5 –Vision in Hitting and Catching

How does an athlete get their glove, racquet, hand, or foot to
the right place at the right time to hit, catch or strike a
moving object? In this episode, I explore visual information that
can be used to judge the time to contact and direction of motion
of an approaching object and how it can be applied to the
outfielder problem.  


Research Confessions: The time I nearly published completely
artifactual results


 


Links to articles discussed:


The Black Cloud


Lee’s 1976 paper


Grasping tau


Accuracy of estimating time to collision using binocular and
monocular information


Estimating the time to collision with a rotating nonspherical
object


The visual perception of motion in depth


Catching a baseball: OAC


How baseball outfielders determine where to run to catch fly
balls


Unconfounding the direction of motion in depth, time to passage
and rotation rate of an approaching object


Motion perception and driving: predicting performance through
testing and shortening braking reaction times through training


 


IOVD Figure


http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n103/rgrayaction/IOVD%20Fig.jpg


 


More information


http://www.perceptionactionpodcast.libsyn.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


Between the Eyes – Christian Milone


Catch Me, I’m Falling – Oblivion’s Garden


Farmertan  - Ugly Truth


 


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