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Adapting Movement Amplitude for Temporal Constraints: Further Tests of the Reciprocity of Space-Time Error. 适应时间约束的运动幅度：时空误差互易性的进一步检验。

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Journal of Motor Behavior Pub Date : 2026-09-29 DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2026.2738806

Tsung-Yu Hsieh, Yeou-Teh Liu, Karl M Newell

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Practice Under Physical Fatigue: Motor Learning, Fatigue Resilience, and Individual Differences in Healthy Young Adults. 身体疲劳下的练习：运动学习、疲劳恢复力和健康年轻人的个体差异。

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Journal of Motor Behavior Pub Date : 2026-09-29 DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2026.2736284

Emmanuel Bastos Negrão de Morais, Cícero Luciano Alves Costa, Juliana Oliveira Ferreira, Syang Souza, Hudday Mendes da Silva, Giordano Marcio Gatinho Bonuzzi

{"title":"Practice Under Physical Fatigue: Motor Learning, Fatigue Resilience, and Individual Differences in Healthy Young Adults.","authors":"Emmanuel Bastos Negrão de Morais, Cícero Luciano Alves Costa, Juliana Oliveira Ferreira, Syang Souza, Hudday Mendes da Silva, Giordano Marcio Gatinho Bonuzzi","doi":"10.1080/00222895.2026.2736284","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00222895.2026.2736284","url":null,"abstract":"We investigated whether practicing under physical fatigue induced by cardiovascular exercise influences motor performance and learning in a non-fatigued limb, and whether demographic and physiological factors relate to variability in these effects. Sixty participants were randomly assigned to a Fatigue group (FATIGUE), who performed the 20-m multistage shuttle run test to exhaustion before practice, or a Control group (CONTROL), who performed stretching exercises. Both groups practiced a visuomotor tracking task (VTT) and completed rested and fatigued retention tests. Group-level effects were evaluated with repeated-measures ANOVAs. To examine individual-difference patterns, we conducted exploratory network analyses including sex, body mass index (BMI), maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max), and perceived exertion (BORG), followed by confirmatory models testing state-dependent retention and moderation. Both groups improved from pre- to post-test and maintained gains at rested and fatigued retention, with no reliable between-group differences, indicating that practicing under physical fatigue did not impair motor learning or enhance fatigue \"resilience\" at the group level. The fatigue protocol increased exertion and heart-rate responses in FATIGUE during acquisition, whereas both groups showed substantial and comparable fatigue responses during the fatigued-retention. Exploratory networks suggested group-specific association patterns, but confirmatory models provided limited evidence for systematic moderation.","PeriodicalId":50125,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Motor Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149082784","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Context-Dependent Neural Mechanisms of Motor Imagery in Open‑ and Closed‑Skill Athletes Across Competitive Scenarios. 开放技能和封闭技能运动员在竞技场景中运动意象的情境依赖神经机制。

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Journal of Motor Behavior Pub Date : 2026-09-25 DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2026.2737678

Li-Kang Chi, Ting-Hong Chien, Tzu-Hsiang Huang, Zai-Fu Yao

{"title":"Context-Dependent Neural Mechanisms of Motor Imagery in Open‑ and Closed‑Skill Athletes Across Competitive Scenarios.","authors":"Li-Kang Chi, Ting-Hong Chien, Tzu-Hsiang Huang, Zai-Fu Yao","doi":"10.1080/00222895.2026.2737678","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00222895.2026.2737678","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined how highly trained open- and closed-skill athletes recruit neural resources during cue-supported motor imagery (MI) under two experimentally cued contexts: peak performance imagery (PPI) and routine training imagery (RTI). Thirty-four athletes (17 per group) completed functional magnetic resonance imaging. In planned group-stratified context contrasts, open-skill athletes showed greater activation for RTI than PPI in the occipital pole, precentral gyrus, thalamus, and cerebellum, whereas closed-skill athletes showed greater activation for PPI than RTI in precentral/postcentral regions and the left middle temporal gyrus. These are simple within-group context contrasts, not an omnibus Group × Condition interaction; accordingly, the findings are not described as a double dissociation. The neutral condition was passive observation rather than non-motor imagery, and post-scan manipulation checks were not collected. The results therefore indicate context-associated differences in cue-supported imagery-related activity but do not isolate motor imagery from all other forms of mental generation. Within these limits, the findings motivate a provisional Context-Sensitive Imagery Flexibility Model (CS-IFM), in which the relative weighting of visuospatial-executive and sensorimotor-representational processes may vary with sport demands and imagery context.","PeriodicalId":50125,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Motor Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149041848","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Comparison of Visual Feedback Conditions While Learning a Redundant Novel Visuomotor Task. 学习一种冗余新颖视觉运动任务时视觉反馈条件的比较。

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Journal of Motor Behavior Pub Date : 2026-09-18 DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2026.2724877

Marsalis Smith, James Patton, Robert A Scheidt, Jennifer H Kahn, Lee E Miller, Ferdinando A Mussa-Ivaldi

