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Wanja Wolff @wanjawolff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Our paper on effort-performance (de)coupling is now out at Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 🎉 Really interested? Read it open access here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Just a little bit interested? TL;DR in the thread below 👇

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When effort fails: Instances and reasons for effort-performance decoupling

Across domains, effort is often assumed to support performance, and performance is frequently used to infer effort. However, observed effort-performan…

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Amitai Shenhav @ashenhav.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

2 yrs ago, I briefly laid out a new theory of how motivation works (AGH). Here, I expand on the problems AGH was trying to solve, why they are hard to solve, what my solution looks like, and how this should change our understanding of thoughts & actions. osf.io/preprints/ps... 🧵A few highlights:

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Dynamics of Human Performance Regulation Lab @dhprlab.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

We had three extremely inspiring days coming together with a group of people who all think about #effort at our Effort Mini-(Un-)conference in Hamburg: discussing lots of open questions, sharing new ideas, thinking together about the challenges our field is facing, and having a great time! 🧠🚶🏼‍♀️🍴

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Dynamics of Human Performance Regulation Lab @dhprlab.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Another two inspiring days with Prof. Chris Englert & his team from Goethe University Frankfurt! Many thanks for visiting and for making this such a great tradition 🌍🤝 Excellent scientific exchange, exciting shared projects, and some time to enjoy Hamburg’s landmarks together!

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Cognitive Modelling & Decision Neuroscience Lab @cmdn-lab.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Last week, we had our 2nd lab retreat at Schloss Basthorst! 2.5 days, 16 scientific sessions, German herbs, a boat tour, and lots of good company and team-building.🌿🍵🚤 Grateful to our amazing team for all the effort, ideas, and energy they brought along! A little glimpse of our retreat.☺️

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James Danckert @jamesdanckert.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Free (online only view) link to a new paper with @natashaltaylor.bsky.social and @macshine.bsky.social where we show that the bored brain is both more integrated and shows higher neural flexibility - but there can of course be too much of a good thing! rdcu.be/2Ft71e8kXbfa

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Dynamics of Human Performance Regulation Lab @dhprlab.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

New #DHPRLab paper by @lukas-hack.bsky.social and @wanjawolff.bsky.social together with @israelhalperin.bsky.social 💪🥳 Check out the post below, in case you're interested! ⬇️

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Wanja Wolff @wanjawolff.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Effort research is booming 🚀 This has generated a wide range of effort conceptualizations & a plethora of measures are used to study it. Don't panic. Lukas' Hitchhiker's Guide to physical and cognitive effort research is here to help & now out in Sports Medicine 🙌 Check out his post for more ⬇️

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Nico Schuck @nicoschuck.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I enjoyed writing this piece for The Transmitter. AI is a seismic change for science. What we make of it is up to us, but it’s a decision we can only make collectively. I hope more labs, and the field at large, will engage in finding a shared view of how we want to use AI.

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Debbie Yee @debyee.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Are you on the #neurojob #psychjob market this fall? Come be my colleague! The Psych and Brain Sciences department @psychiowa.bsky.social is hiring TT faculty in clinical science and neuroscience, as well as clinical-track faculty. The initial review deadline is Sept 28. More info below!👇

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Dynamics of Human Performance Regulation Lab @dhprlab.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

New #DHPRLab paper by @wanjawolff.bsky.social and @jokeyser.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy together with @sgluth.bsky.social 💪🥳 Check out the post below, in case you're interested! ⬇️

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Cognitive Modelling & Decision Neuroscience Lab @cmdn-lab.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Happy to share that a new publication is now out!🎉 If you want to set up or improve your lab, this paper offers a shared vocabulary for thinking about laboratory infrastructure as an integrated system. Read the full paper here: peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10....

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Siri Leknes @sirileknes.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I’ve read this paper & it’s really thought provoking, I recommend reading it 💡

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Wanja Wolff @wanjawolff.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This is a bit of a deviation from my usual effort & boredom research: with Johannes Keyser and @sgluth.bsky.social I have been working on a passion project on what makes a lab good, flexible, and future-proof. Not about AI or stats, but the physical hardware and how devices talk to each other 🤩 🧵

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Michael Inzlicht @minzlicht.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I p-hacked my early work on prejudice. It never felt like cheating. I now wonder if that's because I believed the cause was good. New essay on why scholar-activism is a dangerous turn for social psychology. If justice comes first, truth is what gets sacrificed. open.substack.com/pub/michaeli...

