The Perception & Action Podcast - Sports Science & Psychology Talk

How much attention is required to drive effectively?  Is driving a manual transmission really done automatically?  How well do we remember the details of driving accidents? What is the best way to develop tactical creativity and divergent thinking in young athletes?  (Time 20:35)   Links to articles discussed: How automatic is manual gear shifting? Driving without awareness: The effects of practice and automaticity on attention and driving Driving with the wandering mind: the effect that mind-wandering has on driving performance Do familiarity and expectations change perception? Forgetting Near-Accidents: The Roles of Severity, Culpability and Experience in the Poor Recall of Dangerous Driving Situations Reconstruction of Automobile Destruction: An Example of the Interaction Between Language and Memory Planting misinformation in the human mind: A 30-year investigation of the malleability of memory Two strategies for learning a route in a driving simulator Development of tactical creativity in sports   More in