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16A - Xmas Special: Bad Gifts, Slipping on Ice, The Problem with Fruit Cake

16A - Xmas Special: Bad Gifts, Slipping on Ice, The Problem with Fruit Cake

FromThe Perception & Action Podcast


16A - Xmas Special: Bad Gifts, Slipping on Ice, The Problem with Fruit Cake

FromThe Perception & Action Podcast

ratings:
Length:
13 minutes
Released:
Dec 15, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

How do people regulate and modify their emotions (e.g., when pretending to like a bad gift)? Is this what is involved in choking under pressure? Why do people slip on ice – is our visual system letting us down, literally? Why does everybody hate fruit cake – a lesson in multisensory perception?
 
Articles:
Esteem threat, self-regulatory breakdown, and emotional distress as factors in self-defeating behavior
Temporal links to performing under pressure in international soccer penalty shootouts
Reappraising Threat: How to Optimize Performance Under Pressure
There's No Prospective Information About Friction, or, Why I Fell Over on the Ice
A systems perspective of slip and fall accidents on icy and snowy surfaces
Why walkers slip: shine is not a reliable cue for slippery ground
On the psychological impact of food colour
 
More information:
http://www.perceptionaction.com/
My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)
My ASU Web page
Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)
Twitter: @Shakeywaits
Email: robgray@asu.edu
 
Credits:
Reigning Sound - If Christmas Can’t Bring You Home
Mudhoney – Slipping Away
Rocketship Park – Cakes & Cookies
Rue Royale – Deck the Halls 
 
via freemusicarchive.org 
Released:
Dec 15, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Exploration of how psychology and sports science research can be applied to improving performance, accelerating skill acquisition and designing new technologies in sports and other high performance domains. Hosted by Rob Gray, professor of Human Systems Engineering at Arizona State University, the podcast will review basic concepts and discuss the latest research in these areas.