Harjiv Singh - Show Notes

In this episode Harjiv Singh and I discuss the role of language in optimising the motor learning process. Harjiv is currently a PhD student at the University of Las Vegas under the supervision of Dr Gabriele Wulf and is interested in motor learning for a range of populations. He shares lots of his thoughts via twitter and on rebelmovement.org.

Further Reading:

Optimizing performance through intrinsic motivation and attention for learning: The OPTIMAL theory of motor learning

Cultivating competence, self-efficacy, and intrinsic interest through proximal self-motivation.

A distal external focus enhances novice dart throwing performance

Increasing the distance of an external focus of attention enhances learning

Focus of attention: Constraining what can be said next

Feedback about more accurate versus less accurate trials: Differential effects on self-confidence and activation

Self-determination theory: A macrotheory of human motivation, development, and health.

Augmented visual, auditory, haptic, and multimodal feedback in motor learning: a review

Knowledge of results and motor learning: a review and critical reappraisal.

Challenge point: a framework for conceptualizing the effects of various practice conditions in motor learning

Optimizing external focus of attention instructions: The role of attainability