OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Perceptual and Motor Skills is 4. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Young Basketball Players’ Multiple Object Tracking Skills Were Unaffected by Stroop-Induced Mental Fatigue	62
Developing Children’s Motor Skills by Having Fun With Orff’s Approach	35
Do Perfectionism Traits Predict Team Cohesion and Group Conflict Among Youth Athletes?	34
Sensorimotor Synchronization Abilities for Polyrhythmic Tasks in Artistic Swimming: A Comparison Between Elite, Novice, and Non-Artistic Swimmers	28
Sustained Effect of Auditory Entrainment With Coordinated Movement Varies With Temporal Complexity of Sequential Tapping	28
Incremental Visual Occlusion During Split-Belt Treadmill Walking Has No Gradient Effect on Adaptation or Retention	27
Construct Validity Evidence in the Motor Coordination Test with Ball - MCTB	26
The Effect of Using Goggles and Snorkel for Aquatic Skills Acquisition in Youth Learn-to-Swim Programs	22
Mental Toughness and Resilience in Trail Runner’s Performance	19
The Effects of Listening to Non-preferred or Self-Selected Music during Short-Term Maximal Exercise at Varied Times of Day	19
A Feasibility Study of Bilateral Wrist Sensors for Measuring Motor Traits in Children With Autism	19
Transforming Psychological Testing With Saccadic Responses: Internal Consistency is High for Rorschach and Facial Expressions	18
Turkish Translation/Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Analyses of the Affordances in the Home Environment for Motor Development-Infant Scale (AHEMD-IS)	18
Initial Validation of the Coach-Athlete Relationship Questionnaire in a Sample of Portuguese Athletes	16
Cardiovascular and Perceptual Responses to Resistance Training with Practical Blood Flow Restriction Induced by a Non-Elastic Band vs. Pneumatic Cuff: A Crossover Randomized Study	16
Importance of Motor Control in “Static Situations” Where the Situation Does not Seem to Change	16
Evaluation of Athletes' Gender-Related Postural Differences	16
Inventories of Human Lateral Preference: A Systematic Review	15
Ankle Inversion Proprioception Impairment in Persons with Chronic Ankle Instability Is Task-Specific	15
Analysis of Verticality Perception in Older Adults With and Without Acute Stroke in Half-Lying Versus Sitting Positions	15
Measuring Cognitive and Social Interactive Attributes of Digital Natives: Development and Validation of a Scale	14
Comparing the Cognitive Functioning Effects of Aerobic and Pilates Exercises for Inactive Young Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial	13
An Introduction to the Special Issue on the Role of Psycho-Affective Factors in Second/Foreign Language (L2) Learning	13
Effect of the Visual Illusion on Stepping-Over Action and Its Association with Gaze Behavior	13
Strenuous Exercise Habits and Spatial Mnemonic Discrimination Ability in Young Adult Men and Women	13

Attention Load Regulates the Facilitation of Audio-Visual Information on Landing Perception in Badminton	12
The Impact of Audio-Visual, Visual and Auditory Cues on Multiple Object Tracking Performance in Children with Autism	12
The Development and Validation of the English Writing Enjoyment Scale	12
Music-Assisted Training for Dart Throwing Novices: Post-Training Effects on Heart Rate and Performance Accuracy	12
Transcultural Adaptation and Psychometric Support for a Brazilian Portuguese Version of the Flow State Scale (FSS-2)	11
Lower Blood Lactate Concentration and More Positive Affective Valence in Response to Reduced Exertion High Intensity Training (REHIT) on the Rowing Ergometer Compared to Cycle Ergometry	11
Exploring Throwing Yips in Youth Baseball Players: Prevalence, Symptoms, Players’ Psychological Characteristics, and Triggers	11
Accuracy of Predicted Intraset Repetitions in Reserve (RIR) in Single- and Multi-Joint Resistance Exercises Among Trained and Untrained Men and Women	10
The Roles of Grit and Motivation in Predicting Children’s Leisure-Time Physical Activity: One-Year Effects	10
Effects of Mental Fatigue Induced by Social Media Use on Volleyball Decision-Making, Endurance, and Countermovement Jump Performance	10
Increased Cognitive Demands Affect Agility Performance in Female Athletes - Implications for Testing and Training of Agility in Team Ball Sports	10
Association of Body Image Perception / (Dis)Satisfaction and Symptoms of Eating Disorders in University Students of Health Sciences	10
The Disconnect Between Soccer Players’ Perceived and Actual Electromyographic-Measured Muscle Activation	9
Machine Learning Recognizes Frequency-Following Responses in American Adults: Effects of Reference Spectrogram and Stimulus Token	9
Reducing Big Data to Principal Components for Position-Specific Futsal Training	9
Separating the Novel Speech Sound Perception of Lexical Tone Chimeras From Their Auditory Signal Manipulations: Behavioral and Electroencephalographic Evidence	9
“I Can Help Them Become Better Teachers, But I Can’t Help Them With Educative Teacher Performance Assessment”: Cooperating Teachers’ Knowledge and Experience of the Educative Teacher Performance Asses	9
