Dynamics of Human Performance Regulation Lab
@dhprlab.bsky.social
At DHPRlab, we study human performance in sports (@uni-hamburg.de) using psychology, neuroscience & physiology.
PI: @wanjawolff.bsky.social.
Account managed by: @senaozayotgonbayar.bsky.social.
PI: @wanjawolff.bsky.social.
Account managed by: @senaozayotgonbayar.bsky.social.
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📣 #moeffortmoproblems
“Just try harder and the success will follow” does does not always apply.
Check out our latest preprint to learn more about this effort performance (de)coupling across domains and contexts 😎
“Just try harder and the success will follow” does does not always apply.
Check out our latest preprint to learn more about this effort performance (de)coupling across domains and contexts 😎
#preprint 📢
Effort usually boosts performance - but not always. We discuss 4 domain-general factors that modulate effort-performance (de)coupling: osf.io/preprints/ps...
TL;DR: A framework on when and why effort-performance links appear to change across domains, timescales & measures.
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Effort usually boosts performance - but not always. We discuss 4 domain-general factors that modulate effort-performance (de)coupling: osf.io/preprints/ps...
TL;DR: A framework on when and why effort-performance links appear to change across domains, timescales & measures.
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OSF
osf.io
October 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
📣 #moeffortmoproblems
“Just try harder and the success will follow” does does not always apply.
Check out our latest preprint to learn more about this effort performance (de)coupling across domains and contexts 😎
“Just try harder and the success will follow” does does not always apply.
Check out our latest preprint to learn more about this effort performance (de)coupling across domains and contexts 😎
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Truly enjoyed this talk held by Dr. Johannes Seiler 🎉
Interesting to discuss boredom as a signal that feels aversive but also secures us from stagnation 🙌🏼
Thanks for taking your time 👍🏼
Interesting to discuss boredom as a signal that feels aversive but also secures us from stagnation 🙌🏼
Thanks for taking your time 👍🏼
Great pleasure to host Dr. Johannes Seiler in our #DHPRLab meeting!
He gave a fascinating talk on how boredom drives exploration and information-seeking, and how neural entropy underlies this process across species.
Thank you for sharing your time and insights 🙏
He gave a fascinating talk on how boredom drives exploration and information-seeking, and how neural entropy underlies this process across species.
Thank you for sharing your time and insights 🙏
October 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Truly enjoyed this talk held by Dr. Johannes Seiler 🎉
Interesting to discuss boredom as a signal that feels aversive but also secures us from stagnation 🙌🏼
Thanks for taking your time 👍🏼
Interesting to discuss boredom as a signal that feels aversive but also secures us from stagnation 🙌🏼
Thanks for taking your time 👍🏼
📺 In the German primetime TV show JENKE Experiment, participants endured three hours of boredom - with a few theory-driven curveballs 😁
A vivid reminder that doing “nothing” can be tough & that boredom really matters.
Very excited to have contributed to this project.
www.joyn.de/bts/serien/j...
A vivid reminder that doing “nothing” can be tough & that boredom really matters.
Very excited to have contributed to this project.
www.joyn.de/bts/serien/j...
Jenkes neues Selbst-Experiment: Würdest du drei Stunden quälende Langeweile überstehen?
Was passiert, wenn die ständige Reizüberflutung durch das Smartphone wegfällt? Jenke von Wilmsdorff und Kameramann Jan haben genau das in einem radikalen Selbst-Experiment ausprobiert: Drei Stunden ab...
www.joyn.de
November 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Great pleasure to host Dr. Johannes Seiler in our #DHPRLab meeting!
He gave a fascinating talk on how boredom drives exploration and information-seeking, and how neural entropy underlies this process across species.
Thank you for sharing your time and insights 🙏
He gave a fascinating talk on how boredom drives exploration and information-seeking, and how neural entropy underlies this process across species.
Thank you for sharing your time and insights 🙏
October 29, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Great pleasure to host Dr. Johannes Seiler in our #DHPRLab meeting!
He gave a fascinating talk on how boredom drives exploration and information-seeking, and how neural entropy underlies this process across species.
Thank you for sharing your time and insights 🙏
He gave a fascinating talk on how boredom drives exploration and information-seeking, and how neural entropy underlies this process across species.
