Journal of Motor BehaviorPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2025-02-06DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2025.2461085
Jarrod Blinch, Maryam Nourollahimoghadam, Coby Trovinger, Maria Nida Roncesvalles, Melanie A Hart, Romeo Chua
{"title":"Limb-Target Control Increases With Effective Index of Difficulty.","authors":"Jarrod Blinch, Maryam Nourollahimoghadam, Coby Trovinger, Maria Nida Roncesvalles, Melanie A Hart, Romeo Chua","doi":"10.1080/00222895.2025.2461085","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00222895.2025.2461085","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Researchers have investigated the sensorimotor mechanisms that result in Fitts' law. One approach has been to analyse movement trajectories during Fitts' tasks to reveal the processes that occur during movement preparation and execution. We used trajectory analysis in the current study to investigate how limb-target control contributed to Fitts' law during the transition from ballistic movements to movements with online control. Twenty-five participants made discrete reaching movements in seven conditions with indexes of difficulty that ranged from one to seven. There were strong linear relationships between index of difficulty, effective index of difficulty and movement time. Trajectory analysis suggested that the easiest condition had movements that were mostly ballistic. There was enough time for visual-based online corrections, but the condition was probably too easy to require limb-target control. Trajectory analysis also suggested that there was an increased reliance on limb-target control as the index of difficulty increased. In conclusion, there was a strong linear relationship between effective index of difficulty and movement time even with conditions that ranged from mostly ballistic to a high degree of limb-target control. We suggest that there is a direct relationship between effective index of difficulty and degree of limb-target control.</p>","PeriodicalId":50125,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Motor Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"233-246"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143256896","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}
Journal of Motor BehaviorPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-08-19DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2024.2390032
Justin W Andrushko, Dakota T Zirk, Aryan R Kurniawan, Doug W Renshaw, Jonathan P Farthing
{"title":"Effects of External Pacing Type on the Cross-Education of Motor Skill.","authors":"Justin W Andrushko, Dakota T Zirk, Aryan R Kurniawan, Doug W Renshaw, Jonathan P Farthing","doi":"10.1080/00222895.2024.2390032","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00222895.2024.2390032","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cross-education (CE) is a phenomenon whereby motor training of one limb leads to improved performance in the opposite untrained limb. External pacing of a motor task can enhance CE; however, the influence of different pacing methods is poorly understood. This study explored how motor training with auditory (AP) and visual pacing (VP) impacts CE with a visuomotor force target task. Sixty-one participants performed a unimanual motor task. Participants were randomized into a visual (<i>n</i> = 31) or auditory (<i>n</i> = 30) pacing stimuli condition. The primary outcome was cumulative error scores for each hand, before and after visuomotor training. Pacing type did not yield different magnitudes of CE. However, after adjusting for baseline differences, a significant hand (trained vs. untrained) × practice side (dominant or non-dominant) interaction (<i>p</i> = .013, <i>η</i><sub>p</sub><sup>2</sup> = .106) and a group main effect (<i>p</i> = .036, <i>η</i><sub>p</sub><sup>2</sup> = .165) were observed. Visual pacing resulted in greater improvements in task performance compared to auditory pacing regardless of hand or practice side, while training the dominant limb resulting in a greater interlimb asymmetry regardless of pacing stimulus. These findings have implications for applying pacing strategies during rehabilitation from unilateral injury or neurological impairment.</p>","PeriodicalId":50125,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Motor Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142001172","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}
Journal of Motor BehaviorPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2025-06-09DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2025.2514475
Sedat Yigit, Halil İbrahim Ergen
