Jason Sherwin's guest appearances

Jason Sherwin

Transcending Sport - Rob Crews

The Convergence - An Army Mad Scientist Podcast

Bats Left Throws Right

Brian Johnson

Jacob Wilson

Vern Gambetta

Josh Johnson

Andrew Gordon

Michael Bastian

Stephen Scott

Eddie Johnson

Zach Schonbrun

Jeremy Wolf

Howard Johnson

Alex Katz

Kerri Foster

Alan Jaeger

Ben Hansen

OwlTail

[Editor’s Note: Army Mad Scientist is pleased to present our latest episode of The Convergence podcast, featuring our interview with proclaimed Mad Scientist Jason Sherwin, CEO and Co-Founder of deCervo, discussing the science of quick decision making, how deCervo blends gaming with science to help individuals make the best decisions in high stakes and complex environments, how these technologies have enhanced professional athletes’ performance, and these technologies’ potential for enhancing Soldiers’ performance — Enjoy!]   Jason Sherwin, Ph.D., is a founder and currently serves as CEO of deCervo, a neuroscience tech company he founded with his research partner, Jordan Muraskin, Ph.D.  Since starting in 2014,  deCervo has provided cognitive training programs using neuroimaging and customized phone apps to over 15 Major League Baseball organizations, over 60,000 baseball and softball players worldwide, the umpires of the Major Leagues, and the officials of the National Hockey League.  deCervo has been an Army research grant recipient since 2017 and Sherwin himself has done contract research for the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory going back to 2011.  Continuing to apply its novel approach to decision training, deCervo is currently launching apps in law enforcement and tennis training to complement its suite of five other apps for decision training.    Analyzing quick decision-making is done by providing simple stimuli to people, imaging their response and its speed, and identifying how their brain reacts to different inputs. This can be accomplished by having a subject listen to a song with an unexpected, abrupt key change; not only do brains show a reaction to that unexpected change, but trained musicians’ brains produce a stronger response, as captured via electro-encephalogram (EEG), than a non-musician’s brain.     deCervo’s apps for baseball players use accuracy measurements to estimate how well the user discriminates between different kinds of pitches.  This approach is an evolution from using EEGs, and shows that non-invasive methods can be just as effective in measuring responses.  Improving athletic prowess on the playing field has direct implications for improving warfighting prowesson the modern battlefield.     Emotion impacts all decision making, but deliberate decisions are more susceptible to influence from emotionand often require simulations generated by video or AI to produce environments that are closer to real life.  For Soldiers, decisions often need to be deliberate while dealing with fear and strong emotion in dynamic, austere, and potentially lethal environments; training for this kind of decision making requires teaching people how to respond quickly and correctly, despite emotional impacts or inhibition.     Military decision making can involve simple decisions like target detection, but more often requires the ability to make complex, deliberate decisions.  Using effective human teaming and social sensing can help train for visual search type decisions where Soldiers analyze their own placement and their teammates’ placements and effectively respond as a team.     Using a deCervo app is like getting the Cliff’s Notes on how to do your job better.  It’s not just about training for better decision making, but also informing users about what making those decisions quickly feels like, what it means to identify the correct response, and what to do next so users trust what the system is trainingthem to do.     Real-time decision making for military applications could even be supplemented by technology that assists and optimizes the situation for choosing correct responses, andquick decision-making training with such tools can build Soldiers’ trust in the ways these systems assist them.    Stay tuned to the Mad Scientist Laboratory for our next episode of The Convergence, recorded on location at I/ITSEC, the world’s largest modeling and simulation conference in Orlando, FL. We’ll be talking with proclaimed Mad Scientist Jenny McArdle from Improbable, Cmdr. Paul Grøstad from NATO ACT, and Whitney McNamara from Beacon Global Strategies about emerging technologies and competition and conflict.