Thank you for sharing your time and insights 🙏
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🚨Job Alert🚨
2 unbefristete Stellen (je 75%, E13) bei uns am Institut für Bewegungswissenschaften
- Fokus: Insb. Sozialwissenschaften des Sports/Sportsoziologie & qualitative Methoden
Über Verbreitung freue ich mich sehr, Rückfragen gern per DM an mich 🙏
👉 www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...
2 unbefristete Stellen (je 75%, E13) bei uns am Institut für Bewegungswissenschaften
- Fokus: Insb. Sozialwissenschaften des Sports/Sportsoziologie & qualitative Methoden
Über Verbreitung freue ich mich sehr, Rückfragen gern per DM an mich 🙏
👉 www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...
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www.uni-hamburg.de
October 24, 2025 at 7:33 AM
🚨Job Alert🚨
2 unbefristete Stellen (je 75%, E13) bei uns am Institut für Bewegungswissenschaften
- Fokus: Insb. Sozialwissenschaften des Sports/Sportsoziologie & qualitative Methoden
Über Verbreitung freue ich mich sehr, Rückfragen gern per DM an mich 🙏
👉 www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...
2 unbefristete Stellen (je 75%, E13) bei uns am Institut für Bewegungswissenschaften
- Fokus: Insb. Sozialwissenschaften des Sports/Sportsoziologie & qualitative Methoden
Über Verbreitung freue ich mich sehr, Rückfragen gern per DM an mich 🙏
👉 www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...
This week we had another awesome guest in our #DHPRLab meeting:
Prof. Dr. Erin Gerlach told us about the empirical educational research perspective and how it connects to practice through inspiring projects.
Thank you for taking the time! 🙏
Prof. Dr. Erin Gerlach told us about the empirical educational research perspective and how it connects to practice through inspiring projects.
Thank you for taking the time! 🙏
October 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This week we had another awesome guest in our #DHPRLab meeting:
Prof. Dr. Erin Gerlach told us about the empirical educational research perspective and how it connects to practice through inspiring projects.
Thank you for taking the time! 🙏
Prof. Dr. Erin Gerlach told us about the empirical educational research perspective and how it connects to practice through inspiring projects.
Thank you for taking the time! 🙏
📰 Mit Anne Paulsen von @spiegel.de habe ich über unser @dhprlab.bsky.social, unsere verschiedenen Messmethoden & insbesondere unsere aktuelle #Forschung zu #Langeweile im #Sport gesprochen.
Vielleicht sind ja ein paar hilfreiche Tipps dabei 😁 ⬇️
www.spiegel.de/fitness/fitn...
Vielleicht sind ja ein paar hilfreiche Tipps dabei 😁 ⬇️
www.spiegel.de/fitness/fitn...
(S+) Radeln und Joggen finden Sie öde? Das hilft gegen Langeweile beim Sport
Kilometersammeln zu Fuß oder per Rad, Hantelwuchten, Kachelzählen beim Schwimmen – das kann zäh und öde sein. Sportpsychologe Wanja Wolff sagt dagegen: Langeweile kann zum Motivationsboost für Hobbysp...
www.spiegel.de
October 21, 2025 at 10:06 AM
#preprint 📢
Effort usually boosts performance - but not always. We discuss 4 domain-general factors that modulate effort-performance (de)coupling: osf.io/preprints/ps...
TL;DR: A framework on when and why effort-performance links appear to change across domains, timescales & measures.
🧵
Effort usually boosts performance - but not always. We discuss 4 domain-general factors that modulate effort-performance (de)coupling: osf.io/preprints/ps...
TL;DR: A framework on when and why effort-performance links appear to change across domains, timescales & measures.