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My P-Hacking Felt Like Truth

I became a social psychologist because I wanted to make the world a better place.

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Dynamics of Human Performance Regulation Lab @dhprlab.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

We were delighted to welcome Prof. Dr. Christian Schlenstedt from Medical School Hamburg to our #DHPRlab meeting. He talked about interdisciplinary considerations to enhance mobility in people with Parkinson’s disease. Many thanks for your time, insights, and the inspiring discussion!🙏

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Dynamics of Human Performance Regulation Lab @dhprlab.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Yesterday, we got together for our 3rd DHPRL Garden Party to celebrate another great semester.🌿☀️ A huge thank you to all our colleagues and guests who joined us. We were enjoying ourselves so much that we completely forgot to take a group photo... 🥲 Already looking forward to the next one! 🤩

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Dynamics of Human Performance Regulation Lab @dhprlab.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

We had the pleasure of welcoming Prof. Dr. Julia Schüler from University of Konstanz to our #DHPRlab meeting. She talked about the (un)ease of effort: A motivational perspective on predictors and consequences. Thank you for taking the time and inspiring discussions! 🙏

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Nico Schuck @nicoschuck.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

We're finally getting the tools to study replay in humans. But why bother? What can we learn from it that we don't know from rodent recordings? Our thoughts are now out in a new TICS Forum Great fun writing this w @smfleming.bsky.social + @maritpetzka.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

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What can we learn from studying replay in humans?

Noninvasive methods are making it possible to study neural replay in humans. Although focused on alignment with rodent findings, human research often …

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Dynamics of Human Performance Regulation Lab @dhprlab.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

New #DHPRLab preprint by @lukas-hack.bsky.social together with @katjarewitz.bsky.social, Silas Wagner, and @wanjawolff.bsky.social 🙌🏼 Check out Lukas’s post below, in case you're interested! ⬇️

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Dynamics of Human Performance Regulation Lab @dhprlab.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

We had the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Kerstin Brinkmann from University of Geneva to our #DHPRlab meeting. She talked about explicit and implicit motives and their impact on cognitive and physical effort. Thank you for taking the time and inspiring discussions! 🙏

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Lukas Hack @lukas-hack.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

📣Preprint: More effort, more variability. We formally tested underlying assumptions of effort-performance coupling. ↪️Performance increases non-linearly & becomes more variable at higher effort levels. 📖@ osf.io/preprints/ps... w/ @katjarewitz.bsky.social, @SilasWagner & @wanjawolff.bsky.social

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PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

More effort, more variability: Distributional modeling of effort-performance coupling: osf.io/34pjh

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Marie Hennecke @mhennecke.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

There is a position for a Postdoc (3+3 years) in my lab. If you are interested in studying goals, self-regulation, self-control, motivation, personality, well-being, personality development, and/or intra-individual variability with me, here is more information jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/0...

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Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/x; as "Akad. Rat/Rätin auf Zeit": 3-year contract with a possible 3-year extension)

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FEPSAC @fepsac.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

FEPSAC Webinar by Sylvain Laborde! Heart rate variability in sport psychology: From theory to applied practice. Friday 12 June 12:30CET Info and registration at: fepsac.com/fepsac-webin...

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Lukas Hack @lukas-hack.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Effort ≠ performance 🎯 At the Integrating Effort symposium @ASP, I showed that perceived effort maps non-linearly onto performance. Equal increases in prescribed effort produce disproportionately large increases in performance, likely because of compressed number representation and motor noise 🔢💪

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Sena Ozay-Otgonbayar @senaozayotgonbayar.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Had a great time presenting at asp conference in Heidelberg! We dove into how perceived time and effort costs interact in movement-related decisions, and which factors matter most when studying them together. Wanna know more? 👉🏼 doi.org/10.31234/osf...

