Sam and his co-author Ben Lindbergh, two self-acclaimed stat head nerds, were put…
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28 Why do teenage and elderly drivers have consistently higher accident rates? Are teenagers just being careless and risky? Does it matter who is in the car with them? Do the declines perceptual and cognitive skills associated with age making driving unsafe for older drivers? -Guiding an athlete’s attention during training (Time 25:11) Download link…
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27E How well do performers recover from incidents of choking under pressure? An examination of some baseball data to determine which factors influence whether or there is lingering performance effect after a choke. Download link To See the Data, Figures & R Code from the Analysis Please Go To: https://perceptionaction.com/chokehangover Articles/links: http://www.baseball-reference.com/play-index/ From attentional control…
Read MoreRecommended: Listen to the Podcast Episode that accompanies this analysis Goal: To determine whether there is a decline in batting performance after a “choking” event in baseball relative to pre-event performance. Also, to determine which factors influence this effect. Data sources: http://www.baseball-reference.com/play-index Event definition: 9th inning, 1 out, leverage index >= 1.5, batter hits into…
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27D A discussion with Anders Ericsson, Professor of Psychology at Florida State University and co-author of the new book: Peak: The Secrets from the New Science of Expertise. We touch on topics including purposeful vs deliberate practice, whether achieving automaticity can hinder becoming an expert, whether skill acquisition is linear, being able to coach yourself,…
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27C News: What effect does mental fatigue have on sports performance? Does fatigue change our ability to focus our attention, anticipate and make decisions on the field? Or does it just decrease our motivation to do all this? Download link Articles: Mental fatigue impairs soccer-specific decision-making skill Shifts in Attention During Mental Fatigue: Evidence From…
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27B Is adding virtual objects (e.g., the offside line in soccer or the first down line in football) to augment sports broadcasts always a good way to enhance a fan’s experience or can it be taken too far? My ESPN K Zone rant! Download link Articles/links: http://www.sportvision.com/media/espn-k-zone Augmenting Live Broadcast Sports with 3D Tracking Information…
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27A A discussion with Mark Anshell, Professor of Health & Human Performance at Middle Tennessee State University and author of the new book: “In Praise of Failure in Sport: The Value of Overcoming Mistakes to Achieve Optimal Performance Success”. We discuss why we need to change our conception of failure, the importance of failing for…
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