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Rewards interact with explicit knowledge to enhance skilled motor performance

2020; American Physiological Society; Volume: 123; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1152/jn.00575.2019

1522-1598

Sean Anderson, Tyler J. Adkins, Bradley S. Gary, Taraz G. Lee,

Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Offering people rewards and incentives typically improves their performance on skilled motor tasks. However, the mechanisms by which motivation impacts motor skills remains unclear. In two experiments, we show that motivation impacts motor sequencing skills in two separate ways. First, the prospect of reward speeds up the execution of all actions. Second, rewards provide an additional boost to motor planning when explicit skill knowledge can be used to prepare movements in advance.