[Editor’s Note: Army Mad Scientist is pleased to present our latest episode of The Convergence podcast, featuring our interview with proclaimed Mad Scientist Jason Sherwin, CEO and Co-Founder of deCervo, discussing the science of quick decision making, how deCervo blends gaming with science to help individuals make the best decisions in high stakes and complex environments, how these technologies have enhanced professional athletes’ performance, and these technologies’ potential for enhancing Soldiers’ performance — Enjoy!] <a href="https://www.jasonsherwin.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jason Sherwin</a>, Ph.D., is a founder and currently serves as CEO of <a href="https://decervo.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">deCervo</a>, a neuroscience tech company he founded with his research partner, Jordan Muraskin, Ph.D.  Since starting in 2014,  deCervo has provided cognitive training programs using neuroimaging and customized phone apps to over 15 Major League Baseball organizations, over 60,000 baseball and softball players worldwide, the umpires of the Major Leagues, and the officials of the National Hockey League.  deCervo has been an Army research grant recipient since 2017 and Sherwin himself has done contract research for the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command <a href="https://www.arl.army.mil/who-we-are/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Army Research Laboratory</a> going back to 2011.  Continuing to apply its novel approach to decision training, deCervo is currently launching apps in law enforcement and tennis training to complement its suite of five other apps for decision training. <ul> <li>Analyzing quick decision-making is done by providing simple stimuli to people, imaging their response and its speed, and identifying how their brain reacts to different inputs. This can be accomplished by having a subject listen to a song with an unexpected, abrupt key change; not only do brains show a reaction to that unexpected change, but trained musicians’ brains produce a stronger response, as captured via electro-encephalogram (EEG), than a non-musician’s brain.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>deCervo’s apps for baseball players use accuracy measurements to estimate how well the user discriminates between different kinds of pitches.  This approach is an evolution from using EEGs, and shows that non-invasive methods can be just as effective in measuring responses.  Improving athletic prowess on the playing field has direct implications for <a href="https://madsciblog.tradoc.army.mil/414-its-all-in-your-head-how-the-brain-makes-better-soldiers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">improving warfighting prowess</a>on the modern battlefield.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Emotion impacts all decision making, but deliberate decisions are more susceptible to <a href="https://madsciblog.tradoc.army.mil/111-ai-enhancing-ei-in-war/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">influence from emotion</a>and often require <a href="https://madsciblog.tradoc.army.mil/246-fight-club-prepares-lt-col-maddie-novak-for-cross-dimension-manoeuvre/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">simulations generated by video or AI</a> to produce environments that are closer to real life.  For Soldiers, decisions often need to be deliberate while dealing with fear and strong emotion in dynamic, austere, and potentially lethal environments; training for this kind of decision making requires teaching people how to respond quickly and correctly, despite emotional impacts or inhibition.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Military decision making can involve simple decisions like target detection, but more often requires the ability to make complex, deliberate decisions.  Using effective human teaming and social sensing can help train for visual search type decisions where Soldiers analyze their own placement and their teammates’ placements and <a href="https://madsciblog.tradoc.army.mil/260-how-does-the-army-as-part-of-the-joint-force-build-and-employ-teams-to-compete-penetrate-disintegrate-and-exploit-our-adversaries-in-the-future/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">effectively respond as a team</a>.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Using a deCervo app is like getting the Cliff’s Notes on how to do your job better.  It’s not just about training for better decision making, but also informing users about what making those decisions quickly feels like, what it means to identify the correct response, and what to do next so users trust what the <a href="https://madsciblog.tradoc.army.mil/246-fight-club-prepares-lt-col-maddie-novak-for-cross-dimension-manoeuvre/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">system is training</a>them to do.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Real-time decision making for military applications could even be supplemented by technology that assists and optimizes the situation for choosing correct responses, andquick decision-making training with such tools can build <a href="https://madsciblog.tradoc.army.mil/56-an-appropriate-level-of-trust/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Soldiers’ trust</a> in the ways these systems assist them.</li> </ul> Stay tuned to the Mad Scientist Laboratory for our next episode of <a href="https://theconvergence.castos.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Convergence</a>, recorded on location at I/ITSEC, the world’s largest modeling and simulation conference in Orlando, FL. We’ll be talking with proclaimed Mad Scientist Jenny McArdle from Improbable, Cmdr. Paul Grøstad from NATO ACT, and Whitney McNamara from Beacon Global Strategies about emerging technologies and competition and conflict.

69. Making Quick Decisions, Quicker with Jason Sherwin

BLTR sits down with Jason Sherwin and Jordan Muraskin, founders of deCervo and uHIT Pitch Recognition and Training App.  Jason and Jordan’s company deCervo was the main subject of Zach Schonbrun’s book “The Performance Cortex” which examines the neurological aspects of hitting performance among baseball players and how a better understanding of the human brain can provide more insight on proprioception and split-second decision making at the plate.  deCervo has been instrumental and pioneering in expanding the conversation from the “mental” aspect of the game to the “neurological” component of athletic performance. In addition to uHIT Baseball their library of training apps includes uHIT Softball and uCall for MLB and NHL Umpires and Officials.

BLTR sits down with Jason Sherwin and Jordan Muraskin, founders of deCervo and uHIT Pitch Recognition and Training App.  Jason and Jordan’s company deCervo was the main subject of Zach Schonbrun’s book “The Performance Cortex” which examines the neurological aspects of hitting performance among baseball players and how a better understanding of the human brain can provide more insight on proprioception and split-second decision making at the plate.  deCervo has been instrumental and pioneering in expanding the conversation from the “mental” aspect of the game to the “neurological” component of athletic performance. In addition to uHIT Baseball their library of training apps includes uHIT Softball and uCall for MLB and NHL Umpires and Officials.

