As a former pro athlete turned science reporter, I keep my antennae up for new research that gives us fresh clues about how daily practice and lifestyle habits reshape the human brain. One of my ...

Shooting competitions are an excellent way to simulate high-pressure scenarios, helping you develop composure and precision ...

When practicing and learning a new skill, making slight changes during repeat practice sessions may help people master the skill faster than practicing the task in precisely the same way, researchers ...

Seeking sports excellence? Follow the example of elite performers. Expert athletic skill isn’t something you’re born with and doesn’t randomly happen. The expertise of athletes—as well as singers, ...

Knowledge doesn’t automatically make us better. We get results, make progress and acquire skills through practice. If your goal is to acquire a new skill or make real progress in any area of your life ...

Picture someone you know who is incredibly talented: an athlete, a musician, a scientist. Here’s an example. You want to get better at something. At anything. Just going through the practice motions ...

Practicing a lot doesn’t necessarily make you better at learning a new skill. Scientists at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have found that one key to mastering a skill quickly is to ...

The 10,000-hour rule popularized by Malcolm Gladwell roughly says if you practice one skill for 10,000 hours, you'll have a good chance at becoming an expert at it. As the Guardian reports, new ...

Motor-skill practice drives subsequent offline activity in functionally related resting human brain networks. We investigated the manner in which offline neural networks are modulated by practice ...