{"title":"Comparison of Visual Feedback Conditions While Learning a Redundant Novel Visuomotor Task.","authors":"Marsalis Smith, James Patton, Robert A Scheidt, Jennifer H Kahn, Lee E Miller, Ferdinando A Mussa-Ivaldi","doi":"10.1080/00222895.2026.2724877","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00222895.2026.2724877","url":null,"abstract":"Human movement relies on coordinating multiple degrees of freedom (DOFs) converging onto fewer DOFs of functional goals. We compared two forms of visual feedback as participants learned a novel motor task: using 18-DOF finger movements to control a 3-joint kinematic chain, ultimately to place a 2-dimensional cursor within targets on a screen. Eighteen participants were randomly assigned to either a Chain group (who could see the chain and cursor) or a No-Chain group (who saw only the cursor). The Chain group had faster performance early in training, despite the identical mechanics faced by the two groups. Both groups improved with training, converging by the end of day one, and retained that performance on the second day. However, neither group learned to aim initial movements more directly to the target. Variance within task and null spaces decreased at similar rates, counter to the minimal intervention principle which posits greater reduction in the task-relevant variability. These results suggest that vision of intermediate control variables provides an early performance advantage, but that learners may adopt consistent control strategies that prioritize stability over directional optimization. These findings offer insights into the role of visual feedback during skill acquisition, with implications for designing feedback-based rehabilitation protocols.","PeriodicalId":50125,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Motor Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149002689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Relative Cognitive-Motor Interference During Dual-Task Walking: Effects of Sex, Task Type, and Difficulty. 双任务行走中的相对认知-运动干扰：性别、任务类型和难度的影响。

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Journal of Motor Behavior Pub Date : 2026-09-17 DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2026.2732051

Yasemin Deniz, Alfa Zamrotin Malaniale Maidi, Emilia Chinonso Madueme, Sun-Joung Leigh An, Yonggeun Hong

{"title":"Relative Cognitive-Motor Interference During Dual-Task Walking: Effects of Sex, Task Type, and Difficulty.","authors":"Yasemin Deniz, Alfa Zamrotin Malaniale Maidi, Emilia Chinonso Madueme, Sun-Joung Leigh An, Yonggeun Hong","doi":"10.1080/00222895.2026.2732051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00222895.2026.2732051","url":null,"abstract":"Sex-related differences in task prioritization during dual-task (DT) walking have been reported in older adults; however, whether similar patterns exist in healthy young adults remains unclear. This study examined the effects of sex, task type, and difficulty on task prioritization in DT walking. Twenty-eight young adults (14 females, 14 males) completed 30-s walking trials under single-task and four DT conditions. Dual-task effects (DTE) were calculated for motor and cognitive performance, and relative cognitive-motor interference was quantified using the Task Prioritization Score (TPS). Positive TPS values were observed across DT conditions, indicating proportionally greater motor than cognitive interference, with no significant sex differences. Motor performance declined significantly across conditions, irrespective of task type or difficulty (p < 0.001). A significant cognitive task type-difficulty × sex interaction was observed for DT cognitive performance (p = 0.038). Participants who completed DT trials first exhibited greater motor DTE, indicating a task-order effect. Exploratory analysis revealed a negative association between serial subtraction-by-3 performance and TPS (r = -0.409, p = 0.031). These findings suggest that relative cognitive-motor interference is independent of sex, although cognitive performance during DT may exhibit task-specific sex differences, and task order is an important methodological consideration in DT research.","PeriodicalId":50125,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Motor Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148992228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Segmentation Strategies in Motor Sequences: A Real-World Example Using Sewing. 运动序列的分割策略：一个使用缝纫的实际例子。

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Journal of Motor Behavior Pub Date : 2026-09-16 DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2026.2729270

Jaini Gandhi, Bhavjot Singh, Hung-Jen Kuo, Sriram Narayanan, Rajiv Ranganathan

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Misalignment Between Perceived and Actual Ability on a Balance Beam Walking Task. 平衡木行走任务中感知能力与实际能力的偏差。

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Journal of Motor Behavior Pub Date : 2026-09-14 DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2026.2730475

Sam Beech, Christina Geisler, Sierra Creer, Cecilia Monoli, Anna C Render, Peter C Fino