Bats Left Throws Right Episode 40 with Jason Sherwin & Jordan Muraskin

CEO DeCervo

In softball and baseball, the things you can't see might be even more important than the things you can. Neurotech is bridging the gap between the two and elevating the game along the way. Jason Sherwin, CEO of DeCervo drops in for this episode of the Transcending Sports Podcast.  DeCervo is the company behind the decision boosting uHIT software. Find out how Jason developed the tech behind uHIT and get his take on the neurotech industry’s future in sports. He breaks down how uHIT works on a cognitive level to improve pitch recognition.  Find out what new innovations DeCervo has for hitters, how they’re making their MLB quality tech available for younger players and how you can make the most of the stats you get from it all. “When we talk about neuro coaching, through neurotechnology, now we're addressing something that we've never really been able to address... It's something about making fast decisions that also translates into the confidence of an athlete.”  -Rob Crews [27:43]  Key Takeaways:  How Jason Sherwin invented uHIT.  The invisible mechanics of baseball and softball. How you can use uHIT data to improve your game.  Episode Timeline:  [00:00] CG Plus [00:55] Jason Sherwin, CEO of DeCervo [03:41] Becoming interested in brain function [05:30] Planting the seed for DeCervo and developing uHIT [07:39] Invisible mechanics of baseball and softball [10:01] Major early developments and mobile expansion [14:59] How athletes can get started with uHIT  [20:47] Your brain during the strike/zone recognition process [25:39] The mobile assessment and measuring decision making [27:13] Neuro coaching [28:20] How pitch recognition works with uHIT [32:01] Impulse control and chase rate [38:05] Pitch bias and cognitive biases [41:17] The value of UHit when tied into a player's unique hitting sequence [46:46] Connecting with uHIT and Jason Sherwin [48:17] Game remote and swing integration [52:05] Outro   Resources Mentioned:  CG Plus Platform uHIT Recognition Intervention DeCervo.com Swag 101 by Rob Crews uHIT Softball Virtual Game Remote   Connect: Find | Rob Crews At Complete.Game On Instagram: @completegame On Twitter: @completegame On Facebook: @completegame Find | Jason Sherwin At DeCervo.com On Twitter: @jasonsherwin  Credit: IggyBeats, DT Productions, and Ali the Greatest for background music.

In softball and baseball, the things you can't see might be even more important than the things you can. Neurotech is bridging the gap between the two and elevating the game along the way. Jason Sherwin, CEO of DeCervo drops in for this episode of the Transcending Sports Podcast.  DeCervo is the company behind the decision boosting uHIT software. Find out how Jason developed the tech behind uHIT and get his take on the neurotech industry’s future in sports. He breaks down how uHIT works on a cognitive level to improve pitch recognition.  Find out what new innovations DeCervo has for hitters, how they’re making their MLB quality tech available for younger players and how you can make the most of the stats you get from it all. “When we talk about neuro coaching, through neurotechnology, now we're addressing something that we've never really been able to address... It's something about making fast decisions that also translates into the confidence of an athlete.”  -Rob Crews [27:43]  Key Takeaways: <ul> <li>How Jason Sherwin invented uHIT. </li> <li>The invisible mechanics of baseball and softball.</li> <li>How you can use uHIT data to improve your game.</li> </ul> Episode Timeline: <ul> <li>[00:00] CG Plus</li> <li>[00:55] Jason Sherwin, CEO of DeCervo</li> <li>[03:41] Becoming interested in brain function</li> <li>[05:30] Planting the seed for DeCervo and developing uHIT</li> <li>[07:39] Invisible mechanics of baseball and softball</li> <li>[10:01] Major early developments and mobile expansion</li> <li>[14:59] How athletes can get started with uHIT </li> <li>[20:47] Your brain during the strike/zone recognition process</li> <li>[25:39] The mobile assessment and measuring decision making</li> <li>[27:13] Neuro coaching</li> <li>[28:20] How pitch recognition works with uHIT</li> <li>[32:01] Impulse control and chase rate</li> <li>[38:05] Pitch bias and cognitive biases</li> <li>[41:17] The value of UHit when tied into a player's unique hitting sequence</li> <li>[46:46] Connecting with uHIT and Jason Sherwin</li> <li>[48:17] Game remote and swing integration</li> <li>[52:05] Outro</li> </ul> Resources Mentioned: <ul> <li><a href="https://plus.complete.game/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CG Plus Platform</a></li> <li><a href="http://plus.complete.game/product/uhit-softball-online-pitch-recognition-assessment/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">uHIT Recognition Intervention</a></li> <li><a href="http://decervo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DeCervo.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rob-Crews/e/B00J6W5TF4?ref=dbs_p_pbk_r00_abau_000000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Swag 101 by Rob Crews</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/uHIT-Softball-Recognition-Simulated-Connected/dp/B084QDS32T/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&amp;keywords=decervo+uhit&amp;qid=1585275209&amp;sr=8-2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">uHIT Softball Virtual Game Remote</a></li> </ul> Connect: Find | Rob Crews At <a href="https://www.complete.game/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Complete.Game</a> On Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/completegame/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@completegame</a> On Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/completegame" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@completegame</a> On Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/completegame" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@completegame</a> Find | Jason Sherwin At <a href="http://decervo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DeCervo.com</a> On Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/jasonsherwin?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@jasonsherwin</a> Credit: IggyBeats, DT Productions, and Ali the Greatest for background music.

39. Invisible Mechanics and Neuro Tech | Jason Sherwin, CEO DeCervo