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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Structural Learning Benefits in a Visuomotor Adaptation Task Generalize to a Contralateral Effector	26
Motor Control in Parkinson’s Disease During the Performance of Multi-Joint Reversal Movements	17
Environmental Influence on Cognitive-Motor Interaction During Wheelchair Propulsion	15
Force Perception Across Dominant and Non-Dominant Hands in Healthy Individuals: A Gender-Based Analysis	12
Quantification of Goal-Directed Stepping Behavior Under Two Limb Choice Conditions in Neurotypical Adults: A Preliminary Investigation	12
Effect of Social Context on Cognitive and Motor Behavior: A Systematic Review	12
Is Dyadic Fitts’ Law Task Affected by Action Observation?	11
Approaching Process in Walking through an Aperture for Individuals with Stroke	10
Effects of Age and Attentional Focus on the Performance and Coordination of the Sit-to-Stand Task	9
The Relationship between Inclination for Conscious Movement Monitoring and Control and Stopping a Golf Stroke	9
Effects of Upper Limb Robot Therapy with Action Observation Training on Subacute Stroke Patients: A Randomised Controlled Trial	8
The Effect of Walking in High Heels on the Activation and Deactivation of Upper Trunk Muscles	7
Mental Chronometry: Do Imagined Times Merely Relate to Task Duration?	7
The Reciprocal Nature of Fitts’ Law in Space and Time	7
Motion Analysis of the Mug Transportation Task Through Upper Limb Kinematics	7
Partial-Hand Prosthesis Users Show Improved Reach-to-Grasp Behaviour Compared to Transradial Prosthesis Users with Increased Task Complexity	6
Systemic Effects of Molar and Incisor Biting on Walking Direction With and Without Visual Feedback	6
Self-Controlled Feedback in Motor Learning: The Effects Depend on the Frequency of Request	6
Effects of Attentional Focus on Dual-Task Walking Performance in Older and Young Adults	5
Postural Stability When Grasping an Object While Standing: Younger and Older Adults (Fallers and Non-Fallers)	5
Effects of Moderate-to-Vigorous Acute Exercise on Conscious Perception and Visual Awareness	5
Strategies Adopted by Stroke Patients to Maintain Balance in Dynamic Tasks in a Video Game	5
The Effects of Constraints on the Variability of Throwing Patterns in Young Children	5
Determining the Corticospinal Responses and Cross-Transfer of Ballistic Motor Performance in Young and Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	5
Accuracy of Force Generation and Preparatory Prefrontal Oxygenation in Ballistic Hand Power and Precision Grips	5

Reciprocal Inhibition and Coactivation of Ankle Muscles in Low- and High-Velocity Forward and Backward Perturbations	5
More Predictable and Less Automatized Movements during Walking -not during Repetitive Punching- in Knee Osteoarthritis	5
A Violation of Fitts’ Law is Maintained in Ecologically Valid Settings	5
Context Versus Aiming Under Uncertainty When Both Feedforward and Feedback Control Are Engaged	5
Neurophysiological and Biomechanical Determinants of Successful Basketball Throws	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
Association between the Effects of Positive Social-Comparative Feedback and Learners’ Competitiveness	4
Implicit Versus Explicit Learning a Novel Skill for High School Students	4
Optimizing Motor Learning: Difficulty Manipulation Combined with Feedback- Frequency Enhance Under-Time-Pressure Fine-Motor-Coordination Skill Acquisition and Retention	4
The Effects of tDCS with NDT on the Improvement of Motor Development in Cerebral Palsy	4
Examining Learner-Controlled Role-Switching in Dyad Practice for the Learning of a Speed Cup-Stacking Task	4
Reducing Grip Uncertainty During Initial Prosthetic Hand Use Improves Eye-Hand Coordination and Lowers Mental Workload	3
Acute Effects of Strength and Skill Training on the Cortical and Spinal Circuits of Contralateral Limb	3
Online Anticipatory Cues During Practice Disrupt Intentional and Incidental Sequence Learning	3
Treadmill Handrail-Use Increases the Anteroposterior Margin of Stability in Individuals’ Post-Stroke	3
Non-Linearity in Development of Dynamic Balance Repertoire in Middle Childhood	3
Infant Sitting and Multi-Directional Reaching Skill	3
Computer-Assisted Rehabilitation Shows Greater Efficacy Than Traditional in Visuospatial Skills and Cognition in Neglect Patients	3
Control of paretic and non-paretic upper extremity during bimanual reaching after stroke	3
Effects of External Pacing Type on the Cross-Education of Motor Skill	3
Reaching Task in Rats: Quantitative Evaluation and Effects of 6-OHDA into the Striatum	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
Influences of VR-Based Optokinetic Stimulation on Head and Trunk Instability on a Sinusoidal Moving Platform	3
Effects of Muscular Fatigue on the Performance of Handgrip Tasks During Force Generation and Relaxation	3
Neural Correlates of Dual-Task Processing following Motor Sequence Learning: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) Study	2
Pilates and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Stability, Balance, and Depression in Patients with Stroke	2
Interlimb Coordination during Double Support Phase of Gait in People with and without Stroke	2
Guiding the Hand to an Invisible Target	2
Somatosensory Information in Skilled Motor Performance: A Narrative Review	2
