STA128: ’Cognitive Biases & Judgement Noise’ with special guest Tristen Attenborough

In Ep.128 of the Sports Therapy Association Podcast, we bring you 'Cognitive Biases & Judgement Noise' with special guest Tristen Attenborough.

With a record number of presentations at this year’s Therapy Expo, one speaker that definitely caused a stir was Tristen Attenborough. His presentation “In my experience... the world is more or less flat” delved into cognitive psychology - how we perceive the world, remember things and make decisions. By delivering insight into topics such as memory, cognitive biases, judgement noise and intuition, Tristen presented the argument that by understanding our fallibilities we can become better therapists.

Owner of Move Massage Pro in Northamptonshire, Tristen is committed to developing evidence-based practice. He was awarded an MSc in Pain Management (with distinction) at Cardiff University in 2021.

Topics discussed in this episode include:

• 7:00 Is the therapy world ready for Tristen Attenborough?
• 8:50 Unifying Psychology and Massage Therapy
• 11:25 How do we communicate science better?
• 12:00 Pre-ordained mistakes we make because we are people
• 14:40 Shout out for Bronnie Lennox Thompson - Pain geek, PhD, passionate knowledge translator
• 16:08 How valid is 'experience'? 
• 19:30 Perceptual errors: optical illusions
• 23:00 Cognitive Biases & Logical Fallacies
• 24:45 Confirmation Bias, Sterotyping, Gambler's Fallacy, 
• 27:00 Pareidolia - seeing faces in clouds and dog's as*es
• 32:00 Shoulder Impingement Syndrome, Charles Neer & Missing Data
• 37:06 WW2 Planes, Bullet Holes & Abraham Wald
• 41:25 We're only 'seeing a slither of reality' in clinic
• 47:40 Don't automatically take credit for a great patient outcome
• 49:50 Imposter Syndrome & Dunner-Kruger Effect
• 54:00 We need a Part Two!
• 60:20 What questions do you have for Part 2? 

Useful Links:

• Tristen Attenborough Website: Move Massage Pro
• Bronnie Lennox Thompson Website: Healthskills.wordpress.com 
• Pain Neuroscience Education Post on Facebook
• STA Website
  
  

Our sincere thanks to Tristen Attenborough for giving up his time to be a guest on the show. For Part Two, please email YOUR QUESTIONS to matt@thesta.co.uk 

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Questions? Email: matt@thesta.co.uk