Dynamics of Human Performance Regulation Lab
@dhprlab.bsky.social
At DHPRlab, we study human performance in sports (@uni-hamburg.de) using psychology, neuroscience & physiology.
PI: @wanjawolff.bsky.social.
Account managed by: @senaozayotgonbayar.bsky.social.
PI: @wanjawolff.bsky.social.
Account managed by: @senaozayotgonbayar.bsky.social.
New #DHPRLab preprint by @katjarewitz.bsky.social together with @wanjawolff.bsky.social and @mbieleke.bsky.social 🙌🏼
Check out Katja’s post below, in case you're interested! ⬇️
Check out Katja’s post below, in case you're interested! ⬇️
New preprint 📢
w/ @wanjawolff.bsky.social & @mbieleke.bsky.social we tracked boredom during a cycling task. Perceived effort generally increased over time – boredom didn't. Boredom varied strongly across individuals, and its dynamics predicted persistence beyond effort
📖 osf.io/preprints/ps...
w/ @wanjawolff.bsky.social & @mbieleke.bsky.social we tracked boredom during a cycling task. Perceived effort generally increased over time – boredom didn't. Boredom varied strongly across individuals, and its dynamics predicted persistence beyond effort
📖 osf.io/preprints/ps...
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January 29, 2026 at 1:17 PM
New #DHPRLab preprint by @katjarewitz.bsky.social together with @wanjawolff.bsky.social and @mbieleke.bsky.social 🙌🏼
Check out Katja’s post below, in case you're interested! ⬇️
Check out Katja’s post below, in case you're interested! ⬇️
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Not so average: Heterogenous boredom dynamics during an incremental physical effort task: https://osf.io/79ezb
January 22, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Not so average: Heterogenous boredom dynamics during an incremental physical effort task: https://osf.io/79ezb
We had the pleasure of welcoming Prof. Dr. Erik Bijleveld from Radboud University to our #DHPRlab meeting.
He talked about effort and fatigue, when and why people get fatigued, and their relation to decision-making.
Thank you for taking the time and inspiring discussions! 🙏 @erikbij.bsky.social
He talked about effort and fatigue, when and why people get fatigued, and their relation to decision-making.
Thank you for taking the time and inspiring discussions! 🙏 @erikbij.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 3:08 PM
We had the pleasure of welcoming Prof. Dr. Erik Bijleveld from Radboud University to our #DHPRlab meeting.
He talked about effort and fatigue, when and why people get fatigued, and their relation to decision-making.
Thank you for taking the time and inspiring discussions! 🙏 @erikbij.bsky.social
He talked about effort and fatigue, when and why people get fatigued, and their relation to decision-making.
Thank you for taking the time and inspiring discussions! 🙏 @erikbij.bsky.social
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AI and LLMs trend towards sameness of expression - it might just make us all more boring!
www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/the-...
www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/the-...
Is AI Making Us Boring?
AI works by predicting the most likely next thing, but in doing so, it risks becoming predictable and monotonous—and so do we if we rely too much on the tool.
www.psychologytoday.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
AI and LLMs trend towards sameness of expression - it might just make us all more boring!
www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/the-...
www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/the-...
Yesterday, we had the pleasure of welcoming Prof. Dr. Amitai Shenhav from UC Berkeley to our #DHPRlab meeting. He told us about neural and computational mechanisms of motivation, affect, and decision-making
Thank you for taking the time and for the really engaging discussions @ashenhav.bsky.social🙏
Thank you for taking the time and for the really engaging discussions @ashenhav.bsky.social🙏
January 7, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Yesterday, we had the pleasure of welcoming Prof. Dr. Amitai Shenhav from UC Berkeley to our #DHPRlab meeting. He told us about neural and computational mechanisms of motivation, affect, and decision-making
Thank you for taking the time and for the really engaging discussions @ashenhav.bsky.social🙏
Thank you for taking the time and for the really engaging discussions @ashenhav.bsky.social🙏
Another great joint event with @cmdn-lab.bsky.social before the winter break!