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Katja Rewitz @katjarewitz.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

I really enjoyed presenting preliminary findings from our study on the effects of concurrent physical effort on explore-exploit behavior at this year's asp conference in Heidelberg 🚴🏀 Already looking forward to next year 🙃

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Wanja Wolff @wanjawolff.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Physical activity & #exercise require #time & #effort These costs are relatively well characterized separately But they co-occur in real life, & we lack understanding on how people jointly integrate them: Why/When do people choose elevators over stairs? Our brilliant PhD, Sena, explores this! ⚽🧠

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Universität Hamburg @uni-hamburg.de · 13/05/2026

Was treibt uns an? 🏃🏻 „Ich erforsche, wie Menschen Leistung im Sport und in anderen Lebensbereichen steuern – also warum wir dranbleiben oder aufhören", sagt Sportpsychologe Prof. @wanjawolff.bsky.social. Dabei schaut er sich auch an, wie wir mit Langeweile oder Anstrengung umgehen. Zur Kolumne:

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Die Macht der Langeweile: Was treibt uns an?

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Dynamics of Human Performance Regulation Lab @dhprlab.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

New #DHPRLab preprint by @senaozayotgonbayar.bsky.social together with , @bcheval.bsky.social, @corimartarelli.bsky.social, Dr. Maltagliati, Dr. Chastin and @wanjawolff.bsky.social🙌🏼 Check out Sena's post below, in case you're interested! ⬇️

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PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Perceived time and effort in physical activity and exercise behavior: osf.io/47jgr

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Stefano Palminteri @stepalminteri.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Cognitive Modelling Research in the Era of Agentic Large Language Models From equations to fitted models in minutes: how LLMs are changing computational cognitive science and how we should adapt My latest post on Medium medium.com/@stefano.pal...

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Cognitive Modelling Research in the Era of Agentic Large Language Models

From equations to fitted models in minutes: what LLMs are changing in computational cognitive science and how we should adapt.

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Daniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

We are inviting applications for a two-year postdoctoral position in a collaborative meta-science project on the effectiveness of data and code sharing policies in research-performing organizations. www.tue.nl/en/working-a...

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Postdoc In Meta-science

Personal type: Scientific staff

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Dynamics of Human Performance Regulation Lab @dhprlab.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

We are excited to welcome Dr. Kristina Bruemmer to our team as a senior researcher and lecturer! 🎉

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Dynamics of Human Performance Regulation Lab @dhprlab.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

We had the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Robert Bielitzki from from University of Hamburg to our #DHPRlab meeting. He talked about psychophysiological responses to blood flow restricted exercise. Thank you for taking the time and inspiring discussions! 🙏

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Cognitive Modelling & Decision Neuroscience Lab @cmdn-lab.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Interested in information search? 👀🔍 Make sure to check out our latest theory explaining how people search for information; now out in Psychological Review! @sgluth.bsky.social @jordantdeakin.bsky.social and Jörg Rieskamp

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James Danckert @jamesdanckert.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

I've been asked a lot in the media about raw-dogging boredom - and I just think it's dumb (original title for this @psychologytoday.bsky.social was "Raw-dogging boredom is dumb" - apparently that was offensive!) Here's my take: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mode...

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Why Raw-Dogging Boredom Is Not a Good Idea

The TikTok trend of surviving a long-haul flight while doing nothing misses the point of boredom altogether—that we need to act, not be more bored.

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Dan Abrahams @danabrahamspsych.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

A snippet of this week's episode of The Sport Psych Show with Katja Rewitz. Katja and I speak about a fascinating paper she led which examines the explore-exploit framework related to decision making in sport and exercise. Listen to here buff.ly/2kubwcI

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Dynamics of Human Performance Regulation Lab @dhprlab.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

We had the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Lorenz Assländer (Uni Konstanz) to our #DHPRlab meeting. He spoke about the cybernetics of human balance -how the nervous system integrates sensory cues to maintain stability- and about Augmented Visual Orientation Cues technology. Thank you, @cybal.bsky.social🙏

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Dan Abrahams @danabrahamspsych.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

New episode of The Sport Psych Show! On this week's episode "Exploit or Explore: Decision Making in Sport" I speak with University of Hamburg PhD student Katja Rewitz. Katja's research focuses on human sensations and their influence on decision-making and performance behaviour

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Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg @stabihh.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Dies ist eine Liste von Fachinformationsdiensten auf Bluesky. Die FIDs werden gefördert von der @dfg.de. Das Starter Pack wurde zusammengestellt von der @stabihh.bsky.social. Hinzukommende FIDs gerne melden. go.bsky.app/PoRXqhB

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Dynamics of Human Performance Regulation Lab @dhprlab.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

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! ⬇️

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Katja Rewitz @katjarewitz.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

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...

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