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 Prof. Markus Raab German Sport University, Germany |
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| Title: A New Perspective on Motor Heuristics and Embodied Choices | |
| Abstract: Human performance requires choosing what to do and how to do it. The goal of this theo-retical contribution is to advance understanding of how the motor and cognitive compo-nents of choices are intertwined. From a holistic perspective I extend simple heuristics that have been tested in cognitive tasks to motor tasks, coining the term motor heuristics. Similarly, I extend the concept of embodied cognition, that has been tested in simple sen-sorimotor processes changing decisions, to complex sport behavior coining the term em-bodied choices. Thus both motor heuristics and embodied choices explain complex be-havior such as studied in sport and exercise psychology (Raab, 2017). The goal of the talk is to present the state of the art in complex motor skills in sports fol-lowed by an introduction of motor heuristic as rule of thumb that allows an athlete to choose between movements whereas embodied choices are rules of thumb when decid-ing quickly between options. Both concepts stress the importance of embodied cognition to quantify and specify how movements and cognitive processes are related. I will present a set of studies on embodied choices from simple perceptual judgments to complex climb-ing tasks. I conclude from the set of studies that we are able to quantify and specify some of the effects own movements can have on higher cognitive processes such as perceptu-al judgments, problem solving solution generation or planning (Raab, 2021). The impact of these studies relates to the acceptance that action, perception and cogni-tion are more linked than previously thought and that producing choices should consid-ers the actors own bodily system and the motor experiences.
Keywords: simple heuristics, motor control, motor learning, embodied cognition | |
| Biography: Markus Raab is director and professor for psychology at the Institute of Psychology at the German Sport University, Cologne and Research Professor of Psychology at the School of Applied Sciences at the London South Bank University, UK. He is President of the European Federation of Sport Psychology, Vice-chair of sport psychology at the German Society of Psychology and associate editor and section-editor in four journals. He received a PhD in sport science as well as a PhD in psychology and was awarded by ECSS, FEPSAC, asp, DOSB, NCA, DGPs for his research. He published a dozen books and over 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals. His recent book is Raab, M. (2021). Judgment, Decision-Making and Embodied Choices. His main areas he is interested in covers judgment and decision making in sports and beyond, embodiment as well as motor learning and motor control. | |
