The Perception & Action Podcast

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Rob Gray

Exploration of how psychological 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.

Episodes · 25

577 – Enskilled Knowledge & Education of Attention, Carl Woods

Jun 23, 2026 · 52m

Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception, Chaps 9 – Evidence for Direct Perception (JC 64)

Jun 16, 2026 · 1h 16m

On Water Bags and Adapting to Variability, Load, and Pain

Jun 9, 2026 · 9m

574 – Reflections from the Road: Questions to Ask When Trying to Design a Good Constraint

Jun 2, 2026 · 5m

Reflections from the Road: The Critical Importance of Having Movements that are Information Driven in Practice

May 26, 2026 · 5m

572 – An Emergent Discussion with Martial Arts Coach Adam Singer

May 19, 2026 · 56m

571 – My Coach Education Workshops & New Book

May 12, 2026 · 7m

Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception, Chaps 8 - Affordances (JC 63)

May 5, 2026 · 1h 3m

569 – Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception, Chaps 6-7 (JC 62)

Apr 14, 2026 · 1h 39m

568 – Representations with Andrew Wilson

Apr 7, 2026 · 1h 6m

567 – An Ecological Account of Previewing and Using Advance Information

Mar 31, 2026 · 15m

566 – Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception, Chaps 5 (JC 61)

Mar 24, 2026 · 1h 21m

565 – Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception, Chaps 3-4 (JC 60)

Mar 17, 2026 · 1h 6m

564 – Ecological Cognition IV: Decision Making

Mar 10, 2026 · 16m

563 – Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception (JC 59)

Mar 3, 2026 · 1h 18m

562 – Ecological Cognition III: Radical Embodied Cognitive Science (part 1)

Feb 24, 2026 · 13m

561 – An Ecological Dynamics Account of Flow in Sport

Feb 17, 2026 · 13m

560 – Ecological Cognition II: Resonance

Feb 10, 2026 · 20m

559 – Turvey, Lectures on Perception: An Ecological Perspective, Chapter 26 (JC58)

Feb 3, 2026 · 1h 12m

558 – The Ecological Approach to Cognition: An Introduction

Jan 27, 2026 · 7m

557 – Turvey, Lectures on Perception: An Ecological Perspective, Chapters 24-25 (JC57)

Jan 13, 2026 · 1h 8m

556 – State of the Podcast

Dec 16, 2025 · 12m

555 – Turvey, Lectures on Perception: An Ecological Perspective, Chapters 22-23 (JC56)

Dec 3, 2025 · 1h 30m

Turvey, Lectures on Perception: An Ecological Perspective, Chapters 20-21 (JC55)

Nov 11, 2025 · 1h 0m

Motor Signatures & Action Types, Bertrand Théraulaz and Prashant Patel

Nov 4, 2025 · 1h 22m