OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Motor Behavior is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Structural Learning Benefits in a Visuomotor Adaptation Task Generalize to a Contralateral Effector	31
Motor Control in Parkinson’s Disease During the Performance of Multi-Joint Reversal Movements	20
Proprioceptive Acuity of the Ankle is Higher in Plantarflexion than in Dorsiflexion	15
Quantification of Goal-Directed Stepping Behavior Under Two Limb Choice Conditions in Neurotypical Adults: A Preliminary Investigation	15
Environmental Influence on Cognitive-Motor Interaction During Wheelchair Propulsion	12
The Relationship between Inclination for Conscious Movement Monitoring and Control and Stopping a Golf Stroke	9
Is Dyadic Fitts’ Law Task Affected by Action Observation?	9
Force Perception Across Dominant and Non-Dominant Hands in Healthy Individuals: A Gender-Based Analysis	9
Effects of Upper Limb Robot Therapy with Action Observation Training on Subacute Stroke Patients: A Randomised Controlled Trial	8
Effects of Age and Attentional Focus on the Performance and Coordination of the Sit-to-Stand Task	8
The Effect of Walking in High Heels on the Activation and Deactivation of Upper Trunk Muscles	8
Mental Chronometry: Do Imagined Times Merely Relate to Task Duration?	8
Approaching Process in Walking through an Aperture for Individuals with Stroke	7
Motion Analysis of the Mug Transportation Task Through Upper Limb Kinematics	7
The Reciprocal Nature of Fitts’ Law in Space and Time	7
Single-Leg Balance: Bias for the Non-Preferred Leg in Complex Tasks, But no Association with Footedness	6
Reciprocal Inhibition and Coactivation of Ankle Muscles in Low- and High-Velocity Forward and Backward Perturbations	6
Effects of Attentional Focus on Dual-Task Walking Performance in Older and Young Adults	6
The Effects of Constraints on the Variability of Throwing Patterns in Young Children	6
Self-Controlled Feedback in Motor Learning: The Effects Depend on the Frequency of Request	6
Systemic Effects of Molar and Incisor Biting on Walking Direction With and Without Visual Feedback	6
Self-Controlled Demonstration Improves Basketball Free Throw Learning, Independent of Motor Imagery Ability in Children	5
A Violation of Fitts’ Law is Maintained in Ecologically Valid Settings	5
More Predictable and Less Automatized Movements during Walking -not during Repetitive Punching- in Knee Osteoarthritis	5
Context Versus Aiming Under Uncertainty When Both Feedforward and Feedback Control Are Engaged	5

Strategies Adopted by Stroke Patients to Maintain Balance in Dynamic Tasks in a Video Game	5
Effects of Moderate-to-Vigorous Acute Exercise on Conscious Perception and Visual Awareness	5
Postural Stability When Grasping an Object While Standing: Younger and Older Adults (Fallers and Non-Fallers)	5
Comparison of Motor Learning Effects with a Different Focus of Attention on Movement Form Acquisition	4
Examining Learner-Controlled Role-Switching in Dyad Practice for the Learning of a Speed Cup-Stacking Task	4
Investigating the EEG Profile of Elite and Non-Elite Players in the Basketball Free Throw Task	4
Midfrontal Theta and Cognitive Control During Interlimb Coordination Across the Adult Lifespan	4
Accuracy of Force Generation and Preparatory Prefrontal Oxygenation in Ballistic Hand Power and Precision Grips	4
Neurophysiological and Biomechanical Determinants of Successful Basketball Throws	4
Implicit Versus Explicit Learning a Novel Skill for High School Students	4
Anticipatory and Motor Equivalence Responses of Sagittal Configuration to a Transient Volitional Task	3
Speed-Dependent Modulation of Gait Performance Under Visual Deprivation in Young Adults	3
Kinematic Analysis of Reaching Tasks at Different Execution Speeds in Children with Neonatal Brachial Plexus Palsy	3
Online Anticipatory Cues During Practice Disrupt Intentional and Incidental Sequence Learning	3