It was wonderful to visit each other’s labs again and enjoy a fun evening together ✨
Already looking forward to the next one!
It was wonderful to visit each other’s labs again and enjoy a fun evening together ✨
Already looking forward to the next one!
December 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Another great joint event with @cmdn-lab.bsky.social before the winter break!
It was wonderful to visit each other’s labs again and enjoy a fun evening together ✨
Already looking forward to the next one!
It was wonderful to visit each other’s labs again and enjoy a fun evening together ✨
Already looking forward to the next one!
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Had an amazing time at the #ISSP conference in Hong Kong 🌆
Thanks for joining the hitchhike journey through the #effort research universe.
Interested, check our preprint together w/ @wanjawolff.bsky.social & @israelhalperin.bsky.social
➡️ osf.io/preprints/ps...
Thanks for joining the hitchhike journey through the #effort research universe.
Interested, check our preprint together w/ @wanjawolff.bsky.social & @israelhalperin.bsky.social
➡️ osf.io/preprints/ps...
December 13, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Had an amazing time at the #ISSP conference in Hong Kong 🌆
Thanks for joining the hitchhike journey through the #effort research universe.
Interested, check our preprint together w/ @wanjawolff.bsky.social & @israelhalperin.bsky.social
➡️ osf.io/preprints/ps...
Thanks for joining the hitchhike journey through the #effort research universe.
Interested, check our preprint together w/ @wanjawolff.bsky.social & @israelhalperin.bsky.social
➡️ osf.io/preprints/ps...
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I really enjoyed talking about investigating dynamic decision strategies in sports using the explore-exploit framework at #ISSP in Hong Kong.
If you're interested in our recently published work on this topic ➡️ doi.org/10.1016/j.ps...
If you're interested in our recently published work on this topic ➡️ doi.org/10.1016/j.ps...
December 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I really enjoyed talking about investigating dynamic decision strategies in sports using the explore-exploit framework at #ISSP in Hong Kong.
If you're interested in our recently published work on this topic ➡️ doi.org/10.1016/j.ps...
If you're interested in our recently published work on this topic ➡️ doi.org/10.1016/j.ps...
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Truly enjoyed sharing some empirical data on one of our key points at #ISSP in Hong Kong:
People minimize effort & especially time costs for their exercise goals, even when they know it’s not the most effective way!
w/ @corimartarelli.bsky.social, @mbieleke.bsky.social, and @wanjawolff.bsky.social
People minimize effort & especially time costs for their exercise goals, even when they know it’s not the most effective way!
w/ @corimartarelli.bsky.social, @mbieleke.bsky.social, and @wanjawolff.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Truly enjoyed sharing some empirical data on one of our key points at #ISSP in Hong Kong:
People minimize effort & especially time costs for their exercise goals, even when they know it’s not the most effective way!
w/ @corimartarelli.bsky.social, @mbieleke.bsky.social, and @wanjawolff.bsky.social
People minimize effort & especially time costs for their exercise goals, even when they know it’s not the most effective way!
w/ @corimartarelli.bsky.social, @mbieleke.bsky.social, and @wanjawolff.bsky.social
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A “Nutri-Score". But for the lab 😁
Had a blast presenting our thoughts on optimal lab technology for complex questions at #ISSP in Hong Kong.
Interested? Check out our @cmdn-lab.bsky.social & @dhprlab.bsky.social preprint w/ @sgluth.bsky.social & Johannes Keyser: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Had a blast presenting our thoughts on optimal lab technology for complex questions at #ISSP in Hong Kong.
Interested? Check out our @cmdn-lab.bsky.social & @dhprlab.bsky.social preprint w/ @sgluth.bsky.social & Johannes Keyser: osf.io/preprints/ps...
