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Visual Attention to Semantic and Orthographic Associations in Fluent Aphasia: Evidence from Eye-Tracking Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Susan M. DeMetropolis, Andrea Pittarello
Background and PurposeWe examined the allocation of visual attention in an association task by both neurotypical participants (n = 11) and adults with fluent aphasia (n = 12).Research DesignParticipants were presented with a picture (e.g., a basket) followed by a semantically related association (i.e., “strawberry”) and an orthographically related association (i.e., “b,” the first letter of “basket”)
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Understanding the Role of Teacher-Student Relationships in Students’ Online Learning Engagement: Mediating Role of Academic Motivation Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Huma Akram, Shengji Li
Strengthening online learning outcomes requires the establishment of strong student-teacher relationships to engage students actively in learning activities. Teacher-student relationships are also pivotal factors for enhancing academic motivation for online learning engagement. Generally, however, research on online teaching remains underdeveloped. We aimed, in this study, to investigate the complex
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Fatigue and Performance Rates as Decision-Making Critera in Pacing Control During CrossFit® Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Guilherme Ribeiro, Rafael Alves De Aguiar, Artur Ferreira Tramontin, Eduardo Crozeta Martins, Fabrizio Caputo
We investigated fatigue and performance rates as decision-making criteria in pacing control during CrossFit®. Thirteen male regional-level competitors completed conditions of all-out (maximum physical work from beginning to end) and controlled-split (controlled physical work in the first two rounds but maximum work in the third round) pacing throughout the Fight Gone Bad workout separated by one week
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Psychometric Support and Measurement Invariance of a Turkish Version of the Transformational Parenting Questionnaire Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Sinan Yıldırım, Serap Sarıkaya
Our primary objective in this study was to psychometrically evaluate the Transformational Parenting Questionnaire (TPQ) within the Turkish context. Secondarily, we aimed to determine whether the questionnaire demonstrated measurement invariance across children’s genders and grade levels. We included 950 participants, aged 11–18 years (446 girls, 498 boys, 6 unspecified gender identity; Mage = 14.73
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Assessing Lower-Extremity Visuo-Motor Reaction Time in Young Male Soccer Players: Test-Retest Reliability and Minimum Detectable Change of the Brain Pro System Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Erhan Secer, Derya Ozer Kaya
A reliable, versatile means of assessing visuo-motor reaction time (V-MRT) is important to football (soccer) players for many reasons, including the fact that faster V-MRT is a critical sport skill that may even play a role in reducing common sports injuries to the lower muscle extremities that can be associated with lost time on the field. We aimed to determine the test-retest reliability and minimum
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Psychometric Properties of the Pictorial Scale of Perceived Movement Skill Competence for Young Norwegian Children Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Håvard Lorås, Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter, Lise Storli, Rasmus Kleppe, Lisa Barnett, Ole Johan Sando
The objective of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Pictorial Scale of Perceived Movement Skill Competence (PMSC) for young Norwegian children, a scale that is aligned with skills assessed in the Test of Gross Motor Development- Third Edition. We used convenience sampling to recruit 396 Norwegian-speaking children (7–10-year-olds) who completed the PMSC. A confirmatory factor
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Acute Knee Crutch Use Provokes Changes to Postural Strategy Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Christian Maron, Aron Jendre, Daniel Goble, Charles Marks, Joshua Haworth
Single-leg knee crutches are a relatively new, hands-free mobility assistive device with benefits over standard axillary crutches. Our main goal in this study was to evaluate balance ability in a healthy population upon first exposure to the knee crutch device. We had 20 healthy individuals ( M age = 21.1; SD = 1.5 years ) complete baseline static and dynamic balance tests on a force plate, followed
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An Examination of the Sport Commitment Model for Athletes With Physical Disabilities Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Andy Wei-Ru Yao, Deborah R. Shapiro
Sport commitment describes a psychological attachment to a sport that influences one’s desire or resolve to continue involvement in it. Studying antecedents believed to influence long term commitment to sport among athletes with a disability will help ensure that participants gain those psychosocial and health outcomes from sport participation that benefit quality of life. Our purposes in this study