Speed-Dependent Multivariate Coordination Variability Using an Ellipse-Based Vector Coding Method	3
Infant Sitting and Multi-Directional Reaching Skill	3
Ecological Prospective Memory: Grounding Prospective Control within Nested Affordances	3
Control of paretic and non-paretic upper extremity during bimanual reaching after stroke	3
Computer-Assisted Rehabilitation Shows Greater Efficacy Than Traditional in Visuospatial Skills and Cognition in Neglect Patients	3
Acute Effects of Strength and Skill Training on the Cortical and Spinal Circuits of Contralateral Limb	3
Does Phase of the Menstrual Cycle Affect Balance and Postural Control?	3
Influences of VR-Based Optokinetic Stimulation on Head and Trunk Instability on a Sinusoidal Moving Platform	3
Reducing Grip Uncertainty During Initial Prosthetic Hand Use Improves Eye-Hand Coordination and Lowers Mental Workload	3
Development of an Effector-Specific Stop Signal Task with Higher Complexity: A Proof-of-Concept Study	2
The Effects of Physical Activity on Bilateral Transfer in Young Adults	2
Effects of Muscular Fatigue on the Performance of Handgrip Tasks During Force Generation and Relaxation	2
Effects of External Pacing Type on the Cross-Education of Motor Skill	2
Pilates and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Stability, Balance, and Depression in Patients with Stroke	2
Combined Imagery/Physical Practice Yields Comparable Benefits to Physical Practice in Snare Drum Performance	2
Temporal and Spatial Accuracy of Reaching Movements do not Improve Off-line	2
Guiding the Hand to an Invisible Target	2
Identifying Key Predictors of Gait Speed in Individuals with Stroke: A Cross-Sectional Study	2
Non-Linearity in Development of Dynamic Balance Repertoire in Middle Childhood	2
Unveiling the Intricacies of Implicit Motor Learning in Adults Recovered from COVID-19	2
Attentional Demand of a Movement Sequence Guided by Visual-Spatial and by Motor Representations	2
Limb-Target Control Increases With Effective Index of Difficulty	2
Neural Correlates of Dual-Task Processing following Motor Sequence Learning: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) Study	2
Visual Information Processing in Older Adults: Force Control and Motor Unit Pool Modulation	2
Interlimb Coordination during Double Support Phase of Gait in People with and without Stroke	2
Effect of Manganese Exposure on Multi-Finger Coordination with Asymptomatic Welder	2
Treadmill Handrail-Use Increases the Anteroposterior Margin of Stability in Individuals’ Post-Stroke	2
Concussed Neural Signature is Substantially Different than Fatigue Neural Signature in Non-concussed Controls	2
Effect of Virtual Reality Upper Limb Rehabilitation Training on Older Adults	2
The Effects of Attentional Focus and Dual-Tasking on Gait Variability in Healthy Adults	2
Motor Performers Need Task-relevant Information: Proposing an Alternative Mechanism for the Attentional Focus Effect	1
Skill Differentiation in Wrestling: Relationship Between Muscle Complexity and Local Dynamic Stability in Neuromuscular Control	1
Factors Mediating or Moderating the Effects of Obesity on Walking: Targeting Areas for Rehabilitation	1
The Role of the Corpus Callosum (Micro)Structure in Bimanual Coordination: A Literature Review Update	1
Effects of Cross-Education on Neural Adaptations Following Non-Paretic Limb Training in Stroke: A Scoping Review with Implications for Neurorehabilitation	1
Coordination Rigidity in the Gait, Posture, and Speech of Persons with Parkinson’s Disease	1

Comparing Virtual Reality and Balance Beam Training vs. Virtual Reality Alone for Balance Improvement	1
The Influence of Age on the Intermanual Transfer and Retention of Implicit Visuomotor Adaptation	1
The Effect of Motor Imagery Practice on an Aiming Task with Attentional Focus Cues	1
Contributions from Impulse and Limb-Target Regulation to Schmidt’s Linear Speed-Accuracy Tradeoff	1