December 11, 2025 at 3:32 AM
A “Nutri-Score". But for the lab 😁
Had a blast presenting our thoughts on optimal lab technology for complex questions at #ISSP in Hong Kong.
Interested? Check out our @cmdn-lab.bsky.social & @dhprlab.bsky.social preprint w/ @sgluth.bsky.social & Johannes Keyser: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Had a blast presenting our thoughts on optimal lab technology for complex questions at #ISSP in Hong Kong.
Interested? Check out our @cmdn-lab.bsky.social & @dhprlab.bsky.social preprint w/ @sgluth.bsky.social & Johannes Keyser: osf.io/preprints/ps...
#DHPRLab in the ISSP 16th World Congress in Hong Kong!
Curious about our talks? Stay tuned 🙌🏼😌
@wanjawolff.bsky.social @senaozayotgonbayar.bsky.social @katjarewitz.bsky.social @lukas-hack.bsky.social
Together w/ @corimartarelli.bsky.social, @mbieleke.bsky.social, and Darias Holgado.
Curious about our talks? Stay tuned 🙌🏼😌
@wanjawolff.bsky.social @senaozayotgonbayar.bsky.social @katjarewitz.bsky.social @lukas-hack.bsky.social
Together w/ @corimartarelli.bsky.social, @mbieleke.bsky.social, and Darias Holgado.
December 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
#DHPRLab in the ISSP 16th World Congress in Hong Kong!
Curious about our talks? Stay tuned 🙌🏼😌
@wanjawolff.bsky.social @senaozayotgonbayar.bsky.social @katjarewitz.bsky.social @lukas-hack.bsky.social
Together w/ @corimartarelli.bsky.social, @mbieleke.bsky.social, and Darias Holgado.
Curious about our talks? Stay tuned 🙌🏼😌
@wanjawolff.bsky.social @senaozayotgonbayar.bsky.social @katjarewitz.bsky.social @lukas-hack.bsky.social
Together w/ @corimartarelli.bsky.social, @mbieleke.bsky.social, and Darias Holgado.
New #DHPRLab paper by @katjarewitz.bsky.social and @wanjawolff.bsky.social together with @nicoschuck.bsky.social 💪🥳
Check out the post below, in case you're interested! ⬇️
Check out the post below, in case you're interested! ⬇️
Very happy to see this out now in Psychology of Sport & Exercise 🤓
If you’re interested in how the explore–exploit framework helps us study decision-making in sports and exercise, check it out!
w/ @nicoschuck.bsky.social & @wanjawolff.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
If you’re interested in how the explore–exploit framework helps us study decision-making in sports and exercise, check it out!
w/ @nicoschuck.bsky.social & @wanjawolff.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The explore-exploit trade-off in sports and exercise: a primer on empirical and computational approaches
Sports and exercise require constant on-the-fly decision-making from professional athletes and recreational exercisers alike. In the final minutes of …
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December 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
New #DHPRLab paper by @katjarewitz.bsky.social and @wanjawolff.bsky.social together with @nicoschuck.bsky.social 💪🥳
Check out the post below, in case you're interested! ⬇️
Check out the post below, in case you're interested! ⬇️
New #DHPRLab preprint by @wanjawolff.bsky.social together with @mbieleke.bsky.social 🙌🏼
Check out the post below, in case you're interested!⬇️
Check out the post below, in case you're interested!⬇️
Here we delve into...
Read this phrase before? When everything you read starts to blur toghether, blame the LLM 😜 With @wanjawolff.bsky.social , we discuss why this happens, how it increases boredom at scale, and why it becomes increasingly hard to escape.
Interested? Delve into it below ⬇️
Read this phrase before? When everything you read starts to blur toghether, blame the LLM 😜 With @wanjawolff.bsky.social , we discuss why this happens, how it increases boredom at scale, and why it becomes increasingly hard to escape.