🧵
OSF
osf.io
October 16, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Exciting milestone, my first PhD preprint is out! 🎉
Together w/ @israelhalperin.bsky.social & @wanjawolff.bsky.social, we put together A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Effort 🪐
If you’ve ever asked “what is effort, and how to measure it?”, this one's for you 😎
🚀 read it here:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Together w/ @israelhalperin.bsky.social & @wanjawolff.bsky.social, we put together A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Effort 🪐
If you’ve ever asked “what is effort, and how to measure it?”, this one's for you 😎
🚀 read it here:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
October 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Our team held yesterday’s lab meeting at Travemünde beach, enjoying the Baltic Sea and Hamburg’s maritime spirit as the ‘Gateway to the World.’ 🌊
October 1, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Our team held yesterday’s lab meeting at Travemünde beach, enjoying the Baltic Sea and Hamburg’s maritime spirit as the ‘Gateway to the World.’ 🌊
We are excited to welcome our new student researcher, Selina Taheri! 🎉
September 23, 2025 at 7:32 AM
We are excited to welcome our new student researcher, Selina Taheri! 🎉
New #DHPRLab paper by @senaozayotgonbayar.bsky.social & @wanjawolff.bsky.social together with @corimartarelli.bsky.social, @mbieleke.bsky.social & @jamesdanckert.bsky.social 💪🥳
Check out the post below, in case you're interested!⬇️
Check out the post below, in case you're interested!⬇️
📢 Now accepted at Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 🤩
Our proposal offers a framework for understanding how fundamental regulatory sensations, such as boredom & effort, shape temporal experience through interoceptive mechanisms.
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
TL;DR: Check 🧵 below
Our proposal offers a framework for understanding how fundamental regulatory sensations, such as boredom & effort, shape temporal experience through interoceptive mechanisms.
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
TL;DR: Check 🧵 below
September 22, 2025 at 8:17 AM
New #DHPRLab paper by @senaozayotgonbayar.bsky.social & @wanjawolff.bsky.social together with @corimartarelli.bsky.social, @mbieleke.bsky.social & @jamesdanckert.bsky.social 💪🥳
Check out the post below, in case you're interested!⬇️
Check out the post below, in case you're interested!⬇️
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What a cool format! 🎓
I had a great time as the opponent at Thekla Müller-Boysen’s PhD defense @au.dk. It was a strong defense and made for a fun discussion on boredom & its interpersonal consequences.
Huge thanks to @stepf.bsky.social & team for the invite 🙏
I had a great time as the opponent at Thekla Müller-Boysen’s PhD defense @au.dk. It was a strong defense and made for a fun discussion on boredom & its interpersonal consequences.
Huge thanks to @stepf.bsky.social & team for the invite 🙏
September 21, 2025 at 7:51 AM
What a cool format! 🎓
I had a great time as the opponent at Thekla Müller-Boysen’s PhD defense @au.dk. It was a strong defense and made for a fun discussion on boredom & its interpersonal consequences.
Huge thanks to @stepf.bsky.social & team for the invite 🙏
I had a great time as the opponent at Thekla Müller-Boysen’s PhD defense @au.dk. It was a strong defense and made for a fun discussion on boredom & its interpersonal consequences.
Huge thanks to @stepf.bsky.social & team for the invite 🙏
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Thanks again for the invitation and the great get-together 😎 That was truly fun talking about research methods, getting carreer advice, and ofc getting to know the typical local food "Frankfurter Grüne Soße" and "Handkäse" - can recommend 😜
September 18, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Thanks again for the invitation and the great get-together 😎 That was truly fun talking about research methods, getting carreer advice, and ofc getting to know the typical local food "Frankfurter Grüne Soße" and "Handkäse" - can recommend 😜
Two inspiring days in Frankfurt! 🇩🇪 Many thanks to Prof. Chris Englert & his team at Goethe University for inviting us and organizing a great program. We had an excellent scientific exchange, shared projects & enjoyed the city’s landmarks.
Looking forward to hosting them in Hamburg next year! 🌍🤝
Looking forward to hosting them in Hamburg next year! 🌍🤝
September 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Two inspiring days in Frankfurt! 🇩🇪 Many thanks to Prof. Chris Englert & his team at Goethe University for inviting us and organizing a great program. We had an excellent scientific exchange, shared projects & enjoyed the city’s landmarks.
Looking forward to hosting them in Hamburg next year! 🌍🤝
Looking forward to hosting them in Hamburg next year! 🌍🤝
Such a pleasure to welcome Yannick Ramsel from @ZEIT.de to @dhprlab.bsky.social!
He volunteered to take part in some of our upcoming experimental setups & we had great chats about boredom and DHPRL research in general.
Full-length feature article now in ZEIT (🇩🇪): www.zeit.de/2025/32/lang...