Bilateral Transfer of a Visuomotor Task in Different Workspace Configurations	1
Feasibility and Validity of the Spatial Movement Sense Tests for Typically Developing Children	1
Effects of Symmetry and Age on Bilateral Upper-Limb Coordination in Children with Unilateral Cerebral Palsy	1
Association Between Motor Competence and Response Time in Portuguese Youth	1
Estimation Error Consisting of Motor Imagery and Motor Execution in Patients with Stroke	1
Corticospinal and Clinical Effects of Muscle Tendon Vibration in Neurologically Impaired Individuals. A Scoping Review	1
Examining the Equivalence Between Imagery and Execution—Does Imagery Comprise the Intended Spatial Trajectory?	1
The Strategy of Human Movement Control and Teaching Motor Skills in Norm and Pathology	1
Effects of Type II Diabetes on Proprioception during a Reach to Pinch Task	1
Gaze Control and Tactical Decision-Making Under Stress in Active-Duty Police Officers During a Live Use-of-Force Response	1
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of Motor Cortex Enhances Spike Performances of Professional Female Volleyball Players	1
Effects of Light Finger Touch on Postural Sway during Standing and Crouching Tasks	1
Smartphone Proprioception for Ankle Navigation (SPAN): Reliability and Effect of Position Exposure Time	1
Factors Influencing Gait Performance: Comfortable Linear Gait and Complex Gait in School-Aged Children in a Dual-Task Model	1
Influence of Visual and Haptic Cues on Motor Learning: Insights from Tennis Skill Acquisition in Children	1
Grasp Posture Variability Leads to Greater Ipsilateral Sensorimotor Beta Activation During Simulated Prosthesis Use	1
Effects of Different Observational Angles in Learner-Chosen Video Self-Modeling on Task Acquisition and Retention	1
Solving Raven’s Matrices While Walking on a Treadmill: Insights into Cognitive-Motor Interference Patterns in Dual-Task	1
Training Response Abilities of Children With Intellectual Disabilities: A Randomized Controlled Trial	1
Limited Interaction Between Vision and Proprioception on Centre of Pressure, Pelvis and Head Positions During Ankle or Neck Vibration in Walking: An Experimental Study	1
Investigation of Alpha Band Activity in Self-Paced and Externally-Paced Tasks: A Fitts and Posner Perspective	1
Effects of Point-Light Technique Action Observation Training in Patients with Stroke: A Randomised Controlled Study	1
Assessment of the Acute Effects of Wearable Sensor Derived Auditory Biofeedback on Gross Lumbar Proprioception	1
The Effect of Different Combinations of Practice Schedules on Motor Response Stability during Practice	1
Effects of Elevated Height in Virtual Reality on Postural Control in the Semi-Tandem Stance	1
Somatosensory Information in Skilled Motor Performance: A Narrative Review	1
Modified Box and Block Test to Assess the Roles of Vision and Somatosensation	1
Lower Limb Asymmetry Evaluation Using the Balance Tracking System (BTrackS) Single Leg Stance Protocol	1
Speed and Variability of Chair Stepping and Morphological and Neural Characteristics in Community-Dwelling Older Adults	1
Explicit Instruction May Impair the Transfer of Motor Adaptation in an Upper Extremity Motor Task	1
Effects of Sensory Input Interactions on Components of Nonlinear Dynamics of Postural Sway in Aging	1
Evaluation of the Relationship between Static Balance and Mental Fatigue in Healthy Adults: Preliminary Study	1
Unique Control of Upstrokes and Downstrokes Yields Expressive Dynamics in Percussion	1
Does Body Postural Configuration Affect Upper Limb Performance During Point-to-Point Hand Movements?	1
Imitation of Touching Dangerous Animals Triggers Motor Inhibition in a Primed Target Grasping-Categorization Task	1
Effects of Short-Term Novice Archery Training on Reaching Movement Performance and Interlimb Asymmetries	1
Torque Regularity is not Affected by the Nature of Visual Feedback During Hold Type of Isometric Contractions in Adults	1