Motor competence is usually defined as the level of fundamental motor skills that children can perform. These movements are the basis for the growth of everyday activities specifically including various sports activities and games; hence, early childhood seems an ideal time to develop and grow
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Motor Competence–Related Age and Living Environment in Girls: A Cross-Sectional Study
Marziyeh Amraei and Elaheh Azadian
Erratum. SKIPping With PAX: Evaluating the Effects of a Dual-Component Intervention on Gross Motor Skill and Social–Emotional Development
Journal of Motor Learning and Development
TO OUR READERS: An error appeared in the ahead-of-print version of the following article: Brian, A., Munn, E.E., Abrams T.C., et al. (2024). SKIPping with PAX: Evaluating the effects of a dual-component intervention on gross motor skill and social–emotional development. Journal of Motor Learning
The Past Is Prologue: A Developmental Kinesiologist’s Journey Up a Mountain
Jane E. Clark
. I will let you be the judge and try my best to find my voice in this autobiographical narrative. Motor Development: The Constraints and the “Mountain” I consider myself a developmentalist—a scientist who studies how and why things change. As a motor developmentalist—I study how and why our motor
Auditory Statistical Learning During Concurrent Physical Exercise and the Tolerance for Pitch, Tempo, and Rhythm Changes
Tatsuya Daikoku, Yuji Takahashi, Nagayoshi Tarumoto, and Hideki Yasuda
, & Winkler, 2009 ; Vuust, Ostergaard, Pallesen, Bailey, & Roepstorff, 2009 ; Winkler, Háden, Ladinig, Sziller, & Honing, 2009 ) and motor functions ( Fujioka, Ross, & Trainor, 2015 ; Fujioka, Trainor, Large, & Ross, 2012 ). Neurophysiological studies suggest that rhythm perception is reflected in the beta
Autonomy-Supportive, External-Focus Instructions Optimize Children’s Motor Learning in Physical Education
Thomas Simpson, Mitchell Finlay, Victoria Simpson, Ayoub Asadi, Paul Ellison, Evelyn Carnegie, and David Marchant
Formalized physical education is an effective setting to directly develop children’s motor skills and provide them with the motivation, confidence, and physical competence to participate in physical activity throughout the lifespan ( Morgan et al., 2013 ; Stodden et al., 2008 ; Whitehead, 2019
Effects of Motor Learning Interventions on Walking Performance and Physical Function in Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Mohsen Shafizadeh, Nicolas Farina, and Shahab Parvonpour
could adversely affect independence and interpersonal interactions ( Robinson et al., 2015 ). The main clinical feature of cognitive impairment is an impairment that primarily affects different domains, including the executive system, attention, language and learning, memory recall, and perceptual–motor
The Effect of Gender Stereotype Threat and Conceptions of Ability on Motor Learning and Working Memory
Narges Nahidi, Esmaeel Saemi, Mohammadreza Doustan, Joshua Aronson, and Raphaël Laurin
opposite-sex examiner and without any explicit instruction ( Saemi et al., 2023 ). For example, evidence from studies suggests that motor learning and performance are affected by explicit obesity stereotypes ( Cardozo & Chiviacowsky, 2015 ; Rabeinia et al., 2021 ), explicit age stereotypes ( Chiviacowsky
The Test of Gross Motor Development—Third Edition: A Bifactor Model, Dimensionality, and Measurement Invariance
Sedigheh Salami, Paulo Felipe Ribeiro Bandeira, Cristiano Mauro Assis Gomes, and Parvaneh Shamsipour Dehkordi
Fundamental movement skills (FMS) refer to an observable performance of basic locomotor, manipulative, and stabilizing movements ( Gallahue et al., 2012 ). FMS are basic motor skills that form the foundation for more advanced, context-specific motor skills; these basic skills enable children to
Test of Gross Motor Development
Stephen Langendorfer
Secular Trends in Gross Motor Coordination: A Study of Peruvian Children Living at High Altitude
Alcibíades Bustamante, José Maia, Carla Santos, Fernando Garbeloto, Olga Vasconcelos, Go Tani, Donald Hedeker, Peter T. Katzmarzyk, and Sara Pereira
Gross motor coordination (GMC) is a multifaceted construct ( 22 ). It has been broadly defined as the harmonious and economic interplay of the neuromuscular and sensory systems to produce precise and balanced motor actions, as well as appropriate reactions to a varied set of situations ( 32
