No “brain rot” effect on motor learning: mental fatigue induced by social media does not impair motor skill acquisition in adolescents We investigated the effects of social media use on mental fatigue, motor performance, and motor learning in adolescents aged 11 to 14 years. A total of 108 participants were randomly assigned to a ...

Our new paper is out in the International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology.

We found that 30 minutes of social media use increased subjective mental fatigue in adolescents, but did not impair motor learning.

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Sober or Not, You Still Learn: Implicit and Explicit Motor Learning Unaffected by Moderate Alcohol We investigated the acute effects of moderate alcohol consumption on implicit and explicit motor learning in young adult male social drinkers. Two experiments used the Serial Reaction Time Task to ...

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Can you still learn a motor skill after moderate alcohol intake?

Our study suggests yes.

In our experiments, drinking before or after practice did not impair implicit or explicit motor learning.

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The Effects of the Nocturnal Sleep on Learning of a Complex Motor Skill in Young and Older Adults Research on older adults has shown impairments in nocturnal sleep, impacting motor memory consolidation and learning. However, previous studies primarily focus on simple tasks, limiting generalizat...

Hey, motor learning friends!
Our paper on the effects of sleep on motor learning in young and older adults is now available.
Check it out, and feel free to reach out if you have any questions! 🙋‍♂️

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