The Action, Cognition, and Metascience Lab is an interdisciplinary research team investigating basic scientific questions about how the human brain controls and learns skilled actions. We study decision-making for action and practice factors supporting skill acquisition and maintenance in single- and multi-agent scenarios. We also conduct metascience research to gain important insights into research practices within kinesiology and sport science. We are located in the Ivor Wynne Centre, which is home to the Department of Kinesiology within the Faculty of Science at McMaster University.

Recent lab news ———

[September 18 2024]. Paper accepted. Roth, A.M., Buggeln, J.H., Hoh, J., Woods, J.M., Sullivan, S.R., Ngo, T., Calalo, J.A., Lokesh, R., Morton, S.M., Grill, S., Jeka, J.J., Carter, M.J., & Cashaback, J.G.A. Roles and interplay of reinforcement-based and error-based processes during reaching and gait in neurotypical adults and individuals with Parkinson’s disease. PLoS Computational Biology.

[September 05 2023]. New milestone. Congratulations to Mikayla Lalli on successfully defending her MSc work. We are excited that Mikayla is staying in the lab for her doctoral studies.

[September 03 2024]. Paper accepted. St. Germain, L., McKay, B., Barbera, L., Tandon, C., Seedu, J., Carrillo, C., Brown, B.M.Y., & Carter, M.J. Autonomy-supportive instructional language does not enhance skill acquisition compared to controlling instructional language. Psychological Research.

[August 20 2024]. New Preprint. Calalo, J.A., Ngo, T.T., Sullivan, S.R., Strand, K., Buggeln, J.H., Lokesh, R., Roth, A.M., Carter, M.J, Kurtzer, I.L., & Cashaback, J.G.A. Online movements reflect ongoing deliberation. bioR\(\chi\)iv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.08.19.608669