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The Development and Evaluation of the Kinesthetic Motor Imagery of Pelvic Floor Muscle Contraction Questionnaire (KMI-PFQ) in Spanish Women Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Ferran Cuenca-Martínez, Roy La Touche, Gemma Barber-Llorens, Mario Romero-Palau, Laura Fuentes-Aparicio, Núria Sempere-Rubio
Practitioners have begun using motor imagery (MI) for preventing and treating some pelvic floor disorders. Due to requirements for imagining before performing a MI intervention and because there are few instruments available for assessing this specific ability in the pelvic floor musculature, we sought to develop and test a new MI questionnaire, the Kinesthetic Motor Imagery of Pelvic Floor Muscle
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Feasibility and Usefulness of Repetitions-In-Reserve Scales for Selecting Exercise Intensity: A Scoping Review Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Vasco Bastos, Sérgio Machado, Diogo S. Teixeira
The intensity of resistance training (RT) exercise is an important consideration for determining relevant health and performance-related outcomes. Yet, current objective exercise intensity measures present concerns in terms of viability or cost. In response to these concerns, repetition-in-reserve (RIR) scales may represent an adequate method of measuring and regulating intensity. However, no recent
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Motivational Orientation, Boredom and Fun in Physical Education: The Mediation Role of Self-Esteem and Motor Self-Efficacy Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Rafael E. Reigal, Jacobo Hernández-Martos, Diogo Monteiro, Rocío Pérez-López, Antonio Hernández-Mendo, Verónica Morales-Sánchez
Adolescents who enjoy physical education (PE) classes are more likely to be active during out-of-school hours. Similarly, achievement goal theory suggests that task-oriented motivation is associated with higher levels of reported fun during PE classes. In contrast, ego-oriented motivation has been related to boredom in class, but some self-perceptions (e.g., self-esteem or motoric self-efficacy) may
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Toward Development of a Novel Proprioceptive Trail-Making Test: Comparing Healthy Dancers and Non-Dancers Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Madison R. Card, Anthony J. Ryals
There is a pressing need for ecologically valid versions of traditional neuropsychological tests indexing executive function (EF), such as the Trail-Making Task (TMT), that incorporate movement and bodily awareness in healthy participants with varying abilities. We designed a proprioceptive version of the TMT (pTMT) that involved coordinated gross motor movement and proprioceptive awareness to investigate
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Cognitive Reserve and Frontotemporal Disorders: Exploring the Relationship Between Education, Physical Activity, and Cognitive Dysfunction in Older Adults Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Josue G. Amian, Cristina Fernandez-Portero, Rocío de la Bella, María José Arenilla-Villalba, Guillermo López-Lluch, David Alarcon
In this study we investigated the relationship between cognitive reserve (CR) proxies, such as education, physical activity (PA), and cognitive dysfunction (CD) in the presence or absence of frontotemporal disorders (FTD). Previous research has suggested that education and PA may delay the onset of CD and reduce the risk of developing dementia. However, it remains unclear whether these CR proxies can
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Profiling Bilateral Skills in High-Performance Male and Female Gaelic Footballers Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Karol Dillon, Ian Sherwin, Philip E. Kearney
Bilateral skill symmetry in sport refers to an individual’s ability to successfully perform sporting actions with both sides of the body. Two scarcely researched areas in relation to bilateral skills are the effects of opposition proximity on skill execution and bilateral skill in high-performance female athletes. In this study, we used Nacsport to code all skill executions (hand pass, kick pass, hop
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Telic-Paratelic Dominance and Heart Rate Variability in Athletes Engaged in Power and Endurance Training Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Afek Chihaoui Mamlouk, Ibrahim Ouergui, Fatma Ben Waer, Fayçal Zarrouk, Nabil Gmada, Mohamed Younes, Ezdine Bouhlel
Purpose: The current study aimed to evaluate the telic-paratelic tendency and heart rate variability in athlete participants from different sports activities.Methods: We assigned 117 healthy participants ( M age = 20, SD = 3 years) into three groups according to their training activity: power-trained (PT; n=43), endurance-trained (ET; n=36), and healthy untrained individuals (n=38). We assessed their
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Errorless Training Benefits Motor Learning and Kinematic Outcomes in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Saeed Arsham, Rahil Razeghi, Ahmadreza Movahedi
