25B - Sport Science Shorts: Why Can’t We Perceive Acceleration & Does it Matter?

How can we be so good at hitting and catching accelerating
objects when we can’t really judge acceleration? Do we use
anticipation or just correct errors based on feedback?


Articles:
How Can People Be so Good at Intercepting Accelerating Objects
if They Are so Poor at Visually Judging Acceleration?

Visual timing in hitting an accelerating ball.


Identifying the acceleration of visual targets.


Visual information about moving objects.
 

More information:


http://perceptionaction.com/


My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)


My ASU Web page


Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)


 


Credits:


The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action


Stems – Slow Me Down


Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy


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