{"title":"Force Perception Across Dominant and Non-Dominant Hands in Healthy Individuals: A Gender-Based Analysis.","authors":"Sedat Yigit, Halil İbrahim Ergen","doi":"10.1080/00222895.2025.2514475","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00222895.2025.2514475","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Force perception (FP) is a sub-modality of proprioception, influenced by muscle mechanoreceptors. In studies on proprioception, joint position sense and kinesthesia are typically the primary focus, while research on FP remains comparatively limited. This study aimed to examine the effects of gender and maximal grip strength (MGS) on FP. To determine MGS, the participants first squeezed the dynamometer with the dominant hand, followed by non-dominant hand. FP was tested at 25% and 50% of the MGS. The participants were taught these target values using visual feedback displayed on a screen. Then, they were instructed to reproduce the learned grip force without visual input. The difference between the target value and the achieved value was noted as the Absolute Error (AE). A significant difference was observed between males and females in the AE at 25% of MGS. MGS was correlated with FP. Increased grip strength was correlated with greater errors in force reproduction. Overall, gender and hand dominance did not appear to have a significant effect on FP (except for the 25% AE). A clearer understanding of the effects of gender and MGS on FP could help healthcare professionals in preventive and rehabilitative fields better address these deficits.</p>","PeriodicalId":50125,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Motor Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"483-491"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144250602","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}
Journal of Motor BehaviorPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-12-08DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2024.2438715
Ruoyu Niu, Yan Jiang, Chuyang Sun, Rixin Tang
{"title":"Is Dyadic Fitts' Law Task Affected by Action Observation?","authors":"Ruoyu Niu, Yan Jiang, Chuyang Sun, Rixin Tang","doi":"10.1080/00222895.2024.2438715","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00222895.2024.2438715","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>According to Fitts' law, an individual's speed-accuracy tradeoff is only related to the object's properties. According to previous research, the movement time to hit the current target can be affected by the target of different size on the previous trial where the Fitts' law task is affected by trial history. However, in a dyadic context, the question is whether there is still a trial-to-trial transfer across individuals. In this study, Experiment 1 was conducted to investigate whether the current trial would be affected by the previous trial performed by the partner in a dyadic task. The results showed trial-to-trial transfer between individuals was affected by the difficulty of the action. The current movement was only affected by the previous difficult trial but not simple task. In order to investigate whether observing only novel targets would affect the current movement, we conducted Experiment 2, which showed that observing the target was not sufficient to generate effect transfer between trials. These findings suggest that the goal-directed movement can be affected by the observation of others. In addition, the effect of trial-to-trial transfer between individuals was influenced by task difficulty, which proved this effect was not a simple imitation.</p>","PeriodicalId":50125,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Motor Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"153-164"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142796247","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}
Journal of Motor BehaviorPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-11-22DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2024.2429383
Brenner Ottero, Rafael Carvalho, Lívia Penido, Cíntia Matos, Rita Cordovil, Carlos Luz, Luis P Rodrigues, Márcia Tanure, Herbert Ugrinowitsch
{"title":"Motor Competence and Difficulty of Self-Set Goals on Motor Learning.","authors":"Brenner Ottero, Rafael Carvalho, Lívia Penido, Cíntia Matos, Rita Cordovil, Carlos Luz, Luis P Rodrigues, Márcia Tanure, Herbert Ugrinowitsch","doi":"10.1080/00222895.2024.2429383","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00222895.2024.2429383","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Motor competence is associated with the perceived difficulty of a task. This study hypothesized that children with higher motor competence perceive certain tasks as less challenging than their peers with lower motor competence. As a result, children with higher motor competence were expected to set more ambitious goals for themselves while learning a new task compared to children with lower motor competence. To investigate the relationship between motor competence and the difficulty of self-set goals during motor learning, we included 48 children aged between eight and ten years, stratified into terciles; our analysis focused on 32 children from the highest and lowest terciles. The experimental task required participants to throw a 100 g bean bag toward a target located 3 meters away. Children were instructed to set goals before each block of 10 trials during the learning phase. Pretest, retention, and transfer tests were administered without imposed goals. Motor competence was assessed using the Motor Competence Assessment, which integrates scores from the task used to evaluate motor learning and the percentage increase in each block to assess the difficulty of the self-set goals. The findings revealed no significant correlation between motor competence and the difficulty of self-set goals. Nevertheless, higher motor competence was linked to enhanced performance during the acquisition phase, retention and transfer tests. These results suggest that although motor competence is associated with improved motor learning, it does not influence the level of challenge of the goals that children set for themselves.</p>","PeriodicalId":50125,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Motor Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"134-141"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142689547","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}
