Effective motor performance is important for surviving and thriving, and skilled movement is
critical in many activities. Much theorizing over the past few decades has focused on how …

Highlights•Expectations for positive experience/outcomes benefit motor performance and
learning.•Conditions that support performer autonomy benefit motor performance and …

Learn how the brain processes mathematical concepts and why some students develop
math anxiety! David A. Sousa discusses the cognitive mechanisms for learning mathematics …

Two factors that have been shown to facilitate motor learning are autonomy support (AS)
and enhanced expectancies (EE) for performance. We examined the individual and …

Objective In previous self-controlled feedback studies, it was observed that participants who
could control their own feedback schedules usually use a strategy of choosing feedback …

Recent studies examining the role of self-controlled feedback have shown that learners ask
for feedback after what they believe was a “good” rather than “poor” trial. Also, trials on …

We examined whether the combination of two factors that have consistently been found to
enhance motor learning–an external focus (EF) of attention and autonomy support (AS) …

The authors examined the individual and combined influences of 2 factors that have been
shown to benefit motor learning: an external focus of attention and enhanced performance …

Purpose. The purpose of this study was to estimate the effect of the Cognitive Orientation to
daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP) approach compared with usual outpatient …

Abstract Witt, Linkenauger, and Proffitt (Psychological Science, 23, 397–399, 2012)
demonstrated that golf putting performance was enhanced when the hole was surrounded …