Corticospinal and Clinical Effects of Muscle Tendon Vibration in Neurologically Impaired Individuals. A Scoping Review	2
Effect of Virtual Reality Upper Limb Rehabilitation Training on Older Adults	2
Limb-Target Control Increases With Effective Index of Difficulty	2
Combined Imagery/Physical Practice Yields Comparable Benefits to Physical Practice in Snare Drum Performance	2
Visual Information Processing in Older Adults: Force Control and Motor Unit Pool Modulation	2
The Role of the Corpus Callosum (Micro)Structure in Bimanual Coordination: A Literature Review Update	2
Concussed Neural Signature is Substantially Different than Fatigue Neural Signature in Non-concussed Controls	2
Temporal and Spatial Accuracy of Reaching Movements do not Improve Off-line	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
Limited Interaction Between Vision and Proprioception on Centre of Pressure, Pelvis and Head Positions During Ankle or Neck Vibration in Walking: An Experimental Study	2
The Effect of Different Combinations of Practice Schedules on Motor Response Stability during Practice	2
Gaze Control and Tactical Decision-Making Under Stress in Active-Duty Police Officers During a Live Use-of-Force Response	2
Lower Limb Asymmetry Evaluation Using the Balance Tracking System (BTrackS) Single Leg Stance Protocol	1
Bilateral Transfer of a Visuomotor Task in Different Workspace Configurations	1
Motor Skill, Motor Planning, and Motor Performance in Adults with Severe Mental Illnesses and Obesity	1
Effects of Sensory Input Interactions on Components of Nonlinear Dynamics of Postural Sway in Aging	1
Effects of Gender Stereotypes on Balance Performance and Learning in Men	1

The Strategy of Human Movement Control and Teaching Motor Skills in Norm and Pathology	1
Explicit Instruction May Impair the Transfer of Motor Adaptation in an Upper Extremity Motor Task	1
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of Motor Cortex Enhances Spike Performances of Professional Female Volleyball Players	1
Effects of Different Observational Angles in Learner-Chosen Video Self-Modeling on Task Acquisition and Retention	1
Examining the Equivalence Between Imagery and Execution—Does Imagery Comprise the Intended Spatial Trajectory?	1
Effects of Short-Term Novice Archery Training on Reaching Movement Performance and Interlimb Asymmetries	1
Assessment of the Acute Effects of Wearable Sensor Derived Auditory Biofeedback on Gross Lumbar Proprioception	1
Estimation Error Consisting of Motor Imagery and Motor Execution in Patients with Stroke	1
Grasp Posture Variability Leads to Greater Ipsilateral Sensorimotor Beta Activation During Simulated Prosthesis Use	1
Coordination Rigidity in the Gait, Posture, and Speech of Persons with Parkinson’s Disease	1
Effects of Cross-Education on Neural Adaptations Following Non-Paretic Limb Training in Stroke: A Scoping Review with Implications for Neurorehabilitation	1
Influence of Visual and Haptic Cues on Motor Learning: Insights from Tennis Skill Acquisition in Children	1
Solving Raven’s Matrices While Walking on a Treadmill: Insights into Cognitive-Motor Interference Patterns in Dual-Task	1
Effects of Light Finger Touch on Postural Sway during Standing and Crouching Tasks	1
Decoding the Spike-Band Subthreshold Motor Cortical Activity	1
Smartphone Proprioception for Ankle Navigation (SPAN): Reliability and Effect of Position Exposure Time	1
The Effect of Motor Imagery Practice on an Aiming Task with Attentional Focus Cues	1
Effects of Motor Imagery on Skin Conductance and Pelvic Floor Sensorimotor Condition: A Randomised Controlled Trial	1
Does Body Postural Configuration Affect Upper Limb Performance During Point-to-Point Hand Movements?	1
Comparing Virtual Reality and Balance Beam Training vs. Virtual Reality Alone for Balance Improvement	1
Factors Mediating or Moderating the Effects of Obesity on Walking: Targeting Areas for Rehabilitation	1
Motor Performers Need Task-relevant Information: Proposing an Alternative Mechanism for the Attentional Focus Effect	1
Factors Influencing Gait Performance: Comfortable Linear Gait and Complex Gait in School-Aged Children in a Dual-Task Model	1
Imitation of Touching Dangerous Animals Triggers Motor Inhibition in a Primed Target Grasping-Categorization Task	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
Association Between Motor Competence and Response Time in Portuguese Youth	1
Torque Regularity is not Affected by the Nature of Visual Feedback During Hold Type of Isometric Contractions in Adults	1
Influence of Visual Stimulus Changes in a Virtual Environment on Postural Control: Focusing on a Hallway Walking Simulation	1
Evaluation of the Relationship between Static Balance and Mental Fatigue in Healthy Adults: Preliminary Study	1
Optimization in Manual Aiming: Relating Inherent Variability and Target Size, and Its Influence on Tendency	1
Effects of Elevated Height in Virtual Reality on Postural Control in the Semi-Tandem Stance	1
Training Response Abilities of Children With Intellectual Disabilities: A Randomized Controlled Trial	1
The Influence of Age on the Intermanual Transfer and Retention of Implicit Visuomotor Adaptation	1
Speed and Variability of Chair Stepping and Morphological and Neural Characteristics in Community-Dwelling Older Adults	1
Effects of Type II Diabetes on Proprioception during a Reach to Pinch Task	1