Journal of Motor BehaviorPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-09-27DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2024.2406925
James W Roberts, Caroline J Wakefield, John P de Grosbois
{"title":"Examining the Equivalence Between Imagery and Execution-Does Imagery Comprise the Intended Spatial Trajectory?","authors":"James W Roberts, Caroline J Wakefield, John P de Grosbois","doi":"10.1080/00222895.2024.2406925","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00222895.2024.2406925","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The functional equivalence model suggests a common internal representation initiates both imagery and execution. This suggestion is supported by the mental chronometry effect, where there is a positive relation between task difficulty (as defined by the Index of Difficulty; ID) and imagined movement time. The present study extends this logic by examining whether imagery captures the spatial trajectory. Participants were initially tasked with the imagery and execution of a rapid aiming movement under different IDs. These initial attempts were adapted to configure auditory tones at early (25%) and late (75%) intervals for a separate set of imagery trials. If a tone had sounded, participants had to estimate post-trial where their imagined limb would have been located. The findings revealed increases in ID that coincided with increases in imagined and executed movement times. However, participant mean and standard deviation of estimated locations revealed limited differences between the early and late tones. Further inspection revealed some evidence for these estimated locations shifting further along in space following more rapid imagined movements. While equivalence is clearly evident within the temporal domain, there is comparatively little to suggest that this logic extends to the resolution required for simulating the spatial characteristics of movement.</p>","PeriodicalId":50125,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Motor Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"31-42"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142331455","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}
Journal of Motor BehaviorPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2025-06-27DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2025.2506752
Mikaela L Frechette, Jacob J Sosnoff, Manuel Enrique Hernandez, Laura A Rice
{"title":"Environmental Influence on Cognitive-Motor Interaction During Wheelchair Propulsion.","authors":"Mikaela L Frechette, Jacob J Sosnoff, Manuel Enrique Hernandez, Laura A Rice","doi":"10.1080/00222895.2025.2506752","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00222895.2025.2506752","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To determine the influence of environmental complexity on cognitive-motor interaction during wheelchair propulsion. Fourteen participants completed two single- to dual-task trials of Serial-7 Subtraction Task and four environments varying in complexity. Differences in cognitive and motor function were determined through paired samples <i>t</i>-tests and percent changes (dual-task costs [DTCs]) were calculated. Within-subjects, repeated-measures ANOVAs were performed to determine differences in DTCs across environments. Cognitive function was maintained from the single- to dual-task trial in all environments (<i>p</i> ≥ 0.16) and yielded similar DTCs across environments (<i>p</i> = 0.80). Compromised motor function was observed in all environments (<i>p</i> ≤ 0.03) and yielded similar DTCs across environments (<i>p</i> ≥ 0.37). Wheelchair propulsion is attentionally demanding; however, environmental complexity did not exacerbate cognitive or motor dual-task costs.</p>","PeriodicalId":50125,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Motor Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"400-414"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144509222","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}
Journal of Motor BehaviorPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2025-01-19DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2024.2448130
Elena M Broeckelmann, Toby Martin, Cheryl M Glazebrook