Most children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have some form of motor deficits. Additionally, based on executive dysfunction, working memory is often atypical in these children. Errorless learning reduces demands on working memory. In this study, we investigated the effectiveness of errorless training on these children’s ability to learn golf putting. Participants ( N = 20), aged 9–13 years ( M
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Mapping Risk Judgment and Risk Taking in Mountain Hiking: An Information Integration Approach Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Eric Fruchart, Patricia Rulence-Pâques
Risk analysis is essential for promoting hiking-based tourism. Our objective in the present study was to map 395 mountain hikers’ positions on risk judgment and risk taking, according to how they integrated three antecedent factors of confidence (environment, team, and self). For integrating information, people can develop an additive rule whereby they apply the same weight to all information or use
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Effect of a Ten-week Sensorimotor Exercise Program on the Side-to-Side LAM Asymmetry of Adolescent Football Players: A Randomized Control Trial Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Damian Sikora, Paweł Linek
In this study we, evaluated the effects of a 10-week sensorimotor exercise program on the thickness and side-to-side asymmetry of the lateral abdominal muscles in adolescent soccer players. From among 120 initially recruited participants, we included 90 athletes (aged 10–17 years old) in our final analysis. Healthy athletes who met our inclusion criteria were randomly divided into comparative experimental
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Gaze Behavior and Cognitive Performance on Tasks of Multiple Object Tracking and Multiple Identity Tracking by Handball Players and Non-Athletes Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Piotr Styrkowiec, Stanisław H. Czyż, Jukka Hyönä, Jie Li, Lauri Oksama, Maciej Raś
Multiple object tracking (MOT) and multiple identity tracking (MIT) each measure the ability to track moving objects visually. While prior investigators have mainly compared athletes and non-athletes on MOT, MIT more closely resembles dynamic real-life environments. Here we compared the performance and gaze behavior of handball players with non-athletes on both MOT and MIT. Since previous researchers
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The Effects of Combined Virtual Reality Exercises and Robot Assisted Gait Training on Cognitive Functions, Daily Living Activities, and Quality of Life in High Functioning Individuals With Subacute Stroke Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Murat Akinci, Mustafa Burak, Fatma Zehra Kasal, Ezgi Aydın Özaslan, Meral Huri, Zeynep Aydan Kurtaran
Stroke is a global health concern causing significant mortality. Survivors face physical, cognitive, and emotional challenges, affecting their life satisfaction and social participation. Robot-assisted gait training with virtual reality, like Lokomat, is a promising rehabilitation tool. We investigated its impact on cognitive status, activities of daily living, and quality of life in individuals with
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Analysis of Off-The-Wall Smash Shots in Men’s and Women’s Professional Padel Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Iván Martín-Miguel, Diego Muñoz, Adrián Escudero-Tena, Bernardino J. Sánchez-Alcaraz
Purpose: our aim was to analyze the characteristics of the off-the-wall smash in men´s and women´s padel, and to compare gender differences in the set-dependent frequency of these shots. Study sample: through systematic observation, we analyzed 441 off-the-wall smashes from the Final Master of the 2022 season of the World Padel Tour. Results: showed that the women performed twice as many off-the-wall
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Construction and Assessment of the Physical Activity and Physical Education Importance for Parents Scale Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Pablo Saiz-González, Jose Coto-Lousas, Damián Iglesias, Javier Fernandez-Rio
A recent systematic review reported positive associations between parents and children’s physical activity participation. Moreover, parents’ perceptions of the importance and value of physical activity can influence their children’s participation in it. Our aim in this study was to develop and validate an instrument to assess parents’ perceptions of the importance of physical activity and physical
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Traditional Chinese Exercises for Cardiovascular Diseases: A Bibliometric Analysis Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Ruiting Zhu, Yirou Niu, Haiyan Xu, Saikun Wang, Jing Mao, Yangyang Lei, Xuance Xiong, Wei Zhou, Lirong Guo
Traditional Chinese exercises (TCEs) have great value in the prevention and effective treatment of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Our purpose in this study was to summarize present research trends and future directions regarding the link between TCEs and CVD by bibliometrics analysis. We searched the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) for all original articles and reviews on TCEs for CVD published