Interested? Delve into it below ⬇️
The boredom trap: How LLMs are draining entropy from the way we communicate: https://osf.io/wzveh
December 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
New #DHPRLab preprint by @wanjawolff.bsky.social together with @mbieleke.bsky.social 🙌🏼
Check out the post below, in case you're interested!⬇️
Check out the post below, in case you're interested!⬇️
📺 A TV team from NDR visited our @dhprlab.bsky.social to learn about our current research & why boredom plays a powerful role in human behavior.
You can spend three (German, but hopefully not boring) minutes watching it here: www.ndr.de/fernsehen/se...
P.S. Thumbnail is not footage from our lab 😁
You can spend three (German, but hopefully not boring) minutes watching it here: www.ndr.de/fernsehen/se...
P.S. Thumbnail is not footage from our lab 😁
Die Kraft der Langeweile: Warum Nichtstun uns voranbringt
Psychologe Prof. Wanja Wolff von der Uni Hamburg erklärt, warum Langeweile wie Schmerz wirkt: ein Signal, Kurs zu ändern.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM
New #DHPRLab paper by @wanjawolff.bsky.social and @katjarewitz.bsky.social together with @corimartarelli.bsky.social 💪🥳
Check out the post below, in case you're interested!⬇️
Check out the post below, in case you're interested!⬇️
📢 New paper 🤩
w/ @katjarewitz.bsky.social & @corimartarelli.bsky.social, we used Bayesian network analyses to study the relationship between exercise boredom, effort value & self-reported exercise behavior.
TL;DR: high boredom & low value -> less exercise
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
w/ @katjarewitz.bsky.social & @corimartarelli.bsky.social, we used Bayesian network analyses to study the relationship between exercise boredom, effort value & self-reported exercise behavior.
TL;DR: high boredom & low value -> less exercise
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
An analysis of the associations between boredom, effort value, and exercise behavior
Insufficient physical activity poses significant health risks, making it essential to understand psychological aspects influencing exercise engagement…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:08 PM
New #DHPRLab paper by @wanjawolff.bsky.social and @katjarewitz.bsky.social together with @corimartarelli.bsky.social 💪🥳
Check out the post below, in case you're interested!⬇️
Check out the post below, in case you're interested!⬇️
New #DHPRLab paper by @wanjawolff.bsky.social together with @corimartarelli.bsky.social and Vanessa Radtke 💪🥳
Check out the post below, in case you're interested!⬇️
Check out the post below, in case you're interested!⬇️
Very cool to see this one out now in Physiology & Behavior 🤩
- We tracked boredom-related & diffculty-related effort dynamics & assessed how they covary with changes in electrodermal activity
Led by Vanessa Radtke & w/ @corimartarelli.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- We tracked boredom-related & diffculty-related effort dynamics & assessed how they covary with changes in electrodermal activity
Led by Vanessa Radtke & w/ @corimartarelli.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Task-related effort - distinguishing boredom- and difficulty-related effort via electrodermal activity
Exerting effort is central to human performance, with the sources of effort varying across tasks. While traditionally linked to task difficulty, effor…
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December 2, 2025 at 8:33 AM
New #DHPRLab paper by @wanjawolff.bsky.social together with @corimartarelli.bsky.social and Vanessa Radtke 💪🥳
Check out the post below, in case you're interested!⬇️
Check out the post below, in case you're interested!⬇️
Last week we had another amazing guest in our #DHPRLab meeting:
Prof. Dr. Martin Behrens told us about psychometric measures and neurophysiological approaches towards fatigue in his “Updated Fatigue Framework” talk.
Thank you for taking the time and really nice discussions! 🙏
Prof. Dr. Martin Behrens told us about psychometric measures and neurophysiological approaches towards fatigue in his “Updated Fatigue Framework” talk.
Thank you for taking the time and really nice discussions! 🙏
December 1, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Last week we had another amazing guest in our #DHPRLab meeting:
Prof. Dr. Martin Behrens told us about psychometric measures and neurophysiological approaches towards fatigue in his “Updated Fatigue Framework” talk.
