Motor Skills

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Curriculum enrichment with self-testing activities in development of fundamental movement skills of first-grade children in Greece.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of self-testing activities on the development of fundamental movement skills in first-grade children in Greece. Two groups of children were tested. The Control group (n = 23 children) received the ...
Dimitrios Karabourniotis, Christina Evaggelinou, George Tzetzis, Thomas Kourtessis (Percept Mot Skills, 200206)
curriculum-enrichment-self-testing-activities-development-fundamental.asp

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Predicting student performance in preclinical technique courses using the theory of ability determinants of skilled performance.

The purpose of this research was to validate Ackermans theory of ability determinants of skilled performance using sub-test scores of the Dental Admission Test (DAT) in predicting student performance in preclinical technique courses. The Ackerman theory ...
Sarah A Gray, Lisa P Deem (J Dent Educ, 200206)
predicting-student-performance-preclinical-technique-courses-theory.asp

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The control and learning of patterns of interlimb coordination: past and present issues in normal and disordered control.

The present paper provides a historical note on the evolution of the behavioral study of interlimb coordination and the reasons for its success as a field of investigation in the past decades. Whereas the original foundations for this field of science ...
S P Swinnen, R G Carson (Acta Psychol (Amst), 200206)
control-learning-patterns-interlimb-coordination-past-present-issues.asp

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Modeling in learning two volleyball skills.

The present study was designed to investigate the influence of two different types of modeling and knowledge of performance on acquisition and retention of two volleyball skills (set and serve). Participants were 63 boys and 53 girls in elementary ...
Eleni Zetou, George Tzetzis, Nikos Vernadakis, Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou (Percept Mot Skills, 200206)
modeling-learning-two-volleyball-skills.asp

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Brain regions controlling nonsynergistic versus synergistic movement of the digits: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study.

Human hand dexterity depends on the ability to move digits independently and to combine these movements in various coordinative patterns. It is well established that the primary motor cortex (M1) is important for skillful digit actions but less is known ...
H Henrik Ehrsson, Johann P Kuhtz-Buschbeck, Hans Forssberg (J Neurosci, 200206)
brain-regions-controlling-nonsynergistic-versus-synergistic-movement.asp

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Cerebellum activation associated with performance change but not motor learning.

The issue of whether the cerebellum contributes to motor skill learning is controversial, principally because of the difficulty of separating the effects of motor learning from changes in performance. We performed a functional magnetic resonance imaging ...
R D Seidler, A Purushotham, S-G Kim, K Ugurbil, D Willingham, J Ashe (Science, 200206)
cerebellum-activation-associated-performance-change-not-motor-learning.asp

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Bimanual coordination and interhemispheric interaction.

Bimanual coordination of skilled finger movements requires intense functional coupling of the motor areas of both cerebral hemispheres. This coupling can be measured non-invasively in humans with task-related coherence analysis of multi-channel surface ...
Christian Gerloff, Frank G Andres (Acta Psychol (Amst), 200206)
bimanual-coordination-interhemispheric-interaction.asp

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Quiet eye duration, expertise, and task complexity in near and far aiming tasks.

.Skilled (n = 12) and less skilled (n = 12) billiards players participated in 2 experiments in which the relationship between quiet eye duration, expertise, and task complexity was examined in a near and a far aiming task. Quiet eye was defined as the ...
A Mark Williams, Robert N Singer, Shane G Frehlich (J Mot Behav, 200206)
quiet-eye-duration-expertise-task-complexity-near-far-aiming-tasks.asp

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Rehearsal of task variations and contextual interference effect in a field setting.

The present study showed a consistent pattern with a typical contextual interference effect in motor skill learning (N=38 adults). Individuals trained under the high contextual interference condition may receive greater learning benefits than those under ...
Yuhua Li, Rogerio Pereira Lima (Percept Mot Skills, 200206)
rehearsal-task-variations-contextual-interference-effect-field-setting.asp

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Influence of physiological characteristics on selection in a semi-professional first grade rugby league team: a case study.

The aim of this study was to determine whether the physiological characteristics of players influence selection in a semi-professional first grade rugby league team. Sixty-six semi-professional rugby league players aged 24+/-4 years (mean +/- s) were ...
Tim J Gabbett (J Sports Sci, 200205)
influence-physiological-characteristics-selection-semi-professional.asp