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Correlations between Trunk Control and Balance in Children with Bilateral Spastic Cerebral Palsy Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Sapna Tiwari, Pratiksha Tilak Rao, Suruliraj Karthikbabu
Impairments of postural responses are a salient feature of children with cerebral palsy (CP). While the systems approach describes balance in seven components, the relationship between trunk control and balance in children with CP has not been previously examined with all seven of these components. In this study, we aimed to identify correlations between trunk control and all seven systems approach
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Myopia: Its Status and Environmental Correlations Among School Students in Fushun, China Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Ming-Zhu Huo, Jia-Xin Liu, Hong-Ning Shao, Wen-Hui Li
Our objective was to investigate the status and influence of myopia among primary school students in Fushun, Liaoning Province, China. We aimed to provide a theoretical and epistemological basis for implementing myopia prevention initiatives. We employed cluster sampling and surveyed 5216 primary school students from grades 1–6 across eight primary schools in Fushun City. Our participants included
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Effect of the Visual Illusion on Stepping-Over Action and Its Association with Gaze Behavior Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Ryota Sakurai, Kentaro Kodama, Yu Ozawa, Kimi Estela Kobayashi-Cuya
An adequate foot clearance height while stepping over an obstacle is important for safety in daily life. In the present study, we examined whether visual illusions affect foot clearance during a stepping-over action, and whether this is further influenced by gaze behavior. Twelve participants stepped over an obstacle placed four meters away under conditions of three different obstacle characteristics:
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Is There a Relationship Between Birth Quartile and Vertical Jump Performance Among Young Male Elite Volleyball Athletes? Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Henrique de Oliveira Castro, Ricardo Franco Lima, Lucas Savassi Figueiredo, Vivian de Oliveira, Leonardo Alexandre Peyré-Tartaruga, Luiz Fernando Martins Kruel, Lorenzo Iop Laporta, Gustavo De Conti Teixeira Costa, Guilherme Pereira Berriel
Vertical jump is an important skill that influences volleyball performance. In this study, we analyzed the relationship between vertical jump performance and birth quartile of Brazilian male youth volleyball players. We calculated chi-square goodness-of-fit tests to compare the athletes’ birthdate distributions in quarters of their birth years (Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4) according to player age categories
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Simulating Local Biases in Visual Attention in Neurocognitive Performance Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Benjamin A. Berry, Gregory J. Meyer, Emily T. O’Gorman, Manali Roy, Larson E. Sholander, Joni L. Mihura
Typical visual perception includes an attention bias toward right hemisphere mediated global, holistic cortical processing. An atypically local, detail-oriented focus of attention is characteristic of left hemisphere processing and is often observed in patients whose field of attention is restricted by certain types of neurocognitive impairment. We designed the present pair of studies to induce a local
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Psychosocial and Environmental Correlates of Physical Activity in Korean Adults Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Jonghwa Lee, Dojin An, Chatkamon Singnoy, Youngho Kim
Using hypothesized structural equation modeling, we investigated contributions to physical activity (PA) from psychological, social, and environmental variables. Participants were 768 adults aged 30 years or older (men = 353, women = 415; Mage = 42.51, SD = 10.21 years) living in Jungrang-gu, Seoul. To assess psychological, social, and environmental variables, respondents completed scales measuring
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Self-Reported Mood and Lifestyle-Related Physical Activity of Young Adults With Major Depressive Disorder Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Vagner Deuel de O. Tavares, Geovan Menezes de Sousa, Felipe B. Schuch, Stephany Campanelli, Jacob Meyer, Raissa Nóbrega de Almeida, Pedro Moraes Dutra Agrícola, Leonardo Alves, Maria Luiza Gurgel, Kaike Thiê da Costa Gonçalves, Scott Patten, Jerome Sarris, Walter Barbalho, Emerson Nunes Arcoverde, Nicole Leite Galvão-Coelho
We investigated whether mood and lifestyle-related indicators of physical health are differentially expressed according to self-reported levels of depressive symptoms among young adults with a current episode of major depression. In a cross-sectional study, we recruited 94 young adults (females = 67, 71.3%; males = 27, 28.7%; aged 18–35 years) with a current episode of major depression. We assessed
