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ALL SEVEN, RISE EIGHT: Book List & Research Studies

3/27/2023

 
FALL SEVEN, RISE EIGHT. A Kaizen Approach to Law Enforcement Training & Life by Michael G. Malpass

Book List & Research Studies by Chapter:

CHAPTER 1 
References:
  1. Masaaki, Imai. Gemba Kaizen. McGraw Hill Publishing, 2012.
Resources:
Feldman Barrett, Lisa. How Emotions Are Made. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York, 2017.
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Huberman, Andrew. (Host). (2021-Present). Huberman Lab [Video Podcast]. https://hubermanlab.com
 
CHAPTER 2
References:
  1. DeVogel, Kanen, Neville, et al. “Eye Movement Intervention Enhances Extinction Via Amygdala Deactivation.”Journal of Neuroscience 3. Oct 2018 38(40). https://www.jneurosci.org/content/38/40/8694
  2. Zaccaro, Piarulli, Laurino, et al. “How Breath Control Can Change Your Life: A Systematic Review on Psycho-Physiological Correlates of Slow Breathing.” PMID: 30245619.
  3. Ferris, Tim. (Host). (2007-Present). Breathing Techniques to Reduce Stress and Anxiety (#521) [Video Podcast Episode]. The Tim Ferris Show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSZKIupBUuc
  4. Mullen, Faull, Jones, Kingston. “Attentional Focus and Performance Anxiety: Effects on simulated race driving performance and heart rate variability.” PMID: 23133431.
 
CHAPTER 3
Resources:
Feldman Barrett, Lisa. How Emotions Are Made. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York, 2017.

LeDoux, Joseph. The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four Billion Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains. Viking, 2019.

Bilalic, Merim. “The Neuroscience of Expertise.” Cambridge University Press, 2017.
 
CHAPTER 4
References:
  1. Feldman Barrett, Lisa. How Emotions Are Made. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York, 2017.
  2. Haidt, Jonathan. The Happiness Hypothesis. Perseus Books, 2006.
  3. Eagleman, David. Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever Changing Brain. Pantheon Books, 2020.
  4. Casssens, Weiss. “Study of Israeli Parole Board Shows Why Good Scheduling Promotes Better Decisions.” ABA Journal. August 22, 2011.
Resources:
Schwarzlose, Rebecca. Brainscapes. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.

Sapolsky, Robert. Behave. Penguin Books, 2017.

Mlodinow, Leonard . Elastic. Vintage Books, 2019.

Feldman Barrett, Lisa. Seven And A Half Lessons About the Brain. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020.
 
CHAPTER 5
References:
  1. Eagleman, David. The Brain. Vintage Books, 2015.
  2. Feldman Barrett, Lisa. How Emotions Are Made. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York, 2017.
  3. LeDoux, Joseph. The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four Billion Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains. Viking, 2019.
  4. LeDoux, Joseph. Anxious. Viking, 2015.
  5. Witt, Jessica & Brockmole, James. “Action Alters Object Identification: Wielding a Gun Increases The Bias to See Guns” Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception and Performance 38(5) 1159-67.
  6. Maddox, Stephanie & Hartmann, Jakob & Ross, Rachel & Ressler, Kerry. “Deconstructing the Gestalt: Mechanisms of Fear, Threat, and Trauma Memory Encoding.” PubMed, PMID 30946827.
  7. Eagleman, David. Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever Changing Brain. Pantheon Books, 2020.
  8. Schwabe, Erno, Hermans, Joels, Roozendaal. “Mechanisms of Memory Under Stress.” Neuron. volume 110 Issue 9, 4 May, 2022 pages 145-1467.
 
CHAPTER 6
References:
  1. Feldman Barrett, Lisa. How Emotions Are Made. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York, 2017.
  2. Feldman Barrett, Lisa. Seven And A Half Lessons About the Brain. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020.
  3. Eagleman, David. Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever Changing Brain. Pantheon Books, 2020.
  4. Feldman Barrett, Lisa. How Emotions Are Made. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York, 2017.
 
Resources:
Huberman, Andrew. (Host). (2021, March 8). Master Stress. [Video Podcast]. https://hubermanlab.com/tools-for-managing-stress-and-anxiety/

Mlodinow, Leonard. Subliminal. Vintage Books, 2012.
 
CHAPTER 7
References:
  1. Sapolsky, Robert. Behave. Penguin Books, 2017.
Resources:
Feldman Barrett, Lisa. How Emotions Are Made. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York, 2017.

LeDoux,Joseph. Anxious. Viking, 2015.

Haidt, Jonathan. The Righteous Mind. Pantheon Books, 2012.
 
CHAPTER 8
References:
  1. LeDoux, Pine. “Using Neuroscience to Help Understand Fear and Anxiety: A Two-System Framework.” PMID: 27609244.
  2. MerriamWebster.com
  3. Pinker, Steven. How The Mind Works. W.H. Norton & Co., 1997.
 
Resources:
Malpass, Michael. Taming the Serpent: How Neuroscience Can Revolutionize Modern Law Enforcement Training.Ockham Publishing, 2018.

Feldman Barrett, Lisa. How Emotions Are Made. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York, 2017.

LeDoux, Joseph.  Anxious. Viking, 2015.

Mlodinow, Leonard. Subliminal. Vintage Books, 2012.

Gazzaniga, Michael. The Consciousness Instinct. Brilliance Publishing, 2018.
 
