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:

Visual timing in hitting an accelerating ball.

Identifying the acceleration of visual targets.

Visual information about moving objects.

More information:

http://perceptionaction.com/

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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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