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Temperament Affected Visuospatial Orienting on Discrimination Tasks Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Jacek Bielas, Damian Przybycień, Łukasz Michalczyk
In the Posner cueing paradigm, the early attentional capture and subsequent inhibition of return (IOR) of attention to the same location, although they are microscale phenomena measured in milliseconds, seem to encapsulate the interaction between two fundamental dimensions of behavior - engaging in and sustaining activity versus withdrawing from and inhibiting activity. In the field of differential
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Benefits of a Light-Painting Technique for Learning to Write New Characters: A Proof of Concept With Adults Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Jean-François Connan, Marianne Jover, Manon Luigi, Alexandrine Saint-Cast, Jérémy Danna
Learning to write relies on the effective integration of sensory feedback and a transition from motor control based on written tracings to motor control based on expert writing movements. This study aimed to test whether the photographic technique of light painting (LP) would facilitate this transition. To achieve this, we conducted two experiments using different LP setups. LP involves moving a light
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Effects of Cervical Mobilization on Balance and Gait Parameters in Individuals With Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Aziz Dengiz, Emre Baskan
Stroke is a significant health problem that may result in long-term functional deficits. Balance and walking problems are among the most common post-stroke deficits, and they may negatively affect quality of life. Our aim in this study was to investigate the effects of cervical mobilization on balance and gait parameters after stroke. Participants were 24 adults (aged 30–65 years), who scored 24 or
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Translation and Psychometric Evaluation of a Chinese Version of the Behavioral Regulation in Sport Questionnaire (BRSQ) with University Sport Athletes. Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Yan Luo,Kathleen T Mellano,Elizabeth M Mullin,Juan Zhong,Yi Zhou,Yanru Sha,Yingqiu Zhang,Shenyue Luo,Nan Guo
Our aim in this study was to translate and psychometrically evaluate a Chinese version of the Behavioral Regulation in Sport Questionnaire (BRSQ). Participants were Chinese collegiate athletes (N = 361) who were competitive in their respective sports. We examined the construct validity of the Chinese BRSQ using alternative structural equation models and evaluated convergent validity, factor score reliability
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Adolescent Athletes' Self-Presentations on Social Media and Their Self-Esteem as Moderated by Their Perceptions of Responsiveness by Others. Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Kyoungjin Yang,Sungho Kwon,Dojin Jang
Social media has been an increasingly utilized communication tool, and it has gained popularity among adolescent athletes. Our aim here was to investigate whether a positive and honest self-presentation on social media increased adolescent athletes' self-esteem, and we examined the moderating effect of perceived responsiveness. After receiving informed consent of participants and their parents/legal
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Spatial Response Discrimination May Elicit a Simon Effect on a Non-Complementary Task. Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Melanie Y Lam,Romeo Chua
When paired participants are each assigned a complementary half of the Simon task, a joint Simon effect (JSE) has been observed. Co-representation, a cognitive representation of not only one's own task but also that of the co-actor, has been one of several proposed mechanisms in the JSE. Using the response-discrimination hypothesis as a framework, we tested whether it was sufficient to highlight alternative
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Examining Single Session Peer-Teaching Instructional Approaches on Pre-Service Physical Education Teachers' Throwing Techniques. Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2023-11-24 Bradley Beseler,Mandy S Plumb,Michael Spittle,Nicola F Johnson,Jack T Harvey,Christopher Mesagno
An important role of a Physical Education (PE) teacher is to assist students to develop the fundamental motor skills (FMS) that will allow them to participate in physical activities with competence and confidence. Thus, PE teachers require the knowledge and skills to carry out this crucial task. In the crowded curricula of Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) programs, there are limited opportunities
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Impact of Spectators, League and Team Ability on Home Advantage in Professional European Basketball. Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Enrique Alonso Pérez-Chao,Rubén Portes,Carlos Ribas,Alberto Lorenzo,Anthony S Leicht,Miguel Ángel Gómez
Our aim in this study was to examine the impact of fans (vs. no fans), geographical location of league, and team ability on home winning percentage (HW%) or home advantage (HA) in professional European basketball. Data were collected from five prestigious professional, national basketball leagues within Europe (Spain, Germany, Italy, Greece and Israel) across 16 regular seasons (2005-2006 to 2020-2021)
