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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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Compensatory Strategies Due to Knee Flexion Constraint during Gait of Non-Disabled Adults	29
Effect of Social Context on Cognitive and Motor Behavior: A Systematic Review	21
Environmental Influence on Cognitive-Motor Interaction During Wheelchair Propulsion	17
Quantification of Goal-Directed Stepping Behavior Under Two Limb Choice Conditions in Neurotypical Adults: A Preliminary Investigation	13
Force Perception Across Dominant and Non-Dominant Hands in Healthy Individuals: A Gender-Based Analysis	12
The Relationship between Postural Control and Muscle Quality in Older Adults	12
Mental Chronometry: Do Imagined Times Merely Relate to Task Duration?	11
Motor Control in Parkinson’s Disease During the Performance of Multi-Joint Reversal Movements	11
The Effect of Walking in High Heels on the Activation and Deactivation of Upper Trunk Muscles	11
Structural Learning Benefits in a Visuomotor Adaptation Task Generalize to a Contralateral Effector	11
How Positional Constraints Affect Footedness in Football: A Notational Analysis of Five Leagues in Europe	11
Approaching Process in Walking through an Aperture for Individuals with Stroke	8
Effects of Age and Attentional Focus on the Performance and Coordination of the Sit-to-Stand Task	8
Is Dyadic Fitts’ Law Task Affected by Action Observation?	8
The Relationship between Inclination for Conscious Movement Monitoring and Control and Stopping a Golf Stroke	8
Effects of Upper Limb Robot Therapy with Action Observation Training on Subacute Stroke Patients: A Randomised Controlled Trial	7
Motion Analysis of the Mug Transportation Task Through Upper Limb Kinematics	7
Determining the Corticospinal Responses and Cross-Transfer of Ballistic Motor Performance in Young and Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	6
Reciprocal Inhibition and Coactivation of Ankle Muscles in Low- and High-Velocity Forward and Backward Perturbations	6
Self-Controlled Feedback in Motor Learning: The Effects Depend on the Frequency of Request	6
Partial-Hand Prosthesis Users Show Improved Reach-to-Grasp Behaviour Compared to Transradial Prosthesis Users with Increased Task Complexity	6
The Reciprocal Nature of Fitts’ Law in Space and Time	6
Effects of Attentional Focus on Dual-Task Walking Performance in Older and Young Adults	5
Association between the Effects of Positive Social-Comparative Feedback and Learners’ Competitiveness	5
Systemic Effects of Molar and Incisor Biting on Walking Direction With and Without Visual Feedback	5

The Effects of Constraints on the Variability of Throwing Patterns in Young Children	5
More Predictable and Less Automatized Movements during Walking -not during Repetitive Punching- in Knee Osteoarthritis	5
Examining Learner-Controlled Role-Switching in Dyad Practice for the Learning of a Speed Cup-Stacking Task	4
Effects of Moderate-to-Vigorous Acute Exercise on Conscious Perception and Visual Awareness	4
Implicit Versus Explicit Learning a Novel Skill for High School Students	4
A Violation of Fitts’ Law is Maintained in Ecologically Valid Settings	4
Postural Stability When Grasping an Object While Standing: Younger and Older Adults (Fallers and Non-Fallers)	4
Accuracy of Force Generation and Preparatory Prefrontal Oxygenation in Ballistic Hand Power and Precision Grips	4
Investigating the EEG Profile of Elite and Non-Elite Players in the Basketball Free Throw Task	4
Strategies Adopted by Stroke Patients to Maintain Balance in Dynamic Tasks in a Video Game	4
The Effects of tDCS with NDT on the Improvement of Motor Development in Cerebral Palsy	4
Computer-Assisted Rehabilitation Shows Greater Efficacy Than Traditional in Visuospatial Skills and Cognition in Neglect Patients	3
Does Phase of the Menstrual Cycle Affect Balance and Postural Control?	3
Kinematic Analysis of Reaching Tasks at Different Execution Speeds in Children with Neonatal Brachial Plexus Palsy	3
Control of paretic and non-paretic upper extremity during bimanual reaching after stroke	3
Influences of VR-Based Optokinetic Stimulation on Head and Trunk Instability on a Sinusoidal Moving Platform	3
Interlimb Coordination during Double Support Phase of Gait in People with and without Stroke	3
Online Anticipatory Cues During Practice Disrupt Intentional and Incidental Sequence Learning	3
Reaching Task in Rats: Quantitative Evaluation and Effects of 6-OHDA into the Striatum	3
Acute Effects of Strength and Skill Training on the Cortical and Spinal Circuits of Contralateral Limb	3
Optimizing Motor Learning: Difficulty Manipulation Combined with Feedback- Frequency Enhance Under-Time-Pressure Fine-Motor-Coordination Skill Acquisition and Retention	3
Reducing Grip Uncertainty During Initial Prosthetic Hand Use Improves Eye-Hand Coordination and Lowers Mental Workload	3
Treadmill Handrail-Use Increases the Anteroposterior Margin of Stability in Individuals’ Post-Stroke	3
Pilates and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Stability, Balance, and Depression in Patients with Stroke	3
Infant Sitting and Multi-Directional Reaching Skill	3
Midfrontal Theta and Cognitive Control During Interlimb Coordination Across the Adult Lifespan	3
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Reduces the Negative Impact of Mental Fatigue on Swimming Performance	3
Straying Off Course: The Negative Impact of Mind Wandering on Fine Motor Movements	3
Effects of External Pacing Type on the Cross-Education of Motor Skill	3