CHAPTER 9
References:
  1. Lieberman, Long. The Molecule of More. BenBella Books, 2018.
  2. Lieberman, Long. The Molecule of More. BenBella Books, 2018.
  3. Guy, Byrne. “Neuroscience and Learning: Implications for Teaching Practice.” PMID: 25157206.
  4. Huberman, Andrew. (Host). (2021, March 8). Master Stress. [Video Podcast]. Huberman Lab. https://hubermanlab.com/tools-for-managing-stress-and-anxiety/
Resources:
Eagleman, David. Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever Changing Brain. Pantheon Books, 2020.

Bilalic, Merim. The Neuroscience of Expertise. Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Adams, James. Conceptual Blockbusting. Basic Books, 2019.
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Doidge, Norman. The Brain That Changes Itself. Penguin Life, 2007.
 
CHAPTER 10
References:
  1. Duyck, Collins, Wexler. “Visual Continuity During Blinks and Alterations in Time Perception.” PMID: 33211531.
  2. Vickers, Joan. Perception, Cognition and Decision Training. Human Kinetics, 2007.
  3. Wilson, M.A. and B L McNaughton. “Reactivation of Hippocampal Ensemble Memories During Sleep.” PubMed, PMID 8036517.
  4. Bell, Mark. (Host). (2021). Andrew Huberman Explains the Benefits of Lateral Eye Movements. [Video Podcast]. Mark Bell Power Project. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHHQ0dJ0rcQ
  5. Muzik, Otto, Kaice Reilly, Vaibhav Diwdkar. “Brain Over Body - A Study on the Willful Regulation of Autonomic Function During Cold Exposure.” PubMed Central, PMID 29438845.
  6. Kox, Matthijs, Lucas van Eijk, Jelie Zwaag et al. “Voluntary Activation of the Sympathetic Nervous System and Attenuation of the Innate Immune Response in Humans.” PubMed, PMID 24799686.
  7. Stanford University Medical Center. “How Stress Can Boost the Immune System.” Science Daily. June 21, 2012.
  8. Tkachenko, Dinges. “Circadian Rhythms in Sleepiness, Alertness, and Performance.” Reference module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology 2017.  ScienceDirect.com https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128093245028327
  9. McIntire, Roozendaal. “Neural Plasticity and Memory; From Genes to Brain Imaging.” CRC Press, 2007, Chapter 13.
  10. Vlemincx, VanDiest, Van deBergh. “A Sigh of Relief or a Sigh to Relieve; the Psychological and Physiological Relief Effect of Deep Breaths.” PMID: 27404329.
  11. Baptiste Eichenlaub, Jean, Beata Jarosiewicz, Jad Saab et al. “Replay of Learned Neural Firing Sequences During Rest in Human Motor Cortex.” Cell Reports, Volume 31, Issue 5, May 2020.
  12. Wilson, M.A., B.L. McNaughton. “Reactivation of Hippocampal Ensemble Memories During Sleep.” PubMed, PMID 8036517.
  13. Buch, Ethan, Leonardo Claudino, et al. “Consolidation of Human Skill Linked to Waking Hippocampo-Neocortical Replay.” PubMed, PMID 34107255.
Resources:
Andrew Huberman. (Host). (2021, Feb 15). Learn Faster. [Video Podcast]. Huberman Lab. https://hubermanlab.com/using-failures-movement-and-balance-to-learn-faster/
 
Chapter 11
References:
  1. Dweck, Carol. Mindset The New Psychology of Success. Ballantine Books, 2016.
  2. Dweck, Carol. “The Power of Believing You Can.” TED Video. https://www.ted.com/talks/carol_dweck_the_power_of_believing_that_you_can_improve
  3. Frankl, Victor. Man’s Search for Meaning. Beacon Press, 1992.
  4. Dweck, Carol, Lisa Blackwell, Kali Trzesniewski. “Implicit Theories of Intelligence Predict Achievement Across an Adolescent Transition: A Longitudinal Study and an Intervention.” Clinical Development. January/February 2007, Volume 78, Number 1, page 246-263.
Resources:
Davis, Tchiki . “15 Ways to Build a Growth Mindset.” Psychologytoday.com. April 11, 2019. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/click-here-happiness/201904/15-ways-build-growth-mindset
 
CHAPTER 12
References:
  1. Duke, Annie. Thinking in Bets. Penguin Random House, 2018.
  2. Kahneman, Daniel. Thinking, Fast and Slow. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, New York, 2013.
  3. Desmarais, Sarah, Tonia Nicholis, J. Don Read & Johann Brink. “Confidence and Accuracy in Assessments of Short-Term Risks Presented by Forensic Psychiatric Patients.” The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology. Volume 21, 2010 Issue 1.
  4. Peterson, Jordan. 12 Rules for Life. Random House, Canada, 20180.
  5. FBI Crime Statistics, 2019. https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019
Resources:
Silver, Nate. The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail–But Some Don’t. Penguin Books, 2015.

Pinker, Stephen. Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters. Viking, 2021.
 
CHAPTER 13
Resources:
Duke, Annie. Thinking in Bets. Penguin Random House, 2018.

Pinker, Stephen. Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters. Viking, 2021.

Ellenburg, Jordan. How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking. Penguin Books, 2014.
 
CHAPTER 14
References:
  1. Pinker, Stephen. Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters. Viking, 2021.
  2. Bawagan. “Study That Claims White Police are No More Likely to Shoot Minorities Draws Fire.” Science.org. Aug, 15 2019.
  3. Feilden. “Most Scientists Can’t Replicate Studies by Their Peers.” BBC.com. Feb 22, 2017.

