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15– Live from the Grand Canyon! Perception in Hiking & Climbing

15– Live from the Grand Canyon! Perception in Hiking & Climbing

FromThe Perception & Action Podcast


15– Live from the Grand Canyon! Perception in Hiking & Climbing

FromThe Perception & Action Podcast

ratings:
Length:
19 minutes
Released:
Nov 24, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

How do we use vision to control the placement of our feet on rough terrain, to avoid spraining that ankle?  How do anxiety, fear and fatigue change the way we perform these activities?  What differs between elite and novice climbers?  Did I survive a rim to rim hike in the Grand Canyon? Let’s hit the trail….
Articles:
Visual control of foot placement when walking over complex terrain
Anxiety–performance relationships in climbing: a process-oriented approach
Anxiety-induced changes in movement behaviour during the execution of a complex whole-body task.
Changes in the perception of action possibilities while climbing to fatigue on a climbing wall
Practice with anxiety improves performance, but only when anxious: evidence for the specificity of practice hypothesis
Short report: the effect of expertise in hiking on recognition memory for mountain scenes
 
More information:
http://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:
The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action
Closely Watched Trains – Hills Climb
The Spectacular Fantastic – Echo Mountain
Arsonist – Hot Salsa Trip\
Johnny Weltraum – Blackout
Karmafish – Dusty Trail
via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com
 
Released:
Nov 24, 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.