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Sensory attenuation review excerpt: Task-Relevance

I was going through a review I wrote and published last year with my PhD supervisor sorting out the bibliography for my thesis, for which the review is the first chapter. Was meant to just do the references but found myself engrossed reading it again – I think I’d become used to summarising its overall…

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Theology Slam entry 2022

Those who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are often the ones who do. That was written in my Twitter bio for years. Ambitious, yes, sizeable ego, yes. But it also reveals where I perceived the source of worldly renewal. Myself. Seeing change take place in one direction from one human…

Conceptualising and theorising

Inseparability

In a way I’ve had my own quantum-particles-aren’t-solid journey. I started with a desire to make sense of… explain… how movement works, how motor skills in sport are learnt, optimised, performed. I went to the source: the brain. I thought I was smarter than all the other sports people because I was going to become…

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A corrupted sense of learning

Are you doin’ this work to facilitate growth or to become famous?Which is more important?Getting or letting go?John Heider, in The Tao of Leadership, sampled by J Cole in t h e . c l i m b . b a c k Getting or letting go? Do we see learning as accumulating, adding information to our stores,…

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Coaching with more problem-solving and less instructions, Part 1

This post was written for STS Community Project. Different ways to control a movement Have you ever seen an athlete choke? The phenomenon of choking in sports is a much studied event, particularly in sport psychology. The idea of an elite athlete failing to perform a movement on a big stage that they must have…

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Interested in movement and the basal ganglia, I am exploring connections between effective rehabilitation for people with Parkinson’s and principles of motor learning and performance in sport. I coach, love learning and dabble in theology, and it’s all connected somehow.

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