The current study highlights individual differences in the joint articulation strategies used by
novices practicing a hip-hop dance movement, the wave. Twelve young adults, all naive …

Objectives: Cerebral palsy (CP) is a permanent disorder of movement, muscle tone or
posture that is caused by damage to the immature and developing brain. Research has …

Purpose This study investigated if (1) the beneficial effects of an external focus of attention
on learning a motor skill were influenced by an internal focus of attention provided at initial …

This study examined the effects of focus of attention (FOA) instructions on learning a dart
throwing task, quiet eye duration (QED) and pupillary responses. Thirty-six novices (M age …

The present work studies the possible relation of parkinsonism and fronto-caudate
dysconnectivity, as well as its relation to cognition in schizophrenia patients. We assessed …

The benefits of an external focus in motor learning have been well-established in adults, but
findings in studies with children have been far more variable. Recent research also suggests …

Background and Purpose: Sleep has been shown to promote off-line motor learning in
individuals following stroke. Executive function ability has been shown to be a predictor of …

There is emerging evidence that attentional focus instructions and feedback may help
children with motor learning. However, information relevant to learner characteristics …

The temporal structure for motivating, monitoring, and making sense of agency depends on
encoding, maintaining, and accessing the right contents at the right times. These functions …

Evidence has ostensibly been accumulating over the past two decades suggesting that an
external focus of attention is superior to an internal focus for the performance and learning of …