CHAPTER 15
References:
  1. Heiskanen. “Adenosine in Sleep and Wakefulness.” PMID: 10344585.
  2. Unlisted Author. “The Science of Sleep: Understanding What Happens When You Sleep”  Johns Hopkins Medicine, hopkinsmedicine.org. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/the-science-of-sleep-understanding-what-happens-when-you-sleep
  3. Walker, Matthew. “The Role of Slow Wave Sleep in Memory Processing.” Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. Apr 15, 2009: 5 (2 suppl) 520-526.
  4. Ribeiro, Sebastrao. “Caffeine and Adenosine.” PMID: 20164566.
  5. Friedman, Lex. (Host). Sleep, Dreams, Creativity, Fasting and Neuroplasticity. [Video Podcast]. Lex Friedman Podcast. (#164). https://lexfridman.com/andrew-huberman-2/
  6. Huberman, Andrew. (Host). (2021, August 2). The Science and Practice of Perfecting Your Sleep.  [Video Podcast]. Huberman Lab. https://hubermanlab.com/dr-matthew-walker-the-science-and-practice-of-perfecting-your-sleep/  
  7. Goleman, Daniel, Richard Davidson. Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body. Penguin Random House, 2017.
  8. Creswell, David, Emily Lindsay, Daniella Villalba, Brian Chin. “Mindfulness Training and Physical Health: Mechanisms and Outcomes.” PubMed PMID: 30806634.
  9. Goleman, Daniel, Richard Davidson. Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body. Penguin Random House, 2017.
  10. Boyd, Linius, McKinnon. “Mindfulness Based Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Review of the Treatment Literature and Neurobiological Evidence.” PMID: 24252162.
  11. Zinsser, Nate. The Confident Mind: A Battle Tested Guide to Unshakable Performance. Harper Collins, 2022.
  12. Gard, Time, Britta Holzel, Sara Lazar. “The potential effects of meditation on age-related cognitive decline: a systematic review.” PubMed PMID: 24571182.
  13. DerSarkissian, Carol, MD. Medical review. “What to Know About Gamma Brain Waves.” https://www.webmd.com/brain/what-to-know-about-gamma-brain-waves
  14. Feldman Barrett, Lisa. How Emotions Are Made. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York, 2017.
  15. Fitzpatrick, Michael. “The Cutter Incident: How America’s First Polio Vaccine Led to a Growing Vaccine Crisis.” Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 2006 Mar: 99 (3) 156.
  16. Stanton, Michael, Jennifer Robinson, Susan Kirkpatrick et al. “DIETFITS Study.” PubMed PMID: 28027950.
  17. Hall, Kevin, Alexis Ayuketah, Robert Brychta et al. “Ulta-Processed Diets Cause Excess Calorie Intake and Weight Gain: An Inpatient Randomized Controlled Trial of Ad Libitum Food Intake.” Cell Metabolism. Vol. 30, Issue 1, p67-77 e3.
  18. Hall, Kevin, Alexis Ayuketah, Robert Brychta et al. “Ulta-Processed Diets Cause Excess Calorie Intake and Weight Gain: An Inpatient Randomized Controlled Trial of Ad Libitum Food Intake.” Cell Metabolism. Vol. 30, Issue 1, p67-77 e3.
  19. Srour, Bernard, Leopold Fezeu, et al. “Ultra Processed Food Consumption and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Among Participants of the NutriNet-Sante Prospective Cohort.” PubMed PMID: 31841598.
  20. Fiolet, Thibault, Bernard Srour, et al. “Consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods and Cancer Risk.” British Medical Journal. 2018: 360 Feb.
  21. Lakkur, Sindhu, Suzanne Judd. “Diet and Stroke.” Stroke. 2015;46 2007-2011.
  22. Suksatan, Wanich, Saijad Moradi, Fatemeh Naeini, et al. “Ulta-Processed Food Consumption and Adult Mortality Risk: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of 207,291 Participants.” PubMed PMID: 35011048.
  23. Borghouts, L.B., H.A. Keizer. “Exercise and Insulin Sensitivity: A Review.” PubMed PMID: 10683091.
  24. Sjoros, T.J. , M.A. Heiskanen, K.K. Motiani, et al. “Increased Insulin-Stimulated Glucose Uptake in Both Leg and Arm Muscles After Sprint Interval and Moderate-Intensity Training in Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes or Prediabetes.” PubMed PMID: 28295686.
  25. Galpin, Andy. Research Section of http://www.andygalpin.com/
Resources:
Hofmekler, Ori. The Warrior Diet: Switch on Your Biological Powerhouse For High Energy, Explosive Strength, and a Lenaer, Harder, Body. Blue Snake Books, 2007.

Vickers, Joan. Perception, Cognition and Decision Training. Human Kinetics, 2007.
 
CHAPTER 16
References:
  1. The Ault Report. Report of the Air-to-Air Missile System Capability Review, July - November 1968. https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/naval-aviation-history/ault-report.html
  2. Wassinger, Isaacowitz. “Fixing our Focus: Training Attention to Regulate Emotion.” Pers Soc Psychol Rev. 2011 Feb 15(1):75-102.
  3. Gomez, Ratcliff, Prerea. “A Model of the Go/No Go Task.” Journal of Exp Psychol Gen. 2007 Aug: 136(3):398-413.
Resources:
Ericsson, Anders, Robert Pool. Peak; Secrets From The New Science Of Expertise. Mariner Books, 2017.

Bilalic, Merim. The Neuroscience of Expertise. Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Greene, Robert. Mastery. Penguin Books, 2013.
 