He volunteered to take part in some of our upcoming experimental setups & we had great chats about boredom and DHPRL research in general.
Full-length feature article now in ZEIT (🇩🇪): www.zeit.de/2025/32/lang...
Langeweile: Gähn.
Menschen, die sich oft langweilen, sterben früher, zeigen Studien. Aber was ist Langeweile eigentlich? Der Sportpsychologe Wanja Wolff will sie endlich verstehen.
www.zeit.de
August 29, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Had the pleasure of speaking with Gabriele Kuhn from Kurier (@kurier.at.web.brid.gy) about boredom—what it is, how it shapes our behavior, and why it matters (in 🇩🇪).
Cool to see the still growing appreciation for this often-overlooked everyday experience 😁
kurier.at/wissen/gesun...
Cool to see the still growing appreciation for this often-overlooked everyday experience 😁
kurier.at/wissen/gesun...
Experte: Was das Gefühl der Langeweile wirklich bedeutet
Was tun, wenn nichts passiert? Der deutsche Sportpsychologe Wanja Wolff über die spezielle Bedeutung der Langeweile.
kurier.at
July 21, 2025 at 8:53 AM
🚀The DocDays are over!📚
Our lab joined forces to write standard operating procedures for our instruments.Biggest win of writing together: Deciding together what-goes-where, with much less hesitation and frustration.🕒💨
Feel free to share what works (or doesn't) for you to make lab docs more useful!💡
Our lab joined forces to write standard operating procedures for our instruments.Biggest win of writing together: Deciding together what-goes-where, with much less hesitation and frustration.🕒💨
Feel free to share what works (or doesn't) for you to make lab docs more useful!💡
July 15, 2025 at 10:11 AM
🚀The DocDays are over!📚
Our lab joined forces to write standard operating procedures for our instruments.Biggest win of writing together: Deciding together what-goes-where, with much less hesitation and frustration.🕒💨
Feel free to share what works (or doesn't) for you to make lab docs more useful!💡
Our lab joined forces to write standard operating procedures for our instruments.Biggest win of writing together: Deciding together what-goes-where, with much less hesitation and frustration.🕒💨
Feel free to share what works (or doesn't) for you to make lab docs more useful!💡
It was such a pleasure to host the 2nd DHPRL Garden Party, a chance to celebrate a full and beautiful semester of research and teaching!
Thanks to everyone who made it such a fun and memorable evening. We’re already looking forward to next year! 😊
Thanks to everyone who made it such a fun and memorable evening. We’re already looking forward to next year! 😊
July 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
It was such a pleasure to host the 2nd DHPRL Garden Party, a chance to celebrate a full and beautiful semester of research and teaching!
Thanks to everyone who made it such a fun and memorable evening. We’re already looking forward to next year! 😊
Thanks to everyone who made it such a fun and memorable evening. We’re already looking forward to next year! 😊
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Such a pleasure to welcome @artefr.bsky.social to @dhprlab.bsky.social 🤩
We talked about boredom & how it shapes our behavior. With cool insights from S. Kraus, @thomasandrillon.bsky.social & @jamesdanckert.bsky.social (who even reveals his boredom coping strategy 🎸)
📺 www.arte.tv/de/videos/12...
We talked about boredom & how it shapes our behavior. With cool insights from S. Kraus, @thomasandrillon.bsky.social & @jamesdanckert.bsky.social (who even reveals his boredom coping strategy 🎸)
📺 www.arte.tv/de/videos/12...
Sollten wir uns öfter langweilen? - 42 - Die Antwort auf fast alles - Die ganze Doku | ARTE
Langeweile hat einen schlechten Ruf. Und löst ein unerträglich dumpfes Gefühl aus. Dem wollen wir um jeden Preis entkommen! Wir greifen zu Alkohol und Drogen, werden aggressiv oder sogar gewalttätig. ...
www.arte.tv
July 1, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Such a pleasure to welcome @artefr.bsky.social to @dhprlab.bsky.social 🤩
We talked about boredom & how it shapes our behavior. With cool insights from S. Kraus, @thomasandrillon.bsky.social & @jamesdanckert.bsky.social (who even reveals his boredom coping strategy 🎸)
📺 www.arte.tv/de/videos/12...
