Perceptual decision making has been widely studied using tasks in which subjects are asked to discriminate a visual stimulus and instructed to report their decision with a movement. In these studies, performance is measured by assessing the accuracy of the participants' choices as a function of the ambiguity of the visual stimulus. Typically, the reporting movement is considered as a mere means...

This research reviews studies on sports performance and visual exploration strategies in the field of proficiency comprehension. Accepting information is conducted through search, now referred to as exploration. Visual refers process paying attention appropriate key clues that contain necessary prepare execute actions a given circumstance or make pertinent decisions. The study uses an eye-track...

Development of perceptual-cognitive motor skills is a crucial factor influencing soccer training and competition. The aim the study was to examine effects neuromuscular coordination, proprioceptive balance exercises on physiological attributes technical in female soccer. Female players competing Greek A Division (N = 48) were assigned intervention 1 24) control groups 2 24). Proprioceptive Trai...

Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a combined visual efficiency and perceptual-motor training programme on the handwriting performance of Chinese children aged 6 to 9 years with handwriting difficulties (HWD). Methods: Twenty-six children with HWD were assigned randomly and equally into two groups. The training programme was provided over eight consecutive we...

The ability to quickly detect and respond to visual stimuli in the environment is critical to many human activities. While such perceptual and visual-motor skills are important in a myriad of contexts, considerable variability exists between individuals in these abilities. To better understand the sources of this variability, we assessed perceptual and visual-motor skills in a large sample of 2...

Goal-oriented action demands a constant ebb and flow of information processing between perception and movement. Decisions about whether or not a task can be executed, such as jumping over a gap or reaching to switch a light, demand reliable perceptual evidence. Likewise, perceptual decisions that are particularly subject to optical distortion might benefit from physical knowledge gained through...

Is plasticity in sensory and motor systems linked? Here, in the context of speech motor learning and perception, we test the idea sensory function is modified by motor learning and, in particular, that speech motor learning affects a speaker's auditory map. We assessed speech motor learning by using a robotic device that displaced the jaw and selectively altered somatosensory feedback during sp...

Improvements in task performance following practice can occur as a result of changes in distinct cognitive and neural processes. In some cases, we can improve our performance by selecting a more successful behavior that is already part of our available repertoire. Skill learning, on the other hand, refers to a slower process that results in improving the ability to perform a behavior, i.e., it ...

Motor learning is based on motor perception and emergent perceptual-motor representations. A lot of behavioral research is related to single perceptual modalities but during last two decades the contribution of multimodal perception on motor behavior was discovered more and more. A growing number of studies indicates an enhanced impact of multimodal stimuli on motor perception, motor control an...