Michael Carter
Assistant Professor, Kinesiology

Movement is our only way of interacting with the world—whether learning to play the guitar, manipulating objects while cooking dinner, or just communicating with friends and family—all of these rely on the contractions of our muscles. The Action, Cognition, and Metascience Lab is an interdisciplinary research team investigating basic scientific questions about how the human brain controls and learns skilled actions. We study decision-making for action, the practice factors supporting skill acquisition and maintenance in single- and multi-agent scenarios, and how skilled behaviour changes across the lifespan in health and disease. We also conduct metascience research to gain important insights into research practices within kinesiology and sport science.