The Perception & Action Podcast

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.

589 – Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception, Chap 12– Looking with the Head and Eyes 09/15/2026

588- Using Sports Analytics to Inform Practice Design 09/01/2026

587 – The CLA: Why do we Constrain Revisited 08/25/2026

586 – Common Misconceptions about Ecological Dynamics, a discussion with Steve Whelan 08/18/2026

585 - An Ecological Dynamics Approach to Golf Practice-Upcoming Webinar, Will Stubbs, Zen Golf 08/17/2026

584 – The Talent Thief. What if the way we train young athletes is stealing the very talent we are trying to develop? Ted Kroeten 08/11/2026

583 – Applying Dynamical Systems Theory in Coaching, New Course Announcement 08/04/2026

582– Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception, Chap 11 – The Discovery of the Occluding Edge and Invalidation of Perception-Memory Distinction 07/28/2026

581 – My NEW book: Emergent Cognition 07/21/2026

580 – The Ways of Knowing – The 4P Model w. Pete Blair 07/14/2026

579 – Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception, Chap 10 – Motion in the World and Movement of the Self (JC 65) 07/07/2026

578 – Marco Perazzo, New Jersey Martial Arts (NJMA) 06/30/2026

577 – Enskilled Knowledge & Education of Attention, Carl Woods 06/23/2026

576 – Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception, Chaps 9 – Evidence for Direct Perception (JC 64) 06/16/2026

575 – On Water Bags and Adapting to Variability, Load, and Pain 06/09/2026

574 – Reflections from the Road: Questions to Ask When Trying to Design a Good Constraint 06/02/2026

573 – Reflections from the Road: The Critical Importance of Having Movements that are Information Driven in Practice 05/26/2026

572 – An Emergent Discussion with Martial Arts Coach Adam Singer 05/19/2026

571 – My Coach Education Workshops & New Book 05/12/2026

570 – Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception, Chaps 8 - Affordances (JC 63) 05/05/2026

569 – Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception, Chaps 6-7 (JC 62) 04/14/2026

568 – Representations with Andrew Wilson 04/07/2026

567 – An Ecological Account of Previewing and Using Advance Information 03/31/2026

566 – Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception, Chaps 5 (JC 61) 03/24/2026

565 – Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception, Chaps 3-4 (JC 60) 03/17/2026

564 – Ecological Cognition IV: Decision Making 03/10/2026

563 – Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception (JC 59) 03/03/2026

562 – Ecological Cognition III: Radical Embodied Cognitive Science (part 1) 02/24/2026

561 – An Ecological Dynamics Account of Flow in Sport 02/17/2026

560 – Ecological Cognition II: Resonance 02/10/2026