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author:
- first_name: Nils Tobias
  full_name: Böer, Nils Tobias
  id: '52000'
  last_name: Böer
  orcid: 0000-0002-0236-7282
- first_name: Michael B.
  full_name: Steinborn, Michael B.
  last_name: Steinborn
- first_name: Matthias
  full_name: Weigelt, Matthias
  id: '36388'
  last_name: Weigelt
- first_name: Iris
  full_name: Güldenpenning, Iris
  id: '52931'
  last_name: Güldenpenning
  orcid: 0000-0003-0549-5543
citation:
  ama: 'Böer NT, Steinborn MB, Weigelt M, Güldenpenning I. When Trying Harder Helps:
    Effort Instructions Affect Performance in Complex Motor Tasks. In: Kaup B, Roth
    L, Rück F, eds. <i>Abstracts of the 68th Conference of Experimental Psychologists</i>.
    ; 2026.'
  apa: 'Böer, N. T., Steinborn, M. B., Weigelt, M., &#38; Güldenpenning, I. (2026).
    When Trying Harder Helps: Effort Instructions Affect Performance in Complex Motor
    Tasks. In B. Kaup, L. Roth, &#38; F. Rück (Eds.), <i>Abstracts of the 68th Conference
    of Experimental Psychologists</i>.'
  bibtex: '@inproceedings{Böer_Steinborn_Weigelt_Güldenpenning_2026, place={Tübingen},
    title={When Trying Harder Helps: Effort Instructions Affect Performance in Complex
    Motor Tasks}, booktitle={Abstracts of the 68th Conference of Experimental Psychologists},
    author={Böer, Nils Tobias and Steinborn, Michael B. and Weigelt, Matthias and
    Güldenpenning, Iris}, editor={Kaup, Barbara and Roth, Lilly and Rück, Franziska},
    year={2026} }'
  chicago: 'Böer, Nils Tobias, Michael B. Steinborn, Matthias Weigelt, and Iris Güldenpenning.
    “When Trying Harder Helps: Effort Instructions Affect Performance in Complex Motor
    Tasks.” In <i>Abstracts of the 68th Conference of Experimental Psychologists</i>,
    edited by Barbara Kaup, Lilly Roth, and Franziska Rück. Tübingen, 2026.'
  ieee: 'N. T. Böer, M. B. Steinborn, M. Weigelt, and I. Güldenpenning, “When Trying
    Harder Helps: Effort Instructions Affect Performance in Complex Motor Tasks,”
    in <i>Abstracts of the 68th Conference of Experimental Psychologists</i>, Tübingen,
    2026.'
  mla: 'Böer, Nils Tobias, et al. “When Trying Harder Helps: Effort Instructions Affect
    Performance in Complex Motor Tasks.” <i>Abstracts of the 68th Conference of Experimental
    Psychologists</i>, edited by Barbara Kaup et al., 2026.'
  short: 'N.T. Böer, M.B. Steinborn, M. Weigelt, I. Güldenpenning, in: B. Kaup, L.
    Roth, F. Rück (Eds.), Abstracts of the 68th Conference of Experimental Psychologists,
    Tübingen, 2026.'
conference:
  end_date: 2026-03-18
  location: Tübingen
  name: 68th Conference of Experimental Psychologists
  start_date: 2026-03-15
date_created: 2026-03-31T10:55:38Z
date_updated: 2026-05-21T13:01:19Z
ddc:
- '150'
department:
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- _id: '266'
editor:
- first_name: Barbara
  full_name: Kaup, Barbara
  last_name: Kaup
- first_name: Lilly
  full_name: Roth, Lilly
  last_name: Roth
- first_name: Franziska
  full_name: Rück, Franziska
  last_name: Rück
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  date_created: 2026-03-31T10:54:23Z
  date_updated: 2026-03-31T10:54:23Z
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keyword:
- effort
- try-harder instruction
- deception
- sport psychology
- action and perception
language:
- iso: eng
place: Tübingen
publication: Abstracts of the 68th Conference of Experimental Psychologists
status: public
title: 'When Trying Harder Helps: Effort Instructions Affect Performance in Complex
  Motor Tasks'
type: conference_abstract
user_id: '52000'
year: '2026'
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