Thank you for taking the time and really nice discussions! 🙏
Prof. Dr. Martin Behrens told us about psychometric measures and neurophysiological approaches towards fatigue in his “Updated Fatigue Framework” talk.
Thank you for taking the time and really nice discussions! 🙏
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📣 #moeffortmoproblems
“Just try harder and the success will follow” does does not always apply.
Check out our latest preprint to learn more about this effort performance (de)coupling across domains and contexts 😎
“Just try harder and the success will follow” does does not always apply.
Check out our latest preprint to learn more about this effort performance (de)coupling across domains and contexts 😎
#preprint 📢
Effort usually boosts performance - but not always. We discuss 4 domain-general factors that modulate effort-performance (de)coupling: osf.io/preprints/ps...
TL;DR: A framework on when and why effort-performance links appear to change across domains, timescales & measures.
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Effort usually boosts performance - but not always. We discuss 4 domain-general factors that modulate effort-performance (de)coupling: osf.io/preprints/ps...
TL;DR: A framework on when and why effort-performance links appear to change across domains, timescales & measures.
🧵
OSF
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October 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
📣 #moeffortmoproblems
“Just try harder and the success will follow” does does not always apply.
Check out our latest preprint to learn more about this effort performance (de)coupling across domains and contexts 😎
“Just try harder and the success will follow” does does not always apply.
Check out our latest preprint to learn more about this effort performance (de)coupling across domains and contexts 😎
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Truly enjoyed this talk held by Dr. Johannes Seiler 🎉
Interesting to discuss boredom as a signal that feels aversive but also secures us from stagnation 🙌🏼
Thanks for taking your time 👍🏼
Interesting to discuss boredom as a signal that feels aversive but also secures us from stagnation 🙌🏼
Thanks for taking your time 👍🏼
Great pleasure to host Dr. Johannes Seiler in our #DHPRLab meeting!
He gave a fascinating talk on how boredom drives exploration and information-seeking, and how neural entropy underlies this process across species.
Thank you for sharing your time and insights 🙏
He gave a fascinating talk on how boredom drives exploration and information-seeking, and how neural entropy underlies this process across species.
Thank you for sharing your time and insights 🙏
October 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Truly enjoyed this talk held by Dr. Johannes Seiler 🎉
Interesting to discuss boredom as a signal that feels aversive but also secures us from stagnation 🙌🏼
Thanks for taking your time 👍🏼
Interesting to discuss boredom as a signal that feels aversive but also secures us from stagnation 🙌🏼
Thanks for taking your time 👍🏼
📺 In the German primetime TV show JENKE Experiment, participants endured three hours of boredom - with a few theory-driven curveballs 😁
A vivid reminder that doing “nothing” can be tough & that boredom really matters.
Very excited to have contributed to this project.
www.joyn.de/bts/serien/j...
A vivid reminder that doing “nothing” can be tough & that boredom really matters.
Very excited to have contributed to this project.
www.joyn.de/bts/serien/j...
Jenkes neues Selbst-Experiment: Würdest du drei Stunden quälende Langeweile überstehen?
Was passiert, wenn die ständige Reizüberflutung durch das Smartphone wegfällt? Jenke von Wilmsdorff und Kameramann Jan haben genau das in einem radikalen Selbst-Experiment ausprobiert: Drei Stunden ab...
www.joyn.de
November 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Great pleasure to host Dr. Johannes Seiler in our #DHPRLab meeting!
He gave a fascinating talk on how boredom drives exploration and information-seeking, and how neural entropy underlies this process across species.
Thank you for sharing your time and insights 🙏
He gave a fascinating talk on how boredom drives exploration and information-seeking, and how neural entropy underlies this process across species.
Thank you for sharing your time and insights 🙏
October 29, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Great pleasure to host Dr. Johannes Seiler in our #DHPRLab meeting!
He gave a fascinating talk on how boredom drives exploration and information-seeking, and how neural entropy underlies this process across species.
