Dr. Bubbs Performance Podcast

Summary of Episode: 2:30 – Zach’s background in sports and business journalism 5:25 – Zach’s book The Performance Cortex: how the brain impacts performance in baseball 10:55 – The biggest surprises in touring neuroscience labs around the country 15:55 – When to swing; when not to swing. 20:05 – Pattern recognition versus reaction time 25:02 – Even elite experts struggle in a new context 28:15 – Information is information, does it always inform performance? 30:50 – Why do ‘batting practice’ at 60% game speed? 32:00 – Zach’s take home message from researching the brain in high performance. 36:05 – What makes a great writer? 39:00 – The power of story-telling Zach is the author of The Performance Cortex, which explores the neuroscience of motor skills, published by Dutton/Penguin Books in April 2018. Zach has covered five Final Fours, the Super Bowl, the World Series, the NBA postseason, US Open tennis and championship golf - among numerous other events - for the Times, as well as regularly contributing cov