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Dopamine Increases Accuracy and Lengthens Deliberation Time in Explicit Motor Skill Learning

Li-Ann Leow, Lena Bernheine, Timothy J. Carroll, Paul E. Dux and Hannah L. Filmer
eNeuro 18 January 2024, 11 (1) ENEURO.0360-23.2023; https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0360-23.2023
Li-Ann Leow
1School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4072, Australia
2Centre for Sensorimotor Performance, School of Human Movement & Nutrition Sciences, St Lucia, 4067, Australia
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Lena Bernheine
2Centre for Sensorimotor Performance, School of Human Movement & Nutrition Sciences, St Lucia, 4067, Australia
3School of Sport Science Faculty of Sport Governance and Event Management, University of Bayreuth, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany
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Timothy J. Carroll
2Centre for Sensorimotor Performance, School of Human Movement & Nutrition Sciences, St Lucia, 4067, Australia
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Paul E. Dux
1School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4072, Australia
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0360-23.2023
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38238069
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  • Received September 17, 2023
  • Revision received November 23, 2023
  • Accepted November 28, 2023
  • Published online January 18, 2024.
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Copyright © 2024 Leow et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly attributed.

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  1. Li-Ann Leow1,2,
  2. Lena Bernheine2,3,
  3. Timothy J. Carroll2,
  4. Paul E. Dux1 and
  5. Hannah L. Filmer1
  1. 1School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4072, Australia
  2. 2Centre for Sensorimotor Performance, School of Human Movement & Nutrition Sciences, St Lucia, 4067, Australia
  3. 3School of Sport Science Faculty of Sport Governance and Event Management, University of Bayreuth, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany
  1. Correspondence should be addressed to Li-Ann Leow at liann.leow{at}gmail.com.
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Author contributions

  1. Author contributions: L.-A.L. and L.B. designed research; L.-A.L. and L.B. performed research; L.-A.L. and T.J.C. contributed unpublished reagents/analytic tools; L.-A.L. and L.B. analyzed data; L.-A.L., T.J.C., P.E.D., and H.L.F. wrote the paper.

Disclosures

  • The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • The authors would like to thank Laura Fassbender for assistance with data collection. This work was supported by Australian Research Council (DP180103081) and Brain Foundation (RM 2019001768).

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  • Australian Research Council

    DP180103081
  • Brain Foundation

    RM 2019001768

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Li-Ann Leow, Lena Bernheine, Timothy J. Carroll, Paul E. Dux, Hannah L. Filmer
eNeuro 18 January 2024, 11 (1) ENEURO.0360-23.2023; DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0360-23.2023

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