CHAPTER 17
Resources:
Malpass, Michael. Taming the Serpent: How Neuroscience Can Revolutionize Modern Law Enforcement Training. Ockham Publishing, 2018.

Bilalic, Merim. The Neuroscience of Expertise. Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Ericsson, Anders, Robert Pool. Peak; Secrets From The New Science Of Expertise. Mariner Books, 2017.

Klein, Gary. The Power of Intuition. Currency, 2004.
 
CHAPTER 18
References:
  1. Asmussen, Mazin. “A Central Nervous Component in Local Muscular Fatigue.” PMID: 7468775.
  2. Mathiassen, Lindfors, et al. “Stress Related Responses to Alterations Between Repetitive Work and Cognitive Tasks of Different Difficulties.” PMID: 33212862.
  3. Rischer, Gonzalez-Roldan, et al. “Distraction from Pain: The Role of Selective Attention and Pain Catastrophizing.” PMID: 32677265.
  4. Vickers, Joan. Perception, Cognition and Decision Training. Human Kinetics, 2007.
  5. Jain, Bansal, Kumaridingh. “A Comparative Study of Visual and Auditory Reaction Times on the Basis of Gender and Physical Activity Levels of Medical First Year Students.” Int. J Appl Basic Med Res. 2015 May-Aug 5(2) 124-127.
  6. Witt, Jessica, James Brockmole. “Action Alters Object Identification: Wielding a Gun Increases The Bias to See Guns.” Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception and Performance. 38(5) 1159-67.
  7. Brosch, Scherer, Grandjean, Sandler. “The Impact of Emotion on Perception, Attention, Memory, and Decision-Making.” PMID: 23740562.
 Resources:
Bilalic, Merim. The Neuroscience of Expertise. Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Zinsser, Nate. The Confident Mind: A Battle Tested Guide to Unshakable Performance. Harper Collins, 2022.

Ericsson, Anders, Robert Pool. Peak; Secrets From The New Science Of Expertise. Mariner Books, 2017.
 
CHAPTER 19
References:
  1. https://decervo.com/
  2. Delamater, Lattal. “The Study of Associative Learning: Mapping from Psychology to Neural Levels of Analysis.” PMID: 24333530.
  3. Robinson, Lytal, Cornwell, Grillon. “The impact of anxiety upon cognition: perspectives from human threat of shock studies. PMID: 23730279.
  4. Scheuch, Peters, et al. “Resilience Training Programs in Organizational Contexts; A Scoping Review.” PMID: 34721200.
  5. Martin, Kolomitro, Lam. “Training Methods: A Review and Analysis.” Human Resource Development Review. Feb 2013, 13(1) 11-35.
  6. Vossel, Gereon. “Dorsal and Ventral Attention Systems: Distinct Neural Circuits but Collaborative Roles.” PMID: 23835449.
  7. Ohio State University. “This is Your Brain Detecting Patterns: It Is Different from Other Kinds of Learning, Study Shows.” Science Daily. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180531114642.htm.
Resources:
Badre, David. On Task: How Our Brain Gets Things Done. Princeton University Press, 2020.
Schwarzlose, Rebecca. Brainscapes. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.

McLaughlin, Mark. Cognitive Dominance: A Brain Surgeon's Quest to Out-Think Fear. Black Irish Entertainment LLC, 2019.
 
CHAPTER 20
References:
  1. Robert Wilson, Amitai Shenhav, Mark Straccia, Jonathan Cohen. “The Eighty Five Percent Rule for Optimal Learning.” Nature Communications. 10, Article Number: 4646 2019.
Resources:
Lembke, Anna. Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence. Dutton, 2021.

Duhigg, Charles. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business. Random House Trade, 2014).


Taming the serpent: book list,  research studies & case law

3/27/2023

 
Taming the Serpent: How Neuroscience Can Revolutionize Modern Law Enforcement Training by Michael G Malpass

Book List & Research Studies:

Bailey, Regina. “Anatomy of the Brain: Structures and Their Function.” www.ThoughtCo.com. Updated March 08, 2017, https://www.thoughtco.com/anatomy-of-the-brain-373479

Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 1991.

Diamond, D.M. Campbell, A.M., Park, C.R., Halonen, J. and Zoladz, P.R. (2007) The temporal dynamics model of emotional memory processing: A synthesis on the neurobiological basis of stress-induced amnesia, flashbulb and traumatic memories, and the Yerkes-Dodson Law. Neural Plasticity, vol. 2007, Article ID 60803, doi:10.1155/2007/60803

Eagleman, David. Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain. New York, NY: Vintage Books, 2012.

Gonzales, Lawrence. Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 2017.

Grossman, Lt. Col. Dave and Christensen, Loren W. On Combat: The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace, 3rd Ed. United States of America: Warrior Science Publications, 2008.

Hall, Dr. Christine. “Excited Delirium: What It Is, What It Isn’t and How We Know.” Lecture at the Force Science Institute Certification Course: Principles of Force Science. Phoenix, AZ, September 2016.

Jeremiah, Dr. David. The Jeremiah Study Bible: New King James Version. Nashville, TN: Worthy Publishing, 2013.

Kahneman, Daniel. Thinking Fast and Slow. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011.
Klein Gary. Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1999.

Kotler, Steven. The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2014.

Kotler, Steven and Wheal, Jamie. Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALS, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2017.

LeDoux, Joseph. Anxious: Using the Brain to Understand and Treat Fear and Anxiety. New York, NY: Viking, 2015.