We talked about boredom & how it shapes our behavior. With cool insights from S. Kraus, @thomasandrillon.bsky.social & @jamesdanckert.bsky.social (who even reveals his boredom coping strategy 🎸)
📺 www.arte.tv/de/videos/12...
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Had a blast chairing today's session on movement and cognition at the Sports, Medicine and Health Summit in Hamburg. #SMHS
Very cool experience to contribute to such an interdisciplinary event in such a pretty city 😁
www.sports-medicine-health-summit.de/en
Very cool experience to contribute to such an interdisciplinary event in such a pretty city 😁
www.sports-medicine-health-summit.de/en
June 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Had a blast chairing today's session on movement and cognition at the Sports, Medicine and Health Summit in Hamburg. #SMHS
Very cool experience to contribute to such an interdisciplinary event in such a pretty city 😁
www.sports-medicine-health-summit.de/en
Very cool experience to contribute to such an interdisciplinary event in such a pretty city 😁
www.sports-medicine-health-summit.de/en
📢 New Publication 📢
Effort differentially shapes behavior before, during & after an action. w/ @bcheval.bsky.social, Silvio & Florent, we explore stage-specific effects of physical effort & how these dynamically modulate each other.
Now out in Trends in Cognitive Sciences 🤩🤩
Curious? ⬇️
Effort differentially shapes behavior before, during & after an action. w/ @bcheval.bsky.social, Silvio & Florent, we explore stage-specific effects of physical effort & how these dynamically modulate each other.
Now out in Trends in Cognitive Sciences 🤩🤩
Curious? ⬇️
Online Now: Unpacking the dynamic role of physical effort in shaping behavior
June 27, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Great experience to present the #boredombook today w @corimartarelli.bsky.social at the boredom conference🤩
Thanks to @jamesdanckert.bsky.social for chairing, to the audience for the great discussion & to Josefa Ros for putting it all together 🙏
www.boredomsociety.com/6th-boredom-...
Thanks to @jamesdanckert.bsky.social for chairing, to the audience for the great discussion & to Josefa Ros for putting it all together 🙏
www.boredomsociety.com/6th-boredom-...
June 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Great experience to present the #boredombook today w @corimartarelli.bsky.social at the boredom conference🤩
Thanks to @jamesdanckert.bsky.social for chairing, to the audience for the great discussion & to Josefa Ros for putting it all together 🙏
www.boredomsociety.com/6th-boredom-...
Thanks to @jamesdanckert.bsky.social for chairing, to the audience for the great discussion & to Josefa Ros for putting it all together 🙏
www.boredomsociety.com/6th-boredom-...
This week we had another great guest in our #DHPRLab meeting. 🥳
@sgluth.bsky.social from @cmdn-lab.bsky.social took the time to tell us all about computational modeling of decision making. It was a pleasure having you, thank you so much for visiting. ☺️
@sgluth.bsky.social from @cmdn-lab.bsky.social took the time to tell us all about computational modeling of decision making. It was a pleasure having you, thank you so much for visiting. ☺️
June 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This week we had another great guest in our #DHPRLab meeting. 🥳
@sgluth.bsky.social from @cmdn-lab.bsky.social took the time to tell us all about computational modeling of decision making. It was a pleasure having you, thank you so much for visiting. ☺️
@sgluth.bsky.social from @cmdn-lab.bsky.social took the time to tell us all about computational modeling of decision making. It was a pleasure having you, thank you so much for visiting. ☺️
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Was hyped to share some insights into how to navigate through the complex #effort maze @ ASP Conference in Bochum.
Thanks for all the interesting discussions and talks, this was effortful but truly rewarding at the same time!
w/ @wanjawolff.bsky.social & @israelhalperin.bsky.social
Thanks for all the interesting discussions and talks, this was effortful but truly rewarding at the same time!
w/ @wanjawolff.bsky.social & @israelhalperin.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Was hyped to share some insights into how to navigate through the complex #effort maze @ ASP Conference in Bochum.
Thanks for all the interesting discussions and talks, this was effortful but truly rewarding at the same time!
w/ @wanjawolff.bsky.social & @israelhalperin.bsky.social
Thanks for all the interesting discussions and talks, this was effortful but truly rewarding at the same time!
w/ @wanjawolff.bsky.social & @israelhalperin.bsky.social