Review
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Luca Oppici, Derek Panchuk
Summary: This study conceptualizes and examines the occurrence and interaction of specific and general transfer between sports, with results showing stronger specific transfer between sports with overlapping affordances and more prominent general transfer between sports with no overlapping affordances.
PSYCHOLOGY OF SPORT AND EXERCISE
(2022)
Article
Sport Sciences
Nicola J. Hodges, Keith R. Lohse
Summary: The challenge-point framework is a model for thinking about motor learning. It is connected to predictive coding theories and can guide coaches in designing practice settings to achieve different learning goals.
JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Vicente A. Lomelin-Ibarra, Andres E. Gutierrez-Rodriguez, Jose A. Cantoral-Ceballos
Summary: This study investigates different data representation methods for motor imagery EEG signals and achieves strong classification accuracy through transfer learning. Additionally, alternative representations based on spectrograms and multidimensional raw data are explored, leading to promising results.
Article
Neurosciences
Franck Di Rienzo, Ursula Debarnot, Sebastien Daligault, Claude Delpuech, Julien Doyon, Aymeric Guillot
Summary: Motor imagery and physical practice can both improve motor performance through experience-based plasticity. This study used magnetoencephalography to investigate the changes in brain activity associated with offline consolidation of motor sequence learning through motor imagery or physical practice. The results showed that overnight consolidation of motor learning through motor imagery was better than wake-related consolidation. The alpha network exhibited increased neural desynchronization after overnight consolidation, while the beta network exhibited an increase in neural synchronization after wake-related consolidation. This study provides evidence of parallel brain plasticity underlying behavioral changes associated with sleep-dependent consolidation of motor skill learning through motor imagery and physical practice.
Review
Education & Educational Research
Riki S. Lindsay, Paul Larkin, Aden Kittel, Michael Spittle
Summary: This review examines the effectiveness of mental imagery (MI) programs for developing sport-specific motor skills and investigates the factors that moderate its efficacy. The analysis shows that MI has a significant effect on performance, with combined MI and physical practice or MI alone both having positive effects. These beneficial effects are moderated by factors such as skill complexity, performance elements, and MI delivery type.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT PEDAGOGY
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Katrina P. Nguyen, Abhinav Sharma, Mauricio Gil-Silva, Aryn H. Gittis, Steven M. Chase
Summary: This study revealed that mouse locomotor learning is accompanied by specific paw kinematic progressions that change with different stages of performance. Mice refine interlimb coordination and stride length during learning, ultimately adopting a more variable locomotor strategy.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Adam J. Toth, Fazilat Hojaji, Mark J. Campbell
Summary: This study aims to use existing kinematic data to investigate whether there are differences in specific phases of target acquisition movements between gamers of different expertise levels. The results show that gamers with higher expertise demonstrate superior motor planning and sensory-motor integration, which can be further improved through training.
COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Anil Kamat, Condell Eastmond, Yuanyuan Gao, Arun Nemani, Erim Yanik, Lora Cavuoto, Matthew Hackett, Jack Norfleet, Steven Schwaitzberg, Suvranu De, Xavier Intes
Summary: This study presents a fNIRS dataset acquired on mobile subjects performing FLS tasks in a laboratory environment. Relevant information and FLS scores are provided to facilitate the use of this open-access dataset.
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
J. A. Binks, C. J. Wilson, P. Van Schaik, D. L. Eaves
Summary: This study investigated the training effects of combined action observation and motor imagery (AO + MI) on a complex cup-stacking task, without physical practice. The results showed that AO + MI practice led to shorter movement execution times compared to other conditions, both immediately after practice and one week later.
PSYCHOLOGY OF SPORT AND EXERCISE
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Dorsa Beroukhim-Kay, Bokkyu Kim, John Monterosso, Rebecca Lewthwaite, Carolee Winstein
Summary: During skill acquisition, improved practice performance and recall of a sensorimotor skill are correlated with distinct neural activity patterns, drawing on different motor learning mechanisms. Practice performance improvement is associated with activations in the frontal orbital cortex, putamen, amygdala, and insula, while recall performance is associated with activations in the primary motor cortex, superior frontal gyrus, somatosensory cortex, angular gyrus, and parietal gyrus.
FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Pediatrics
Amayra Tannoubi, Ibrahim Ouergui, Medina Srem-Sai, John Elvis Hagan, Frank Quansah, Fairouz Azaiez
Summary: This quasi-experimental study examined the impact of four weeks of video modeling training on individual and collective technical skills in young novice basketball players. The results showed that the video modeling group had better performance in passing, offensive balls, attack balls, and losing the ball compared to the control group. The study concluded that video modeling is an effective strategy to improve technical skills and collective performance in novice young basketball players.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Fangzhou Xu, Yunjing Miao, Yanan Sun, Dongju Guo, Jiali Xu, Yuandong Wang, Jincheng Li, Han Li, Gege Dong, Fenqi Rong, Jiancai Leng, Yang Zhang
Summary: This study used multiple convolutional neural networks to decode EEG of stroke patients for designing an effective BCI system, introduced 'fine-tune' to transfer model parameters, and evaluated the performance for MI recognition. The results showed that the combination of EEGNet and 'fine-tune' transferred model had the best performance with average classification accuracy of 66.36% for 11 subjects, indicating great potential for stroke rehabilitation based on BCI system.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Christopher E. J. Doppler, Linda Meyer, Aline Seger, Wolfram Karges, Peter H. Weiss, Gereon R. Fink
Summary: This study investigates the effects of oxytocin on procedural learning and how it interacts with monetary and social feedback. The results suggest that oxytocin does not directly influence procedural learning, but attenuates the effects of monetary feedback on procedural learning specifically.
PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Jack P. Solomon, Sarah N. Kraeutner, Kiera O'Neil, Shaun G. Boe
Summary: Motor imagery (MI) and physical practice (PP) are parallel processes for acquiring motor skills, but they may have fundamental differences in encoding movement. Evidence suggests that the supplementary motor area (SMA) plays a role in effector-independent learning in both MI and PP.
EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH
(2021)
Review
Psychology, Mathematical
Nir Fresco, Joseph Tzelgov, Lior Shmuelof
Summary: Automaticity and its relation to habit formation and skill acquisition are still not well understood. The principle of caching has been proposed as a potential avenue for studying automaticity, but there are several concerns and questions that need to be addressed. These include whether caching is just a metaphor or a computational model, the relationship between short-term and long-term effects of automaticity, and the applicability of caching to stimulus-response associations and algorithms.
PSYCHONOMIC BULLETIN & REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Sarah N. Kraeutner, Alexandra Stratas, Ennifer L. McArthur, Carl A. Helmick, David A. Westwood, Shaun G. Boe
JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
(2020)
Article
Neurosciences
JungWoo Lee, Sarah N. Kraeutner, Devan R. Pancura, Shaun G. Boe
Summary: This study investigated the impact of motor imagery-based training (MI) on corticospinal excitability, finding that engaging in MI in 4-minute blocks may be more effective in generating and maintaining corticospinal excitability compared to 2-minute and 6-minute blocks. The findings provide physiological evidence to optimize the structure of MI training sessions for better effectiveness.
JOURNAL OF MOTOR BEHAVIOR
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Jack P. Solomon, Sarah N. Kraeutner, Kiera O'Neil, Shaun G. Boe
Summary: Motor imagery (MI) and physical practice (PP) are parallel processes for acquiring motor skills, but they may have fundamental differences in encoding movement. Evidence suggests that the supplementary motor area (SMA) plays a role in effector-independent learning in both MI and PP.
EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Jack P. Solomon, Austin J. Hurst, JungWoo Lee, Shaun G. Boe
Summary: This study investigates whether observed effects of movement are simulated in motor imagery-based learning. Results suggest that observed effects of movement may not be simulated in motor imagery, or the left inferior parietal lobe may not be involved in integrating observed effects of movement.
BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Sarah N. Kraeutner, Anja-Xiaoxing Cui, Lara A. Boyd, Shaun G. Boe
Summary: This study examined the modulation of rsfMRI by skilled motor practice through MIP or physical practice. The results showed that MIP induced widespread changes in rsfMRI compared to physical practice, indicating the unique neural underpinnings of MIP in motor memory consolidation and learning.
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Beverley C. Larssen, Sarah N. Kraeutner, Nicola J. Hodges
Summary: This study investigates the impact of visual feedback on adaptation learning, finding that concurrent feedback engages more implicit processes compared to feedback after movement, while delayed feedback attenuates implicit adaptation.
JOURNAL OF MOTOR BEHAVIOR
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Christopher L. Friesen, Michael Lawrence, Tony G. J. Ingram, Megan M. Smith, Eric A. Hamilton, Christopher W. Holland, Heather F. Neyedli, Shaun G. Boe
Summary: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the performance of a prototype fNIRS headband in measuring the sensorimotor cortex, and compare it with a stationary full headcap fNIRS system. The results show that the prototype fNIRS headband demonstrates expected hemodynamic activity in upper- and lower-extremity tasks, and is comparable to the full headcap system in detecting physiological response in the sensorimotor cortex.
Article
Neurosciences
Christopher Lee Friesen, Michael Lawrence, Tony Gerald Joseph Ingram, Shaun Gregory Boe
Summary: This study tested the feasibility of using a mobile fNIRS system to measure cerebral hemodynamics at the motor cortex in the homes of chronic stroke survivors. The results showed that M1-LAT correlated significantly with measures of upper-extremity impairment and function during a simple unilateral task.
FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Psychology
Tony G. J. Ingram, Austin J. Hurst, Jack P. Solomon, Alexandra Stratas, Shaun G. Boe
Summary: This study shows that motor imagery involves the simulation of a movement, and its accuracy varies. The characteristics of the movement have a significant impact on the accuracy of the imagery, while the vividness of the imagery has a small effect. The complexity of the imagined movement does not affect the movement time, further supporting the idea that imagined movements are simulated rather than abstractly represented.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-HUMAN PERCEPTION AND PERFORMANCE
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Experimental
Sarah N. Kraeutner, April Karlinsky, Zachary Besler, Timothy N. Welsh, Nicola J. Hodges
Summary: Although motor learning can occur from action observation, observers' confidence in their ability may be falsely increased. Motor imagery is believed to be linked to an understanding of movement consequences and kinaesthetic information, providing better access to sensory information and reducing over-confidence.
PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH-PSYCHOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Sarah N. Kraeutner, Cristina Rubino, Shie Rinat, Bimal Lakhani, Michael R. Borich, Katie P. Wadden, Lara A. Boyd
Summary: The disrupted activity patterns across brain regions characterized by rsFC are linked to impairments in motor function after stroke, but changes in rsFC related to motor recovery are still unclear. This study found that skilled motor practice can modulate rsFC after stroke, with increased connectivity in the sensorimotor network associated with learning, and a decrease in network efficiency compared to healthy controls.
NEUROREHABILITATION AND NEURAL REPAIR
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Jodi D. Edwards, Sandra E. Black, Shaun Boe, Lara Boyd, Arthur Chaves, Robert Chen, Sean Dukelow, Joyce Fung, Adam Kirton, Jed Meltzer, Zahra Moussavi, Jason Neva, Caroline Paquette, Michelle Ploughman, Sepideh Pooyania, Tarek K. Rajji, Marc Roig, Francois Tremblay, Alexander Thiel
Summary: A multidisciplinary team in Canada developed consensus recommendations for the use of rTMS as an adjunct intervention for upper extremity motor recovery in stroke rehabilitation clinical trials. Through a comprehensive evidence review and consensus meeting, recommendations were made for target poststroke population, rehabilitation intervention, outcome measures, and specific rTMS parameters. This marks a significant step towards the translation of noninvasive brain stimulation technologies for stroke recovery.
NEUROREHABILITATION AND NEURAL REPAIR
(2021)