Thank you for sharing your time and insights 🙏
He gave a fascinating talk on how boredom drives exploration and information-seeking, and how neural entropy underlies this process across species.
Thank you for sharing your time and insights 🙏
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🚨Job Alert🚨
2 unbefristete Stellen (je 75%, E13) bei uns am Institut für Bewegungswissenschaften
- Fokus: Insb. Sozialwissenschaften des Sports/Sportsoziologie & qualitative Methoden
Über Verbreitung freue ich mich sehr, Rückfragen gern per DM an mich 🙏
👉 www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...
2 unbefristete Stellen (je 75%, E13) bei uns am Institut für Bewegungswissenschaften
- Fokus: Insb. Sozialwissenschaften des Sports/Sportsoziologie & qualitative Methoden
Über Verbreitung freue ich mich sehr, Rückfragen gern per DM an mich 🙏
👉 www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...
Ausschreibung
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October 24, 2025 at 7:33 AM
🚨Job Alert🚨
2 unbefristete Stellen (je 75%, E13) bei uns am Institut für Bewegungswissenschaften
- Fokus: Insb. Sozialwissenschaften des Sports/Sportsoziologie & qualitative Methoden
Über Verbreitung freue ich mich sehr, Rückfragen gern per DM an mich 🙏
👉 www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...
2 unbefristete Stellen (je 75%, E13) bei uns am Institut für Bewegungswissenschaften
- Fokus: Insb. Sozialwissenschaften des Sports/Sportsoziologie & qualitative Methoden
Über Verbreitung freue ich mich sehr, Rückfragen gern per DM an mich 🙏
👉 www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...
This week we had another awesome guest in our #DHPRLab meeting:
Prof. Dr. Erin Gerlach told us about the empirical educational research perspective and how it connects to practice through inspiring projects.
Thank you for taking the time! 🙏
Prof. Dr. Erin Gerlach told us about the empirical educational research perspective and how it connects to practice through inspiring projects.
Thank you for taking the time! 🙏
October 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This week we had another awesome guest in our #DHPRLab meeting:
Prof. Dr. Erin Gerlach told us about the empirical educational research perspective and how it connects to practice through inspiring projects.
Thank you for taking the time! 🙏
Prof. Dr. Erin Gerlach told us about the empirical educational research perspective and how it connects to practice through inspiring projects.
Thank you for taking the time! 🙏
📰 Mit Anne Paulsen von @spiegel.de habe ich über unser @dhprlab.bsky.social, unsere verschiedenen Messmethoden & insbesondere unsere aktuelle #Forschung zu #Langeweile im #Sport gesprochen.
Vielleicht sind ja ein paar hilfreiche Tipps dabei 😁 ⬇️
www.spiegel.de/fitness/fitn...
Vielleicht sind ja ein paar hilfreiche Tipps dabei 😁 ⬇️
www.spiegel.de/fitness/fitn...
(S+) Radeln und Joggen finden Sie öde? Das hilft gegen Langeweile beim Sport
Kilometersammeln zu Fuß oder per Rad, Hantelwuchten, Kachelzählen beim Schwimmen – das kann zäh und öde sein. Sportpsychologe Wanja Wolff sagt dagegen: Langeweile kann zum Motivationsboost für Hobbysp...
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October 21, 2025 at 10:06 AM
#preprint 📢
Effort usually boosts performance - but not always. We discuss 4 domain-general factors that modulate effort-performance (de)coupling: osf.io/preprints/ps...
TL;DR: A framework on when and why effort-performance links appear to change across domains, timescales & measures.
🧵
Effort usually boosts performance - but not always. We discuss 4 domain-general factors that modulate effort-performance (de)coupling: osf.io/preprints/ps...
TL;DR: A framework on when and why effort-performance links appear to change across domains, timescales & measures.
🧵
OSF
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October 16, 2025 at 9:15 AM