Force Science Lessons part 2: the stress response, role of vision and external focus of attention, scan and breath and staying in control.

Are you a police or first responder trainer? Did you learn a lot about the startle respons and motor learning in part-1? In part 2 of the interview with Dr. W. Lewinski we talked about the use of the stress response, history of the stress response, vision and stress, staying in (cognitive) control, external focus of attention, scan and breath and much more.

Ben je een politie- of first responder trainer? Heb je veel geleerd over de schrikreactie en motorisch leren in deel 1? In deel 2 van het interview met Dr. W. Lewinski hebben we het over het gebruik van de stressrespons, de geschiedenis van de stressrespons, visie (gaze control) en stress, in (cognitieve) controle blijven, externe aandachtfocus, scan en breath en nog veel meer.

Topics part 2

Arousal is good!

Is there a difference between physical arousal and emotional arousal (fear)?

Emotional arousal and muscle tension

History of stress and the stress respons (Jacobson and Progressive Relaxation, Walter Cannon, Lazarus and cognitive intervention strategies…)

Changing perception

Stress, Muscle tension and bloodflow

Vickers, visual focus and regulation

Huberman panoramic vision and stress management

What can we do with our vision to regulate stress?

Stress influences vision, vision influences the stress respons

Stress influences vascularity and vice versa

Muscle tension influences by stress and vice versa

Using symbols in stress intervention

When is stress regulation needed and when not?

The eye and the brain

The importancy of ‘the scan’ in scan and breath technique

The scan is perceptual and cognitive

The concept of ‘sense of control’

External narrow focus of attention (solving the problem)

Staying in the fight and keep solving the problem (eye and the brain)

Training implications (learing to Look and See, using vision to solve a problem)

New study: performing under pressure and the use of perceptual – cognitive skills

Where do great performers look at

Teaching the power of stress (fascilitation)

Performing great with a high heart rate / high levels of arousal under cognitive control

(book) Cognitive dominance

The secret of expert surgeons/pilots/officers

The need for variability in training

Check the box training is tragic

A clinical mindset

Driving 150 per hour and staying in control

External narrow focus of attention and emotion/arousal regulation

Challenge versus threat and problem solving

Ownership of skill development with when-then thinking

Bronnen

Startle Response and Firearm Draw Performance in Law Enforcement Officers during a Lethal Force Simulated Domestic Assault (forcescience.com)