The skill-performance relationship is a cornerstone of a meritocratic society. People are
selected for schools, colleges and jobs based on the premise that more skillful individuals …

There has been a fundamental failure to translate preclinically supported research into
clinically efficacious treatments for psychiatric disorders. One of the greatest impediments …

Introduction The slope of the electroencephalography (EEG) power spectrum (also referred
to as 1/f noise) is an important consideration when calculating narrow-band power …

Giving learners control over their feedback schedule has been shown to enhance motor
learning. This effect has been attributed to enhanced intrinsic motivation via fulfilling …

Despite having little economic utility, people are sometimes motivated to seek challenges
(ie, proactively choosing to work on a more difficult task than an easier one). The present …

The idea that there is a self-controlled learning advantage, where individuals demonstrate
improved motor learning after exercising choice over an aspect of practice compared to no …

Climate change is one of the most important issues for humanity. To defuse this problem, it is
considered necessary to improve energy efficiency, make energy sources cleaner, and …

The effectiveness of rehabilitation is contingent upon the motor recovery process which
typically involves long-term motor skill re-acquisition. Given that the learning process can be …

The effects of autonomy support in motor performance and learning have been observed
over the years through different lines of research that use a great variety of tasks–mostly …

It is unknown whether rewards improve the capability to select appropriate targets for one's
movement (action selection) and/or the movement itself (action execution). Thus, we devised …