The aim of this study was to assess the current state of evidence and methodological quality
of studies on implicit and explicit motor learning in both typically developing children and …

Highlights•Working-memory (WM) capacity has been associated with sport-related
skills.•The generalizability of findings from controlled experiments is unknown.•There is no …

Much of the way in which humans respond and adapt to the environment occurs implicitly,
without conscious awareness. Yet, motor skills in sport, and any number of the learned skills …

Although it is generally accepted that certain practice conditions can place large demands
on working memory (WM) when performing and learning a motor skill, the influence that WM …

The authors investigated the relative effectiveness of different attentional focus instructions
on motor learning in primary school children. In addition, we explored whether the effect of …

Research in psychology suggests that provision of an instruction by analogy can enhance
acquisition and understanding of knowledge. Limited research has been conducted to test …

Although prosthetic hand rejection rates remain high, evidence suggests that effective
training plays a major role in device acceptance. Receiving training early in the …

This field-based study developed and implemented analogy instructions for softball batting,
and examined batting performance outcomes. A focus-group discussion involving a coach …

The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of explicit and analogy learning on
preschool children's running, long jump, gallop and balance. The participants were 43 …

Objective Investigation of the effects of hippotherapy treatment on lower limb muscle activity
and gross motor function in subjects with cerebral palsy (CP), comparing them to a group of …