Lieberman, M. D., Eisenberger, N. I., Crockett, M. J., Tom, S., Pfeifer, J. H., Way, B. M. (2007). Putting feelings into words: “Affect labeling disrupts amygdala activity to affective stimuli.” Psychological Science, 18, 421-428.

Morin, Amy. “Why Successful People Don't Crumble Under Pressure.” www.Forbes.com. August 7, 2014. https://www.forbes.com/sites/amymorin/2014/08/07/why-successful-people-dont-crumble-under-pressure/

Napoleon, Landon J. Burning Shield: The Jason Schechterle Story. New York, NY: 7110 True Crime Library, 2013.

Peter, Dr. Laurence J. Peter’s Quotations: Ideas for Our Time. New York, NY: Quill William Morrow, 1977.

Reynolds, Susan. Fire Up Your Writing Brain: How to Use Proven Neuroscience to Become a More Creative, Productive, and Successful Writer. Blue Ash, OH: Writer’s Digest Books, 2015.

Sajnog, Chris. Navy SEAL Shooting: Learn How to Shoot from Their Leading Instructor. San Diego, CA: Center Mass Group, 2015

Salomon, Dustin P. Building Shooters: Applying Neuroscience Research to Tactical Training System Design and Training Delivery. Silver Point, TN: Innovative Services and Solutions LLC, 2016.

Thompson, George J., Ph.D. and Jenkins, Jerry B. Verbal Judo: The Gentle Art of Persuasion. New York, NY: Harper Collins, 2013.

Van Horne, Patrick and Riley, Jason A., Left of Bang: How the Marine Corps’ Combat Hunter Program Can Save Your Life. Black Irish Entertainment, 2014.

Vickers, Joan N., PhD. Perception, Cognition, and Decision Training: The Quiet Eye in Action. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 2007.

Vickers, Joan N., PhD., Lewinski, William. “Performing Under Pressure: Gaze Control, Decision Making and Shooting Performance of Elite and Rookie Police Officers.” Human Movement Science, Volume 31, Issue 1, February 2012, Pages 101-117. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21807433

Weisinger, Hendrie and Pawliw-Fry, J.P. Performing Under Pressure: The Science of Doing Your Best When It Matters Most. New York, NY: Crown Publishing Group, 2015.

Steadman, Andrew, Major, US Army. “What Combat Leaders Need to Know about Neuroscience.” Military Review, Vol. 91, No. 3, May-June 2011

Johnson, Dr. Richard. “Examining the Prevalence of Deaths from Police Use of Force.“ www.ForceScience.org, 2015. https://www.forcescience.com/2015/10/new-study-reveals-facts-of-police-related-deaths-of-unarmed-subjects/

Fryer, Roland G, Jr. “An Empirical Analysis of Racial Differences in Police Use of Force.” Journal of Political Economy. Forthcoming. 2016. https://scholar.harvard.edu/fryer/publications/empirical-analysis-racial-differences-police-use-force

Relevant Case Law for Law Enforcement:
Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386 (1989)                                                                       
Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1 (USSC) (1985)
Plakas v. Drinsk, 19 F .3D 1143 (7th Cir. 1994)
Russo v. City of Cincinnati, 953 F .2D 1036 (6th Cir. 1992)
Deorle v. Rutherford, No. 9917188ap (2001) (9th Cir.)
Isom v. Town of Warren Rhode Island, 360 F. 3d (1st Cir. 2004)
Scott v. Harris, US 05-1631 (2007)
Glenn v. Washington County, 661 F. 3d 460 (9th Cir. 2011)
Brown v. United States, 256 U.S. 335 (1921)
Byran v. McPherson, (9th Cir. 2009)
City of Canton v. Harris, 489 U.S. 378 (1989)
Zuchel v. City of Denver, 997 F. 2d 730 (10th Cir. 1993)

Critical Thinking Under Stress: Why is it so Difficult?

5/19/2019

 
Neuroscientists who are speaking to people like me, who have been hit in the head…a lot, favor an explanation of the brain as a split processing system consisting of the “thinking/cognitive you,” and the “emotional/feeling you.” The “feeling you” is an implicit bias system that provides fast but not necessarily accurate hunches that guide your behavior. These hunches are more and more accurate as your experience level increases in the endeavor in question.
 
For example, you wake up in the middle of the night shivering, realize the blankets are off the bed, cover yourself and quickly fall back to sleep. The solution to this problem would come quickly and without a lot of mental effort. But instead, let’s say you are woken up by a smell you can’t identify, then realize your house is on fire. The simple transition of waking up, realizing you are cold and covering up, becomes a lot more complicated. Without adequate experience and under heavy emotional response, a quick but not necessarily accurate guess about what to do next, as in cases where the adults run out of the house and forget to get the children. With no training or experience relevant to the issue, they save themselves and forget the kids until they are safe, the brain calms, and they then realize, their kids are not safe.
 
Daily, we are driven by hunches from the emotional, unconscious system that guide our behavior and decisions. The “cognitive you” is basically lazy and unless driven through attention to perform a task, will usually go along with the hunches provided by the emotional systems. Scientists believe the most important function of the cognitive system is the ability of the “conscious you” to overrule these quick hunches provided by the emotional system. In response to incoming stimuli, each system of the brain asks a different question in order to come up with ideas for how-to guide decision making. The “cognitive/thinking you” asks, “What do I think about this issue?” This process is slower but more accurate than the quick hunches of the emotional system. The “feeling/emotional you” asks, “How do I feel about this issue?” This is a faster, easier answer to process but not necessarily an accurate response.
 
