Research interest

Motor learning and control (behavioral perspective) have been of interest to me for some time. As early as 1998, I had the opportunity to undertake a scholarship at the Department of Psychology, the University of California at Los Angeles with one of the most renowned researchers in this field, Professor Richard Schmidt, which helped me determine the direction of my own scientific development and resulted in the idea for my own doctorate. 

My earliest work involved transfer of learning, difficult situation in teaching process. However, the main issues concerned   effecting the motor learning process through the use of appropriate teaching methods. My doctoral thesis and subsequent publication were related to the use of contextual interference and practice variance in the process of learning new motor skills. 

Since 2010 I have been focusing on the specificity of practice leading to the specialization in motor performance. In the series of publications about especial skills, I pointed out the possible mechanisms underlying the emergence of especial skills (generalization and differentiation), and consequently the acquisition of especial skills.

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I have dealt with the subject of a non-motor learning, too - side topics which have always been associated with physical activity and its links with other areas of life and teaching of physical education. I have investigated the motives for which people undertake physical activity. Because the study population in Poland, being the current generation, exhibits a significant decrease in the level of physical fitness, endurance and a potentially shorter span, compared to older generations, it was interesting to investigate the reasons for young people participating in physical education classes and sports activities.