{"title":"Misalignment Between Perceived and Actual Ability on a Balance Beam Walking Task.","authors":"Sam Beech, Christina Geisler, Sierra Creer, Cecilia Monoli, Anna C Render, Peter C Fino","doi":"10.1080/00222895.2026.2730475","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00222895.2026.2730475","url":null,"abstract":"Effective balance control is necessary for stability, but it is an individual's self-perceived balance ability that determines movement selection. Accurate self-estimations of balance are therefore essential to ensure that movement choices align with capability. This study examined collegiate athletes' perceptions of their balance ability on a clinically standardized Narrowing Beam Walking Task to examine (1) their initial perceptions of ability, and (2) how task experience improves the accuracy of self-perceived balance. Self-estimates of performance were taken at baseline (before trials), early-training (after two trials), and post-training (after a further eight trials). Actual task performance was quantified using the final eight trials. At baseline, athletes poorly estimated their ability: individuals with poorer performance tended to overestimate while higher-performing individuals underestimated. With practice, absolute estimate error decreased, indicating that task-specific exposure brought self-estimates into closer alignment to actual performance. These effects were consistent across sporting disciplines with varying balance demands, showing that effective balance control and frequent engagement in similar, but unrelated tasks, does not facilitate accurate self-perceptions of balance. Instead, task-specific exposure was required to refine balance estimates. These findings have implications for testing and rehabilitation in populations whose misjudgments of balance are associated with negative outcomes, such as falls.","PeriodicalId":50125,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Motor Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13621790/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148963890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Speed-Dependent Multivariate Coordination Variability Using an Ellipse-Based Vector Coding Method. 基于椭圆向量编码方法的速度依赖多变量协调变异性。

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Journal of Motor Behavior Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-12 DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2026.2638963

Hwigeum Jeong, Hyunsun Lee, Richard van Emmerik

{"title":"Speed-Dependent Multivariate Coordination Variability Using an Ellipse-Based Vector Coding Method.","authors":"Hwigeum Jeong, Hyunsun Lee, Richard van Emmerik","doi":"10.1080/00222895.2026.2638963","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00222895.2026.2638963","url":null,"abstract":"Vector coding is widely used to assess coordination and variability in movement control, yet its application is typically limited to bivariate analyses that focus on two segments or joints (e.g., knee-ankle coupling), despite human movement involving multiple interacting joints. Recent methodological advances have introduced an ellipse-based vector coding approach that enables coordination analysis in higher-dimensional spaces. Because gait speed systematically alters lower-limb kinematics, this study examined both bivariate and trivariate coordination variability of the lower extremity across the hip, knee, and ankle joints using an ellipse-based vector coding method, and compared these measures between slow and fast walking speeds. Mean between-cycle variability was computed to assess overall speed-related changes in coordination dynamics during the stance and swing phases. To determine when speed specifically affects coordination, statistical nonparametric mapping was applied across the entire gait cycle. Cross-correlation analyses compared variability patterns between bivariate and multivariate couplings. Results showed increased bivariate and trivariate coordination variability at faster walking speeds, with strong similarity in cross-correlation observed across knee-ankle, hip-ankle, and hip-knee-ankle couplings (from 0.82 to 0.96). These findings indicate the ankle's key role in driving variability and suggest that ankle-involving bivariate couplings capture the essential features of trivariate coordination during walking.","PeriodicalId":50125,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Motor Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"277-285"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147436971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Proprioceptive Acuity of the Ankle is Higher in Plantarflexion than in Dorsiflexion. 跖屈时踝关节本体感觉敏锐度高于背屈时。

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Journal of Motor Behavior Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-22 DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2025.2605980

Yung-Tze Lee, Farina Mirbagheri, Xinyi Zhou, Jürgen Konczak

{"title":"Proprioceptive Acuity of the Ankle is Higher in Plantarflexion than in Dorsiflexion.","authors":"Yung-Tze Lee, Farina Mirbagheri, Xinyi Zhou, Jürgen Konczak","doi":"10.1080/00222895.2025.2605980","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00222895.2025.2605980","url":null,"abstract":"Intact ankle proprioception is essential for the control of balance and gait. This study determined ankle position sense acuity for plantarflexion and dorsiflexion. In two separate assessments, the right ankle of 30 healthy young adults was passively rotated from neutral joint position to a 15° reference position and a smaller comparison position in either plantar- or dorsiflexion. Subsequently, participants verbally indicated which position felt more flexed. After 25 trials, a psychometric function was fitted to the respective response-stimulus size difference data for each participant. Two outcome measures were derived: a Just-Noticeable-Difference (JND) threshold as a measure of systematic error and an Uncertainty Area (UA) indicating random error. Analysis showed that 70% (21/30) of participants exhibited lower JND thresholds for plantarflexion. Mean JND threshold and median UA were both significantly lower in plantarflexion when compared to dorsiflexion (p = 0.008, d = 0.52; p = 0.001, <math><msub><mrow><mi>r</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>b</mi></mrow></msub></math> = 0.58) indicating that ankle proprioceptive acuity was not uniform for sagittal plane ankle motion. We discuss differences in plantar and dorsiflexor muscle mechanoreceptor density and central proprioceptive signal processing as possible reasons for the observed differences in acuity and highlight the importance of understanding movement-specific proprioceptive acuity for designing effective rehabilitation protocols.","PeriodicalId":50125,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Motor Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"81-89"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145806284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Preferential Cup Size and End-State Comfort in Children. 儿童择优罩杯大小与终态舒适度。

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Journal of Motor Behavior Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2026-07-06 DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2026.2698545

Devynn Dion, Danielle Salters, Sara Scharoun Benson

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