Recently, I have repeatedly heard people from across the political divide say that what they feel about an issue is more important than facts and the truth. These, my friends, are incredibly dangerous lines of thinking because the “feeling you” cares about yourself and people you consider to be part of your in-group to the detriment of everyone else. This is an unconscious driver of behavior and some of the same neurochemicals that enhance your connection to an in-group, can make you downright evil towards anyone in your out-group. We are all driven by these systems and a lack of understanding of these systems is currently driving the vitriol in politics, social media and in our day-to-day existence. A fundamental understanding of these brain systems gives the conscious you the ability to overrule some of the hunches of the emotional system.
 
Now, here is where is gets even more complicated; Without time constraints and pressure, it’s easy to spend time thinking about an issue and seeking facts to guide you to the best idea of the truth regarding the matter in question. But, under pressure and time constraints or excessive emotional stress, the emotional system (where the fight or flight responses are directed) attempts to take control and blood flow goes where the action is. Blood flow to the emotional brain diminishes blood flow to the thinking brain and vice versa. Under perceived threat by either stress or the pressure of a situation, the brain may default to the best guess of the emotional brain.
 
For law enforcement officers or anyone in a perceived or real-life threatening situation, these best guesses can lead to tragedy. Why? Because of the substitution of the easier question, “How do I feel about this?,” instead of the more accurate, “What do I think about this?” When you are scared, overly excited, stressed out or overly anxious, the emotional brain wants to answer the easier question. What is the answer of how you feel about something like a suspect’s hands moving to his waistband area while resisting a lawful arrest? If the answer is, threatened, what do you think the quick hunch will be?
 
Keep in mind that the same processing going on in the officer’s brain is also going on in the suspect’s. The suspect’s brain, under the stress and pressure of the situation, may default to the easier question, “How do I feel?” And, if the answer is, “I don’t want to go to jail.” He fights to keep his hands away from the officer by keeping them close to his body. The suspect thinks, “I can’t be handcuffed if I want to escape.” The officer’s hunch is that the suspect is hiding a gun. And here is the dirty secret; If the emotional brain is overly stimulated past a certain threshold unique to each individual, the emotional brain may tell you and show you exactly what it needs to in order to initiate a survival response. In these cases, the thinking you may be completely shut off momentarily. And there you have the anatomy of a mistake of fact shooting.
 
I wrote the book, Taming the Serpent: How Neuroscience Can Revolutionize Modern Law Enforcement Training, to address some of these issues as I truly believe the future of law enforcement is training geared toward how the brain interprets information and drives decision making. In the course of studying these ideas as they relate to law enforcement, I found the same ideas relevant to every one of us in our day to day experiences.

Canada and Norway Camps

5/29/2013

 
What an amazing opportunity...last year teaching in Montreal and this year teaching in Norway! What a blast..great people, great fun, and the chance to teach with Kevin and Ola and Axel...I am truly blessed my friends!

Guest Instructor for Combat Systema Summer Camp 2012 in Canada

4/12/2012

 
This summer Mike will be a special guest instructor at Kevin Secours' Combat Systema Summer Camp in Montreal, Quebec, Canada during the week of July 9-13, 2012.  Here's what Kevin has to say about Mike.

"Mike Malpass of Combat Systema Phoenix will be providing two very special evening sessions. Mike is the owner of Combative Resolutions. He has been a police officer for 19 years, and is currently assigned to the Phoenix S.W.A.T. special assignments unit. He is a five-time national heavyweight kickboxing champion with over 24 years
of experience in the martial arts, including intensive training in catch wrestling and defensive tactics. Mike is a progressive, pragmatic, pressure-tested real-world warrior. He will be leading two special evening sessions on Solo and Team Restraint Tactics and Home Security.  This is a rare, must-do opportunity to learn cutting edge, battle- proven and street-ready tactics from a man on the frontline."

See more about the Combat Systema Summer Camp 2012 here.

The Kevin Secours Combat Systema Seminar

4/12/2012

 
Posted on June 5, 2011 by Mike Malpass

Last weekend, we completed our first Combat Systema seminar in Tempe, 
Arizona. The seminar went three days and covered: functionalizing the clinch, 
takedowns on resisting subjects, ground survival and the Combat Systema striking 
module. The group consisted of law enforcement officers, Combat Systema 
affiliates and several people who wanted to compare Combat Systema with other 
systems they have or are currently studying.

First off, what an amazing group of people! Everyone worked hard straight 
through for seven-hour days. The participants opted for no lunch and small 
breaks for maximum training time for each individual. Throughout the three day 
seminar, individuals approached myself and Kevin and commented on the quality of 
the people involved with the seminar. For the law enforcement officers, it was 
an eye opening experience to train with Kevin Secours, to be exposed to his 
extensive experience and abilities and to see an approach to training far 
different from what the average cop experiences in the course of his/her
career.

Every cop involved in the seminar made it clear that this style of training 
is far more beneficial than the standard “cookie cutter” approach to law 
enforcement training. The affiliates, who have trained with Kevin before said 
that each time is a new experience and they learn new twists to the lessons each 
time. The others who have trained in other arts, but not Combat Systema before, 
were fascinated by the lesson plan objectives and amazed at the extensive 
knowledge Kevin has, not only of Combat Systema, but of numerous other fighting 
systems.