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Differences Between Consistent and Inconsistent Handedness Remain Consistently Interesting: Ten Years of Research on the Consistency of Handedness With the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory. Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Eric C Prichard,Evan M Clarkson,Stephen D Christman
Almost 10 years ago Prichard et al. (2013) published a literature review on consistency of handedness. They described how consistency of handedness, typically measured by the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory (EHI), predicted outcomes in memory and decision-making paradigms better than direction of handedness. In the last 10 years, new research has extended these findings and added new theoretical perspectives
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Motor Processing in Children With Cochlear Implants as Assessed by Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Razieh Alemi,Jace Wolfe,Sara Neumann,Jacy Manning,Lindsay Hanna,Will Towler,Caleb Wilson,Alexander Bien,Sharon Miller,Erin Schafer,Jessica Gemignani,Nabin Koirala,Vincent L Gracco,Mickael Deroche
Auditory-motor and visual-motor networks are often coupled in daily activities, such as when listening to music and dancing; but these networks are known to be highly malleable as a function of sensory input. Thus, congenital deafness may modify neural activities within the connections between the motor, auditory, and visual cortices. Here, we investigated whether the cortical responses of children
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Relationship Between Athletes' History of Stressors and Sport Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Theresa Chyi,Frank J H Lu,Yun-Che Hsieh,Ya-Wen Hsu,Diane L Gill,Bin-Bin Fang
A history of stressors in athletes represents psychosocial factors that may lead to sport injury. However, empirical studies have provided varying results for the relationship between stress history and sport injury. We examined prior literature on the stress history - sport injury relationship within a systematic review and, by meta-analysis, we offered a pooled estimate of the strength of this relationship
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Driving Frequency Modulates Correlations Between Executive Functions and Driving Performance: A Driving Simulator Study. Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Yu-Hui Lo,Afee Chiu,Philip Tseng
Driving a car requires a complex combination of various cognitive functions (e.g., visual perception, motor control, decision making, and others), and deficits in any of these processes may compromise driving safety. Amongst these, executive functions such as inhibitory control, task switching, and decision-making are important, as they enable drivers to process information from their surroundings
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Relationships Between Task Constraints, Visual Constraints, Joint Coordination and Football-Specific Performance in Talented Youth Athletes: An Ecological Dynamics Approach. Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Pieter Heuvelmans,Stefano Di Paolo,Anne Benjaminse,Laura Bragonzoni,Alli Gokeler
Individual performance in team sports is a multifactorial reflection of how well a player can cope and accomplish tasks in varied playing situations. Thus, performance analysis should not only focus on outcomes, but also on underlying mechanisms of those outcomes. We adopted principles of the ecological dynamics approach (EDA) to investigate the effect of introducing constraints on players' joint coordination
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Contextualizing Evaluation of Performance in Volleyball: Introducing Contextual Individual Contribution Coefficients to Assess Technical Actions. Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Carlos López-Serrano,María Zakynthinaki,Daniel Mon-López,Juan José Molina Martín
In this study, we proposed novel metrics for evaluating volleyball technical performance in relation to the action context. To assess each player's relative participation, we also introduced relative contextual coefficients. We analyzed 20 games played by the world's top eight teams during the 2019 FIVB Women's Club World Championship, using Data Volley software and Python programming. We evaluated
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A Process Analysis of Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test Performance Using the Boston Qualitative Scoring System in HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders. Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2023-11-03 Yenifer L Morales Mejia,Jennifer L Thompson,Steven Paul Woods
Deficits in episodic verbal memory are commonly observed in persons with HIV (PWH) disease, in whom they are characterized by dysregulation of the executive aspects of encoding and retrieval and adversely impact everyday functioning. Deficits in episodic visual memory are also apparent in PWH, but we know less about their cognitive architecture. This study used the Boston Qualitative Scoring System
