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 [email protected]  Want to join the live recordings? Episodes of the Sports Therapy Association podcast are recorded live every TUESDAY at 8pm on the Sports Therapy Association YOUTUBE CHANNEL. Everyone is welcome - you do not have to be an STA member! If you cannot join us live, be sure to subscribe to the 'Sports Therapy Association Podcast' on all popular podcast apps to be notified when new episodes are available. Please Support Our Podcast! If you appreciate what we do, please take a couple of minutes to leave us a rating & review on Apple Podcasts. It really does make all the difference in helping us reach out to a larger audience. iPhone users you can do this from your phone, Android users you will need to do it from iTunes. Questions? Email: [email protected]