For me, it was a great experience to be around a wonderful group of people 
and to spend three days with Kevin Secours, who is not only one of the most 
skillful and talented teachers I have ever trained with, but a hell of a nice 
guy to boot. If you have the chance to train with Kevin, I could not give you 
enough of a recommendation to do so. I can guarantee that you will not be 
disappointed and you will walk away more poised, more skilled and more amazed 
each time you train with him. To contact Kevin, go to CombatSystema.com and you 
can also see some of his teaching methods at Systema Canada on You Tube. I also 
highly recommend Kevin’s dvd’s, which were my first chance to see the Combat 
Systema application to fighting systems. Keep in mind, I studied different 
fighting systems for almost thirty years before I was exposed to Combat Systema 
material. Here is what I can tell you; if you have already been studying other 
arts, Kevin’s material will make you better. If Combat Systema is the first art 
you will study, you will be exposed to a complete fighting system that teaches 
how to stay healthy and develop principles and attributes from day one that can 
put you well on your way to becoming a balanced, healthy, and poised fighter.

Check on the Systema Canada and Combative Resolutions You Tube pages in the 
next few weeks for video clips from the seminar and thanks again to Kevin 
Secours for an awesome training experience.

COMBAT SYSTEMA SEMINAR IN PHOENIX

4/12/2012

 
Posted on March 11, 2011 by Mike Malpass
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BOXING WITH HAMMERFISTS

4/12/2012

 
Posted on March 11, 2011 by Mike Malpass

I get a lot of questions regarding why I teach an emphasis on the hammer fist
and more unconventional striking methods.  Please keep in mind that we can
discuss two different methodologies when it comes to striking, which are
sportive and combative.  I am a huge fan of MMA, boxing, kickboxing and
freestyle martial arts and I have competed in all of these arenas in the last
thirty years.  Eighteen years ago, I became a police officer and since then have
been trying to find ways to take my sportive experience and apply it to a more
combative application.  This has been fun, enlightening, frustrating, confusing
and back to exciting, enlightening, and thought provoking.  The major issue with
sportive striking methods is that the human body can generate more power than
the human hand can absorb if contact is not made precisely the same way every
time.  If making precise strikes was easy, then professional fighters who are
involved in street confrontations would have no trouble making the transfer from
a sportive to a combative methodology.  Unfortunately, this is not the case as
numerous incidents involving broken hands with professional fighters both in and
out of the ring and cage abound.  Don’t get me wrong, I still love traditional
boxing and kickboxing striking techniques in their sportive applications.  I
just don’t endorse using them at full power in a combative application.

A worse case scenario could look like this: Imagine a police officer who is
involved in an altercation with a combative suspect.  They are in a knock down
drag out fight and the officer now fears for his life and escalates to full
speed full power punching.  He manages to knock the suspect down with a mighty
overhand right but breaks his hand in the process.  The officer is right handed
and has now lost the use of his right hand.  To make matters worse, three
generations of the suspect’s family are now headed his way.  The officer is
right handed and cannot draw his weapon due to the damage sustained from
throwing a picture perfect overhand right that landed slightly off in the fog of
war.  He cannot quickly handcuff his suspect and make a run for it because
handcuffing cannot be done quickly with one hand.  Sound bad?  This happened to
a friend of mine and the only thing that saved him was the emergency button on
his radio which brought the cavalry quickly to his aide.

If this had happened to an average police officer with no sportive or
combative experience it would have been easy to pass off the broken hand as “the
cost of doing business.”  Fortunately for us, this officer had professional
boxing and kickboxing experience and knew the business of sportive striking very
well.   This gave us a hint that the sportive applications were not transferring
to the combative and we began to search to refine our techniques.

While discussing this incident with the officer, I remember a conversation I
had with Sam Jones back in the 80’s.  Sam is a boxing and kickboxing coach in
southern Ohio and a high level black belt in Bando.  Sam is also a former
contender in the professional boxing ranks as well as a holder of numerous
kickboxing titles.  Sam ran a bar as well as his boxing gym and one night after
boxing training we were discussing the fact that Sam had broken his hands so
many times that he no longer used traditional boxing punches when involved in
conflicts at the bar.  We then discussed the Bando Boar punches which are the
same as the old school hatchet and hammer fist shots.  Sam demonstrated the
technique and its many applications as well as how the shots were not as
dependant on stance as traditional striking techniques.  Sam banged a few of
these off my boxing guard and it was amazing how much force was carried through
my shielding forearms and into my head.  I then used these techniques to get me
through my college job of bouncing in the bars at Ohio University in Athens
Ohio.  They definitely save the hands and there is nothing like a quick, short
hammer fist to the top of a free swinging drunks head to make him blink, sag,
and become very easy to restrain and escort.  No residual effects, no broken
bones, just quick disorientation and quick control.

It would stand to reason that I would have remembered this valuable lesson
and carried it into my law enforcement career, but alas, maturity and common
sense came late to this ignorant soul.  Roughly fourteen years ago, I brought
back the idea of boxing with the hammer fists and have been refining the idea
ever since.  I have used it on the street and I have used it in the cage and
have found it to be equally effective in both realms.  Now in the MMA world, I
am just a ham and egger.  My dreams of sportive glory are over and now I compete
when I can because it’s a great way to test the capacity to keep your head and
solve problems.  My focus now is on techniques that can save my keister when I
need them and have less risk of causing injury to myself while throwing them.

The hammer fist techniques fit these criteria because it really doesn’t
matter what area of the body you hit with them, you can still get an affect out
of your opponent.  If I go to throw a hammer fist shot and the suspect shields,
I can still get an affect out of him.  If a traditional punch is shielded, you
have a much greater chance of breaking your hand.  The hammers can also be
easily blended with elbow techniques and tie-ups to create a continuous flow of
techniques which don’t require memorization, just familiarization.  In fact,
while we do drills that have some pattern repetition, each participant is
encouraged to find their own flow and blends that work for them.  After a short
period of familiarization, the hammer fist striking method is easily
incorporated into sparring and everyone involved can experience for themselves
the effectiveness of the techniques.