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A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Taekwondo on Physical Self-Concept. Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Hanyu Ju,Zhengfa Han,Yujie Gao
In this meta-analysis we explored whether Taekwondo practice has improved its participants' physical self-concepts. We also tested the mediating influence of factors in past research such as country, participant age, and measurement properties in their associations with these taekwondo effects. We reviewed extensive data collected from Chinese, English and Korean participants in articles listed in
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Inventories of Human Lateral Preference: A Systematic Review. Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2023-11-01 Norberto S Bazo,Alexandre J Marcori,Anderson N Guimarães,Luis A Teixeira,Victor H A Okazaki
There are a variety of inventories available to evaluate human lateral preference, but no previous review has systematically analyzed and compared them. We conducted a systematic literature review to identify these inventories and describe their characteristics (e.g., dimensions, scales, tasks, psychometric properties). We included 26 articles, each presenting a different inventory to assess lateral
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Kinesiophobia and Associated Factors in Patients With Myocardial Infarction. Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2023-11-01 Hazal Yakut Ozdemir,Sevgi Ozalevli,Elvan Felekoglu,Ahmet Anıl Baskurt,Huseyin Dursun
Kinesiophobia is a well-known barrier to positive clinical outcomes among patients with various diseases, but there remain few comprehensive studies of kinesiophobia among patients with myocardial infarction (MI). In this cross-sectional study, we investigated the presence of kinesiophobia and its relationship with clinical outcomes among 42 patients with MI who completed the Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia
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The Distinctness of Illusory and Non-Illusory Conjunctions in the Perception of Chinese Words: Assessing the Roles of Stimulus Exposure Time. Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Yanwen Wu,Qiangqiang Wang
Previous studies of illusory conjunction (IC) mainly focused on alphabetic languages, while researchers have poorly understood the IC mechanism of Chinese words as an ideographic writing system. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the dynamic changes of IC effects for Chinese words under different stimulus exposure times and spatial arrangements. We conducted two experiments with a 3 (Condition:
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The Relative Age Effect at Different Age Periods in Soccer: A Meta-Analysis. Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Michal Bozděch,Adrián Agricola,Jiří Zháněl
In the selection of young athletes, earlier-born adolescents often leverage their temporary biological advantage over their later-born peers from the same cohort, giving rise to the phenomenon known as the Relative Age Effect (RAE). In this study, we delved into the complexities of the RAE in soccer by reviewing 563 independent research samples across 90 articles. Our analysis showed that age period
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Attentional Focus Strategies for Promoting Children's Motor Learning: A Scoping Review With a Learner-Task-Environment Framework. Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2023-10-29 Kathlynne F Eguia,Shamay S M Ng,Thomson W L Wong
There is emerging evidence that attentional focus instructions and feedback may help children with motor learning. However, information relevant to learner characteristics, settings, and contexts in which attentional focus strategies can be used has not been synthesized. Therefore, in this review, we adopted a learner-task-environment framework to map the evidence to date related to attentional focus
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The Decision-Making of High-Level Volleyball Setters in the 2021-2022 Volleyball Men's Superliga: Does the Opponent Matter? Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2023-10-25 Marcos Henrique Nascimento,Lorenzo Laporta,Gustavo Ferreira Pedrosa,Augusto Cezar Rodrigues Rocha,Claudio Andre Barbosa de Lira,Mário Hebling Campos,Juracy da Silva Guimarães,Thiago José Leonardi,Marcelo Couto Jorge Rodrigues,Lucas Savassi Figueiredo,Henrique de Oliveira Castro,Gustavo De Conti Teixeira Costa
Our primary objective in this study was to investigate the offensive strategies employed in the attack phase of men's volleyball, specifically focusing on side-out as stratified by the type of confrontation that was determined by the opponent's team performance. We analyzed 5524 attacking actions during 22 games of the 12 teams that participated in the Volleyball Men's Superliga (season 2021-2022)
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Relationships Between Three Eating Behaviors and Nine Motives for Food Choices Among Brazilian Adults: A Structural Equation Model. Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2023-10-21 Wanderson Roberto da Silva,Eric B Ferreira,João Marôco,Sinézio I da Silva Júnior,Micaela A Teodoro,Juliana A D B Campos
