News and events
| Former postdoc, Dr Keith Lohse, gives a great interview! |
Posted 18 Mar 2016 Keith was interviewed by Dr Rob Gray on his perception action podcast yesterday. He gave an excellent interview and chatted about some work he did here at UBC.http://perceptionaction.com/23a/ |
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| Special Issue on Sport Expertise now in print |
Posted 02 Mar 2016 I am very pleased to announce that the Journal Special Issue, which Joe Baker and I edited for the International Jn of Sport Psychology in honour of Dr Janet Starkes' contribution to the field of sport expertise, has now been published. Because of the numerous contributions the special issue has been divided into 2 issues. The first was published in Dec 2015 (vol 46, 6) and the second (vol 47, 1) is due in print March 2016. |
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| Congratualtions on your successful PhD defence Desmond Mulligan |
Posted 02 Mar 2016 April 1st, 2016 at 12:30pm. Room to be announced (provisionally rm 203, Grad Student Centre), stay tuned.Title: EVIDENCE FOR THE NEUROMOTOR SIMULATION HYPOTHESIS IN ACTION PREDICTION Committee: Drs Romeo Chua and Todd HandyUBC examiners: Drs Alan Kingston and Miriam SperingExternal examiner: Dr Robin Jackson (U Loughorough, UK/formerly at Brunel Uni) |
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| Upcoming Sport Expertise Event_Montreal_June15th |
Posted 19 Jan 2016 Seeing the forest and the trees: Theoretical and practical issues in sport expertise |
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| Our lab. research cited on perceptionaction.com podcast |
Posted 19 Jan 2016 Rob Gray from Arizona State University has started an excellent podcast. This is a fantastic resource for motor learning geeks (like us), as well as coaches, sport scientists and general motor control /experimental psychologists with an interest in perception, action and its application. |
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| SCAPPS conference, Oct 15th-17th in Edmonton |
Posted 22 Sep 2015 The Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology (SCAPPS) had its beginnings in Edmonton in 1969 as a meeting of scholars, both faculty and graduate students, interested in research in psychomotor learning and sport psychology. It was founded as a society in Banff, Alberta, in 1977.Please see the SCAPPS website for more information. |
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| April Karlinsky advances to candidacy |
Posted 16 Jun 2015 Congratualtions April. Thesis title: Motor Learning through a social lens |
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| Professor Mark Williams and students to visit Lab in June |
Posted 14 May 2015 Mark Williams will be visiting us in the Motor Skills Lab June 8th and 9th. If you would like to arrange a meeting please let me know. |
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| Dr Tim Welsh to vist from U. of Toronto; Seminar Wed 18th at 1pm |
Posted 22 Jan 2015 Tim will be visiting the School and the lab Wednesday and Thursday March 18th and 19th. He is the invited Kinesiology seminar speaker: Wed March 18th, 1pm -2:30pm in the Michael Smith Building, MSL Lecture Hall, rm 102 (lunch available from 12:30pm). |
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| SCAPPS conference and UOIT ROSE (Research on Sport Expertise) meeting |
Posted 26 Sep 2014 SCAPPS 2014 Annual Conference, Hilton Hotel and Resorts, London Ontario, October 16-18for details see SCAPPS2014.org The first ROSE meeting will be held at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (hosted by Dr Nick Wattie, Joe Baker and Joerg Schorer) on Monday October 19th. |