{"title":"Auditory Cues and Feedback in the Serial Reaction Time Task: Evidence for Sequence Acquisition and Sensory Transfer.","authors":"Elena M Broeckelmann, Toby Martin, Cheryl M Glazebrook","doi":"10.1080/00222895.2024.2448130","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00222895.2024.2448130","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The present experiment used the Serial Reaction Time Task(SRTT) to investigate if auditory cueing or feedback in the form of spatially compatible tones benefited sequence learning similarly. Fifty-three neurotypical adults (18-35 years; 32 cis-females; 21 cis-males) were randomly assigned to three groups in which they practiced a visual SRTT: Group AC was supplemented with auditory cues; group AF received auditory feedback; group NS performed without sound. Retention and transfer tests (i.e., in the other two sensory conditions), and an explicit awareness test were conducted 48 h after practice. Changes in Total Sequence Time (TST), Total Error (TE), and acquired knowledge of the 10-item sequence order quantified sequence learning and were assessed using a two-way mixed ANOVA with repeated measures (<i>p</i> ≤ 0.05). A significant group-by-time interaction indicated only the AC group maintained their performance improvements when the sequence was perturbed. Overall, improvements in TST on day 1 and day 2 were consistent with all groups acquiring task-general and sequence-specific knowledge. TE outcomes suggested no speed-accuracy tradeoff. On Day 2, all groups performed best in the no-sound condition, indicating performance was maintained when sound cues or feedback were removed. All groups acquired equivalent implicit motor sequence knowledge regardless of sound condition.</p>","PeriodicalId":50125,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Motor Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"182-197"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143015332","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}
Journal of Motor BehaviorPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2025-06-26DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2025.2508283
Ashleigh Thomas, Lara Paul, Seipati Rasenyalo, Ben Jones, Sharief Hendricks
{"title":"Challenge Accepted: A Systematic Scoping Review of the Applications of the Challenge Point Framework.","authors":"Ashleigh Thomas, Lara Paul, Seipati Rasenyalo, Ben Jones, Sharief Hendricks","doi":"10.1080/00222895.2025.2508283","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00222895.2025.2508283","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Challenge Point Framework (CPF) guides practice design for optimal motor skill learning. The CPF's use and prevalence has not been reported. This review's aims are to - (i) identify research areas that use the CPF, (ii) determine the CPF's prevalence across research areas and (iii) summarise applications of the CPF across research areas. A systematic scoping review, following modified PRISMA-ScR guidelines, was conducted. Papers referencing Guadagnoli and Lee's (2004) \"Challenge Point Framework\" paper were reviewed against inclusion/exclusion criteria. Data from 100 included papers were analysed for (1) numerical; (2) thematic; and (3) descriptive summaries. Four themes were identified and common CPF applications were identified within each theme. CPF use has been viewed favourably whilst its limitations have been acknowledged (e.g., lack of practical application research).</p>","PeriodicalId":50125,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Motor Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"444-462"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144499039","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}
Journal of Motor BehaviorPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2025-05-05DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2025.2496153
Ferran Cuenca-Martínez, Ana Isabel Rubio-Baños, Laura Fuentes-Aparicio, Núria Sempere-Rubio
{"title":"Effects of Motor Imagery on Skin Conductance and Pelvic Floor Sensorimotor Condition: A Randomised Controlled Trial.","authors":"Ferran Cuenca-Martínez, Ana Isabel Rubio-Baños, Laura Fuentes-Aparicio, Núria Sempere-Rubio","doi":"10.1080/00222895.2025.2496153","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00222895.2025.2496153","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The main aim was to assess the effects of motor imagery (MI) plus pelvic floor musculature (PFM) isometric exercises (IE) on skin conductance and pelvic floor sensorimotor condition. Thirty healthy women were randomised into two groups: MI+IE (<i>n</i> = 15), and sham-MI+IE (CG) group (<i>n</i> = 15). A pre- and post-intervention evaluation was conducted. Regarding the skin conductance, significant between-group differences were found in favour of MI+IE in the imagination phase with a large effect size (mean differences (MD)=1.79 μS, <i>p</i> = 0.037, <i>d</i> = 0.82). This greater sympathetic activation in the MI+IE group was accompanied by significantly greater hypoalgesia on presumed referral area of menstrual pain compared with the CG with a moderate effect size (MD = 0.722 Kg/cm<sup>2</sup>, <i>p</i> = 0.048, <i>d</i> = 0.76). Finally, regarding the PFM strength, significant between-group differences were also found in favour of MI+IE compared with the CG with a large effect size (MD = 64.9 g, <i>p</i> = 0.035, <i>d</i> = 0.81). The results showed that adding MI to an IE program resulted in statistically greater improvements in pelvic floor sensorimotor function than IE alone in a single session and this should be considered clinically. Finally, one of the neurophysiological mechanisms by which the greater hypoalgesia generated in the experimental group could be explained through the activation of the sympathetic-excitatory system.</p>","PeriodicalId":50125,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Motor Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"345-357"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144052066","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}