We examined the relationships between three eating behaviors and nine motives underlying food choices made by Brazilian adults. Using participant responses to the short version of the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire and the Food Choice Questionnaire, we investigated eating behaviors (cognitive restriction, uncontrolled eating, and emotional eating) and motives for food choices (health, mood, convenience
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Psychometric Properties and Measurement Invariance of the Positive Youth Development Scale - Turkish Version. Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2023-10-17 Sinan Yıldırım,Yunus Arslan
In this study, we translated to Turkish and evaluated the validity, reliability, and measurement invariance for respondent sex, grade level and analysis programs the Short Form and Very Short Form of the Positive Youth Development Scale (Turkish version). We had 435 youth, aged 11-17 years, complete the Short (34 items) and Very Short (17 items) Forms of the instrument. Confirmatory factor analysis
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Home Advantage and Referee Bias: A Comparative Analysis of League Level Differences. Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2023-10-16 Ali Işın
Home advantage (HA) and referee bias are two important phenomena in football (soccer) and are frequently investigated by researchers. This study focused on analyzing HA and referee bias at different league levels. The study included 632 matches played in Turkey's top two leagues during the 2022-2023 season. Both leagues showed statistically significant game outcome differences between home and away
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Augmented Visual Feedback for Complex Motor Skill Acquisition: A Demonstration with Healthy Young Adults. Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2023-09-30 Wakako Miyamoto,Yasuhiro Kawahara,Suguru Mori,Katsuyoshi Setsu,Fumitada Hattori
Mirror therapy (MT) is a treatment for improving motor function after stroke. Video therapy (VT) training combines observation and imitation of video clips, and it has been used to conduct efficient occupational therapy. We sought to determine the effects of MT and VT on tool-use with healthy young adults. We assigned participants to three different training groups in which they used their non-dominant
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Test-Retest Reliability of Immersive Virtual Reality Measures of Perceptual-Motor Performance. Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Gary B Wilkerson,Jonathan C Lansey,Courtney N Noblett,Caroline E Sarris
The duration, accuracy, and consistency of responses to various types of stimuli are widely accepted as indirect indicators of the efficiency of brain information processing, but current clinical tests appear to lack sufficient sensitivity to detect subtle impairments. Immersive virtual reality (VR) offers a new means to acquire measures of perceptual-motor responses to moving visual stimuli that require
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Effect of Moving Tactile Stimuli to Mimic Altered Weight Distribution During Gait on Quiet Stance Body Sway. Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Yasushi Sawaguchi,Taku Kawasaki,Koichi Hiraoka
Our purpose in the present study was to examine whether moving tactile stimuli to the sole to mimic moving weight distribution over the feet during gait would influence body sway in quiet stance. Fifteen healthy males maintained the quiet stance, and we delivered moving tactile stimuli to mimic the change in their weight distribution during gait. Moving tactile stimuli did not change the length of
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Comparing Physical Activity and Quality of Life of Caregivers of Children With Physical Disabilities and Typically Developing Children. Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2023-09-08 Aziz Nedim,Ilknur Naz,Elvan Felekoglu,Melissa Kopruluoglu,Merve Kinik
There are conflicting reports of the level of physical activity (PA) and its relationship to quality of life (QoL) among caregivers of children with physical disabilities (CwPD). In this cross-sectional study, we aimed to compare the PA levels and QoL of two groups of caregivers - a CwPD group and caregivers of typically developing children (CwTD). We included 32 family caregivers in the CwPD group
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Upper and Lower Limbs Acute Fatigue Did Not Mitigate Male Trained Air Force Soldiers' Marksmanship. Percept. Mot. Skills (IF 2.212) Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Gustavo Ferreira Pedrosa,Oberdan Souza Kler,Luiz Felipe Souza Petrocchi Rezende,Henrique Levino Dos Santos Filho,Ytalo Mota Soares,Erick Dias Avelar,José Carlos Lima de Souza,Pedro Weldes da Silva Cruz,Lorenzo Laporta,Lucas Savassi Figueiredo
In this study, we aimed to investigate the impact of acute fatigue on pistol shooting performance among Air Force marksmen. We compared the accuracy, precision, speed-accuracy trade-off, shooting cycle time, and hits on a silhouette target among 12 Brazilian Air Force servicemen (M age = 21.5, SD - 1.6 years) under both fatigue and non-fatigue conditions in a crossover design. In the fatigued condition