Dr. Russ Costa PhD - Why People Do Dumb Shit in the Mountains!!
Episode #31
Brought to you by Grand Targhee Resort
My guest today is Dr. Russ Costa:
- Dr. Russ Costa is a cognitive scientist, skier, and mountaineer who studies why people do dumb shit in the mountains!
- He's an expert on human attention and performance, he is interested in how distracted, fatigued, or otherwise impaired minds and brains perceive the world, particularly in high-risk, high-consequence environments - especially in the mountains and in avalanche terrain
- Russ loves to chat about decision-making in avalanche terrain, in the mountains in general, and at high altitudes.
- Russ' research work utilizes a broad range of methodologies, from electroencephalography (EEG) to applied behavioral analysis in the natural environment.
- After two decades of conducting primarily laboratory-based theoretical work on cognition, Russ has moved parts of his research program outside, studying cognition and neuroscience in the mountains.
- His current work examines how hypobaric hypoxia at high altitude affects human attention, decision-making, and error.
- Russ currently teaches a broad slate of courses in the Honors College and in the Neuroscience and Psychology programs at Westminster College in Salt Lake City.
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The SnowBrains Podcast Episode #31 - Dr. Russ Costa PhD - Why People Do Dumb Shit in the Mountains!!
Recorded on November 18, 2021, in Park City (Miles Clark) and Salt Lake City, UT (Dr. Russ Costa).
This episode was edited by Jared White
Music by Chad Crouch
Host, producer, and creator = Miles Clark
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