Considerable literature on the role of attentional focus in motor performance and learning
has accumulated for over two decades. We report the results of comprehensive meta …

Throughout the educational system, students experiencing active learning pedagogy
perform better and fail less than those taught through direct instruction. Can this be ascribed …

Proactive cognition brain models are mainstream nowadays. Within these, preparation is
understood as an endogenous, top-down function that takes place prior to the actual …

Learning new rules rapidly and effectively via instructions is ubiquitous in our daily lives, yet
the underlying cognitive and neural mechanisms are complex. Using functional magnetic …

Successful goal-directed behavior requires the maintenance and implementation of abstract
task goals on concrete stimulus information in working memory. Previous working memory …

Multivariate analyses of neural data have become increasingly influential in cognitive
neuroscience since they allow to address questions about the representational signatures of …

Implementing novel instructions is a complex and uniquely human cognitive ability, which
requires the rapid and flexible conversion of symbolic content into a format that enables the …

While many brain networks are specialised for processing specific types of information, a
network of frontoparietal regions is engaged by a wide range of cognitive demands. Here …

Instructions enable humans to perform novel tasks quickly. This is achieved by creating and
activating the instruction representation for upcoming tasks, which can then modulate …

Instructions allow us to fulfill novel and complex tasks on the first try. This skill has been
linked to preparatory brain signals that encode upcoming demands in advance, facilitating …