40 Why do we have two eyes? Is binocular vision necessary for successful performance of motor actions like those involved in sports and driving? Or is it just redundant information? What is it like to live with just one eye? Download link Articles/links: Binocular Vision and Stereopsis The visual and driving performance of monocular and…

39A Is fear in a performer a debilitating problem that must be overcome? Or can freezing from fear actually improve our ability to perceive and act? Download link Articles: Ready and waiting: Freezing as active action preparation under threat Simulated self-motion alters perceived time to collision Freezing promotes perception of coarse visual features Seeing fearful…

39 A look at perceptual-motor development from the ecological perspective. If it’s not preprogrammed by our genetics, how does a child’s pattern of movements emerge from the dynamical constraints of their environment? And how does movement shape perceptual discovery? Download link Articles/links: Motor Development: A New Synthesis Infant bouncing: The assembly and tuning of action…

38A A discussion Andrew Wilson from Leeds Beckett. We discuss ecological psychology ideas like motor abundance, functional equivalence and degeneracy, Andrew’s recent study on task dynamics and information in throwing, his work on affordances and throwing prehistoric stones, and the current and future state of the ecological approach. Download link More information about my guest:…

38 A look at perceptual-motor development from an information processing, stage-based perspective. What is the relative importance of genetics and early experience? Are their critical periods in which perceptual and motor skills must develop? What is an efference copy? Download link Articles/links: What Is Motor Development? The Lessons of History Infancy and Human Growth Effects…