Effects of Muscular Fatigue on the Performance of Handgrip Tasks During Force Generation and Relaxation	3
Gaze Control and Tactical Decision-Making Under Stress in Active-Duty Police Officers During a Live Use-of-Force Response	2
Corticospinal and Clinical Effects of Muscle Tendon Vibration in Neurologically Impaired Individuals. A Scoping Review	2
Neural Correlates of Dual-Task Processing following Motor Sequence Learning: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) Study	2
Effect of Dual Task on Step Variability during Stepping in Place without Vision	2
Limb-Target Control Increases With Effective Index of Difficulty	2
Concussed Neural Signature is Substantially Different than Fatigue Neural Signature in Non-concussed Controls	2
The Effect of Different Combinations of Practice Schedules on Motor Response Stability during Practice	2
The Strategy of Human Movement Control and Teaching Motor Skills in Norm and Pathology	2
Development of an Effector-Specific Stop Signal Task with Higher Complexity: A Proof-of-Concept Study	2
Attentional Demand of a Movement Sequence Guided by Visual-Spatial and by Motor Representations	2
Sports-Related Motor Processing at Different Rates of Force Development	2
Visual Information Processing in Older Adults: Force Control and Motor Unit Pool Modulation	2
Somatosensory Information in Skilled Motor Performance: A Narrative Review	2
Guiding the Hand to an Invisible Target	2
Effect of Virtual Reality Upper Limb Rehabilitation Training on Older Adults	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
The Role of the Corpus Callosum (Micro)Structure in Bimanual Coordination: A Literature Review Update	2
Coordination Rigidity in the Gait, Posture, and Speech of Persons with Parkinson’s Disease	1
Influence of Visual and Haptic Cues on Motor Learning: Insights from Tennis Skill Acquisition in Children	1

Effects of Gender Stereotypes on Balance Performance and Learning in Men	1
Does Body Postural Configuration Affect Upper Limb Performance During Point-to-Point Hand Movements?	1
Influence of Single Bouts of Aerobic Exercise on Dual-Tasking Performance in Healthy Adults	1
Effects of Short-Term Novice Archery Training on Reaching Movement Performance and Interlimb Asymmetries	1
The Influence of Age on the Intermanual Transfer and Retention of Implicit Visuomotor Adaptation	1
Comparing Virtual Reality and Balance Beam Training vs. Virtual Reality Alone for Balance Improvement	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
Proximal-to-Distal Sequences of Attack and Release Movements of Expert Pianists during Pressed-Staccato Keystrokes	1
Motor Skill, Motor Planning, and Motor Performance in Adults with Severe Mental Illnesses and Obesity	1
Bilateral Transfer of a Visuomotor Task in Different Workspace Configurations	1
The Effect of Rhythm Abilities on Metronome-Cued Walking with an Induced Temporal Gait Asymmetry in Neurotypical Adults	1
Evaluation of the Relationship between Static Balance and Mental Fatigue in Healthy Adults: Preliminary Study	1
Effects of Light Finger Touch on Postural Sway during Standing and Crouching Tasks	1
Effects of Different Observational Angles in Learner-Chosen Video Self-Modeling on Task Acquisition and Retention	1
Effects of Cross-Education on Neural Adaptations Following Non-Paretic Limb Training in Stroke: A Scoping Review with Implications for Neurorehabilitation	1
Estimation Error Consisting of Motor Imagery and Motor Execution in Patients with Stroke	1
Comparison of Functional Connectivity during Visual-Motor Illusion, Observation, and Motor Execution	1
Training Response Abilities of Children With Intellectual Disabilities: A Randomized Controlled Trial	1
Effects of Type II Diabetes on Proprioception during a Reach to Pinch Task	1
The Effect of Motor Imagery Practice on an Aiming Task with Attentional Focus Cues	1
Assessment of the Acute Effects of Wearable Sensor Derived Auditory Biofeedback on Gross Lumbar Proprioception	1
Smartphone Proprioception for Ankle Navigation (SPAN): Reliability and Effect of Position Exposure Time	1
Lower Limb Asymmetry Evaluation Using the Balance Tracking System (BTrackS) Single Leg Stance Protocol	1
Load Carriage Modes and Limb Crossing Patterns Altered Gait during Obstacle Negotiation	1
The Effect of Target Velocity on the Fast Corrective Response during Reaching Movement	1
Effects of Sensory Input Interactions on Components of Nonlinear Dynamics of Postural Sway in Aging	1
Optimization in Manual Aiming: Relating Inherent Variability and Target Size, and Its Influence on Tendency	1
Torque Regularity is not Affected by the Nature of Visual Feedback During Hold Type of Isometric Contractions in Adults	1
Examining the Equivalence Between Imagery and Execution—Does Imagery Comprise the Intended Spatial Trajectory?	1
Control of Accuracy during Movements of High Speed: Implications from Baseball Pitching	1
Factors Influencing Gait Performance: Comfortable Linear Gait and Complex Gait in School-Aged Children in a Dual-Task Model	1
Motor Performers Need Task-relevant Information: Proposing an Alternative Mechanism for the Attentional Focus Effect	1
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of Motor Cortex Enhances Spike Performances of Professional Female Volleyball Players	1
Factors Mediating or Moderating the Effects of Obesity on Walking: Targeting Areas for Rehabilitation	1
Grasp Posture Variability Leads to Greater Ipsilateral Sensorimotor Beta Activation During Simulated Prosthesis Use	1
Imitation of Touching Dangerous Animals Triggers Motor Inhibition in a Primed Target Grasping-Categorization Task	1