A good start to incorporating these ideas into your fight strategy is to
start on the heavy bag with light shots from numerous angles.  Keep the fists
tight but the rest of the arm loose and see how many angles you can come up with
to hit from.  The possibilities are truly endless.  Then, do some drilling with
a partner back and forth against each other’s shielded arms in order to see that
you can bounce them off his shielding forearms and do no damage to yourself. 
You will also notice how much power carries through your own shielding arms when
your partner is throwing.  Again, take it easy, no point in giving each other
brain damage.  The point is to develop a healthy amount of respect for the
technique and its numerous applications.  When you are ready to introduce it
into your sparring, make sure you pad up and wear headgear and a mouthpiece. 
Even at fifty percent speed and power, you will feel the impact so be careful
and enjoy!

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THE TEAM ARREST TACTICS PROGRAM

4/12/2012

 
Posted on February 20, 2011 by Mike Malpass

If you are reading this blog, then you probably got to this page from Kevin
Secours’ blog page or from the Systema Canada YouTube page. 
(www.combatsystema.com)  My thanks to Kevin for showing an interest in the
program and for helping promote the idea.  I developed the Team Arrest Tactics
program around six years ago, after several federal rulings came out against
officers who immediately went to strikes in order to solve the problem of a
resistant subject who refuses to comply with handcuffing and is hiding his hands
underneath his body while lying face down on the ground.  The subject may be
forcefully moving his body back and forth, but is not actively trying to assault
the officers involved in the arrest.  To be clear, if the subject is actively
assaulting officers, then strikes are certainly a good way to gain control by,
first, causing dysfunction, and then, using restraint tactics in order to get
the suspect into handcuffs.  However, with the subjects who are resisting arrest
but not assaulting officers, resorting to strikes is not the most efficient way
of gaining control and compliance.  While doing the research for the Team Arrest
Tactics program, I was speaking with officers from all around the country and
finding the average number of flashlight, knee and hand strikes to the arms,
back of shoulders and thigh area, to be 15-40 strikes in order to gain
compliance.  At that time, this was an informal and unscientific study, but the
concerns of the federal judges supported these statistics.

I have several issues with strikes being the first line of defense for
dealing with a resistant but non-assaulting subject.  First, while the various
strikes are being delivered, the suspect is unrestrained and is able to freely
move to defend the strikes, and if he chooses, to begin assaulting the officers. 
Second, multiple strikes from multiple officers does not pass the headline
test.  To the average civilian, it looks like a savage attack on one non-violent
man by several violent police officers.  It does not really matter that they
wouldn’t know a good use of force from a bad one because perception does matter. 
The problem at the time was that officers (including myself) were trained to go
to strikes, if, after a “reasonable” amount of time, you were not able to get
the hands out for handcuffing.  Of course you were on your own to decide what
would be a “reasonable” amount of time.  The officers involved in the court
cases in question acted within the boundaries of their training and within their
agencies’ guidelines, so the issue was not excessive force.  The rulings usually
revolved around agencies seeking a better first procedure to gain compliance
before resorting to strikes.  From this starting point, the Team Arrest Tactics
program began.

The Team Arrest Tactics program is a mixture of old school Catch-as-Catch Can
Wrestling, Naban Grappling, the Bando Python System and Russian Sambo.  The idea
was to see if compliance could be gained quickly from a resistant subject by
inducing multiple points of pain compliance while inhibiting the subjects
ability to take in a full breath.  Keep in mind the subject can breathe, they
just cannot take in the lungful of air necessary for strong bursts of strength
and power.  It took around six months of experimentation and the generous
support of a handful of police officers who were as interested as I was to see
if we could generate some good ideas.  This translated to my friends being
poked, prodded, twisted, grinded, cross faced and wrapped up like a Christmas
gift in order to find out what works.  We ended up with a program that was
taught in a training module to every officer on my department.  Then, it went on
to be presented to several other agencies’ specialty details (usually those
involved with fugitive apprehension).  It’s a fun program that is easy to learn
and easy to use.  My favorite part of the program is the pace you practice it at
is the exact pace to use on the street.  The pace is slow and deliberate every
time.

I did read one post asking if there was concern about restricting breathing. 
Positional asphyxia is a concern in any arrest situation, but most documented
cases come from a prisoner who is already handcuffed and is still combative.  At
that point, the subject was then “hog-tied” by placing him in leg restraints and
connecting the leg restraints to the handcuffs.  That places the subject face
down on the ground with their legs pulled up behind them and attached to the
handcuffs preventing most movements.  The Team Arrest Tactics program does place
the subject in a similar contortion, but once compliance is gained and the cuffs
are on, he is removed from that position.  If he is still combative, then a long
line is used to connect a leg restraint to the handcuffs, but the subject is
able to sit with the line attached and is not placed on his stomach.  The
subject is also continuously monitored to make sure he does not roll onto his
stomach and stay there.

The program is designed to inhibit a full breath,
but not to prevent breathing.  The position is uncomfortable, but in the
majority of cases, it is the various forms of pain compliance (which are subtle
and not obvious to the average passerby, thereby, passing the headline test)
which cause the subject to give up his hands for cuffing.  In only a small
number of uses have the subjects been able to resist the multiple points of pain
compliance.  In these cases, they still gave up due to exhaustion within forty
five seconds.  Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions regarding the program.

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