Effects of Ten Biofeedback Sessions on Athletes’ Physiological, Psychological, and Cognitive Functioning: A Randomized Controlled Trial with International Tennis Players	9
Does Skill Performance Influence Young Children’s Perceived Physical Competence?	9
Investigating Chinese University Students’ Enjoyment in a Web-Based Language Learning Environment: Validation of the Online Foreign Language Enjoyment Scale	8
Adolescents’ Flexibility Can Affect Motor Competence: The Pathway from Health Related Physical Fitness to Motor Competence	8
Evaluation of Predictive Motor Control With Two Touchscreen Tablet-Based Tests: Reliability and Validity in School-Aged Children	8
Effects of Different Sources of Low-Dose Caffeine on Mood/Arousal and Cognitive Performance	8
Video Game Play Does Not Improve Spatial Skills When Controlling for Speed-Accuracy Trade-Off: Evidence From Mental-Rotation and Mental-Folding Tasks	8
Ideal L2 Self, Mindfulness, and Academic Buoyancy as Predictors of Foreign Language Achievement in EFL Learners	8
Acute Effects of a Haptic Anchor System on Postural Sway of Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease: A Preliminary Study	8
Effect of Teaching Method on Exercise Execution in Adolescents’ Use of Outdoor Fitness Equipment	8
Student-Athlete Identity Variation Across the Undergraduate Period: A Mixed-Methods Study	8
Aging Suit and Motor Performance in Young Adults: Effects Depend on Why the Suit is Worn!	8
Special Section: Relationships Between Executive Function and Sports / Exercise	8
Semantic Versus Orthographic Preferences in Aphasia: Behavioral Evidence	7
A Mixed-Methods Investigation into the Interplay Between Supportive Work Environment, Achievement Emotions, and Teaching for Creativity as Perceived by Chinese EFL Teachers	7
Towards Identifying a Dosage Effect for Improving Fundamental Motor Skills of Preschool Children with a Mastery Motivational Climate Intervention	7
Using Social Network Analysis to Study Relationships Between Young Soccer Players’ Bone Age, Body Size, and the Centrality of Their Pass Interactions	7
Relationships Between University Students’ Gender and Physical Activity (PA) and Their Exercise Self-Schemas, Processing of PA-Related Information, and PA Decision-Making	7
Experimental Study: Children’s Perceptions Expressed Through Drawings and Coloring	7
Multifractal Nonlinearity Moderates Feedforward and Feedback Responses to Suprapostural Perturbations	7
Effects of Music Listening on Postural Balance in Adolescents with Visual Impairment	7
Association Between Cross-Limb Transfer and Practice Organization	7
Executive Functions, Physical Abilities, and Their Relationship with Tactical Performance in Young Soccer Players	7
The Effect of a Functional Strength Training Intervention on Movement Quality and Physical Fitness in Adolescents	7
Test-Retest Reliability of Dynamic Subjective Visual Vertical and Visual Dependency in Older Adults Using Virtual Reality Methods	7
Comparisons of Types of Schematic Diagrams and Time of Day of Instruction for Teaching Soccer Tactics	7
Association Between Spinal Curvature and Mobility and Balance Abilities in Young Soccer Players	7
Assessing Lower-Extremity Visuo-Motor Reaction Time in Young Male Soccer Players: Test-Retest Reliability and Minimum Detectable Change of the Brain Pro System	7
Impact of Spectators, League and Team Ability on Home Advantage in Professional European Basketball	6
The Acute Effects of Short- and Long-Duration CrossFit® Session on Tissue Damage, Autonomic Response, and Fatigue: A Crossover Study	6
An Examination of the Sport Commitment Model for Athletes With Physical Disabilities	6
The Relationships Among Emotions, Self-Efficacy, and Engagement in Virtual Reality-Assisted Foreign Language Learning: A Social Cognitive Theory-Based Study	6
A Comparison of the Functioning and Disability Levels of Children With Hemiplegic and Diplegic Cerebral Palsy Based on ICF-CY Components	6

Examining the Role of Fan Support on Home Advantage and Home Win Percentage in Professional Women’s Basketball	6
A Neuro-Integrative Assessment of Perceptual-Motor Performance and Wellness in ROTC Cadets	6
Relationship Between Mindfulness and Physical Activity in College Students: The Mediating Effect of Eudaimonic Well-Being	6
Null Effects on Learning the Basketball Free Throw From a Self-Controlled Demonstration With Different Amounts of Practice	6
The Use of a Just Noticeable Difference Approach to Improve Perceptual Acuity Ability in Male Runners	6
Principal Technique Components for Young Swimmers Evaluation. Enhancing the Free Observation Method	6
Does Viewing Mirror-Reflected Body Image Affect Static and Dynamic Standing Balance?	6
Benefits of a Light-Painting Technique for Learning to Write New Characters: A Proof of Concept With Adults	6
Reliabilities of the Two-Point Discrimination Test and the Two-Point Estimation Test for Use in the Lumbar Spine Area in Healthy Young Adults	6
The Impact of Parkinson’s Disease on General and Specific Motor Aptitudes: A Study of Older Brazilian Adults	5
The Effect of a Table Tennis Exercise Program With a Task-Oriented Approach on Visual Perception and Motor Performance of Adolescents With Developmental Coordination Disorder	5
