Although animal research implicates a central role for dopamine in motor skill learning, a
direct causal link has yet to be established in neurotypical humans. Here, we tested if a …

The ability to use past experience to effectively guide decision-making declines in older
adulthood. Such declines have been theorized to emerge from either impairments of striatal …

Instrumental actions are initially goal-directed and driven by their associated outcome.
However, with repeated experience habitual actions develop which are automated and …

Meditation is an ancient endeavour. Presently, besides religious practice, it forms the basis
for a number of clinical and non-clinical interventions. Despite this, much is yet to be …

Human brains selectively store knowledge about the world to optimise future behaviour. We
automatically rehearse and contextualise, or discard information to create a robust collection …