The Perception & Action Podcast - Sports Science & Psychology Talk

Just in time for the start of the World Series: a look vision and gaze behavior in baseball batting. Which aspects of vision are critical for hitting? Do great batters have superior vision? Where do good batters look before the ball is released?   Articles Defining elite athletes: Issues in the study of expert performance in sport psychology The visual function of professional baseball players Visual abilities distinguish pitchers from hitters in professional baseball Depth Perception Improvement in Collegiate Baseball Players with Vision Training The Effect of Interpupillary Distance and Pupil Diameter on Major League Baseball Performance Statistics An investigation of the visual behavior of professional baseballers prior to the execution of batting     My related blog posts: Pitch Tunneling & Perceptually Equivalent Pitches A Baseball Batter’s Perception of Spin & How it Relates to Hitting Performance Visual Information about Horizontal Pitch Movement: Sensitivity, Release Points & Eye Separ