The Effect of an 8-Week Aerobic Dance Program on Executive Function in Children	5
Evaluation of Skipping in College Students with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder	5
Sex Does Not Sell: The Effect of Sexual Content on Advertisement Effectiveness and Interference with Memory for Program Information	5
Traditional Chinese Exercises for Cardiovascular Diseases: A Bibliometric Analysis	5
An Adaptation Effect in Bilingual Adults Who Stutter Suggests Their Motor Learning is Influenced by Language Factors	5
Modeling the Contribution of Grit, Enjoyment, and Boredom to Predict English as a Foreign Language Students’ Willingness to Communicate in a Blended Learning Environment	5
Optimizing Basketball Tactics Learning in Physical Education: The Impact of Modality and Video Control	5
Effects of Time Pressure, Reward, and Information Involvement on User Management of Fake News on a Social Media Platform	5
The Effects of Manipulating Task Difficulty and Feedback Frequency on Children’s Dart Throwing Accuracy and Consistency	5
The Effect of Physical Exercise on Academic Burnout Among College Students: The Chain Mediating Role of Psychological Distress and Mobile Phone Addiction	5
Effect of a Ten-week Sensorimotor Exercise Program on the Side-to-Side LAM Asymmetry of Adolescent Football Players: A Randomized Control Trial	5
Adaptation and Initial Validation of the Interpersonal Behaviors Questionnaire—Self with Spanish Physical Education Pre-Service Teachers	5
Effects of Cervical Mobilization on Balance and Gait Parameters in Individuals With Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial	5
Validity of the Five Times Sit to Stand Test in Healthy Older Men	5
Sex Differences in the Visuomotor Control of Obstacle Crossing When Walking Are Not Age Related	5
Effects of Sleep Restriction on Self-Reported Putting Performance in Golf	4
The Effect of a Short-Term Mindfulness Program on Motor Skills and on Psychological and Social Behavior in Preschool Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial	4
The Relationships Between Reaction Time Scores and False Start Penalties of Offensive Linemen in the National Football League (NFL)	4
Differences Between Consistent and Inconsistent Handedness Remain Consistently Interesting: Ten Years of Research on the Consistency of Handedness With the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory	4
More on the Use of Goggles and Snorkel in Learning-to-Swim: New Results for Children Without Fear of Water	4
Exploring the Impact of Mental Fatigue and Emotional Suppression on the Performance of High-Intensity Endurance Exercise	4
Physical Activity Time and Intensity in Physical Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic	4
Mapping Risk Judgment and Risk Taking in Mountain Hiking: An Information Integration Approach	4
Myopia: Its Status and Environmental Correlations Among School Students in Fushun, China	4
Effects of Different Exercise Modes on Gait Performance of Parkinson’s Disease Patients: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis	4
Motor Processing in Children With Cochlear Implants as Assessed by Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy	4
The Influence of the Psychophysical Assessment Paradigm on Pitch Discrimination for Adults (and a Pilot Sample of Children)	4
Effects of a Psychological Intervention Program on Competitive Anxiety and Psychological Profile in Young Soccer Players	4
The Bilateral Deficit Phenomenon in Elbow Flexion: Explanations for Its Inconsistent Occurrence and Detection	4
Physical Exercise Affects Quality of Life and Cardiac Autonomic Modulation in Patients With Chronic Kidney Failure Submitted to Hemodialysis: A Randomized Clinical Trial	4
Perceptual-Cognitive Skills of Basketball Referees: On-The-Court Visual Search Behavior	4
Exploring the Dynamics of Athletes’ Enjoyment and Self-Determined Motivation, and of the Motivational Climate in Youth Football: A Longitudinal Perspective	4
The Effects of Robot-Assisted Therapy on Upper Extremity Functions and Functional Independence in Geriatric Individuals With Chronic Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Study	4
Predicting Perceived Sport Performance via Self-Determination Theory	4
Construction and Assessment of the Physical Activity and Physical Education Importance for Parents Scale	4
A Randomized Cross-Over Analysis of the 6-Minute Step Test When Administered in Different Music Listening Conditions to Healthy Young Adults	4
Can Prolongate Use of Social Media Immediately Before Training Worsen High Level Male Volleyball Players’ Visuomotor Skills?	4
Investigating the Construct Validity and Reliability of the Test of Motor Competence Across Iranians’ Lifespan	4
Advancing Auditory Processing by Detecting Frequency-Following Responses Through a Specialized Machine Learning Model	4
Adolescent Athletes’ Self-Presentations on Social Media and Their Self-Esteem as Moderated by Their Perceptions of Responsiveness by Others	4
Snowboard Landings from Different Heights: Electroencephalography Activity in Motor Preparation and Lower Limb Electromyography Changes	4