The Crafted Conversation

"Our craft at Inner Drive is to illuminate research and make it accessible"
Marcus is joined by Bradley Busch, Director at Inner Drive and Chartered Psychologist. Bradley's career has seen him work as a psychologist in elite sporting environments and as a lecturer. His current mission is to make cognitive science and educational & cognitive psychology accessible to instructors to inform practice and enhance learning.
This conversation focuses mainly on elite sport, and ranges from:
cognitive biases
sports psychology
what science tells us about how people learn
building a curriculum of learning
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