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The Science of the Racer’s Brain: 3-minute Lectures with Dr. Otto Lappi

In these mini-lectures I take a cognitive scientist’s look at some of the memory and visual processes behind the expert performance of a racing driver. With a total viewing time of about 15 minutes these will give you a crash course on just some of the cognitive building blocks high-speed information processing in the racer’s brain.

1. Reference Points & Cognitive Maps
2. Layers of Spatial Memory
3. The Expert Eye
4. The Visual System in Racing #1
5. The Visual System in Racing #2
6. The Visual System in Racing #3
7. Visual Strategies in Racing

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