Elite Kendo athletes differ in movement sharpness and premature reactions, study finds
A small video-based study of collegiate Kendo athletes found lower odds of premature shinai movement and greater post-initiation acceleration and ...
Tag: motor control
A Simple Tapping Task Taps Into the Brain’s Three Core Executive Functions
French researchers show that a progressive tempo tapping task recruits working memory, inhibition, and switching in distinct phases, offering a ...
When the Hand Loses Control, the Brain Commits Early to the Future
A cursor-freezing experiment shows that when late motor corrections become ineffective, the brain shifts control toward earlier commitment to predicted ...
Your Muscles Remember: Stress, Skill, and the Hidden Mind Behind Every Movement
Every time you reach for a coffee cup, sign your name, or swing a tennis racket, your nervous system performs ...
Aging Muscles and Walking Patterns Begin to Move Together, Study Finds
New research shows that the complexity of ankle force production and walking patterns co-vary in older adults but not in ...
Brain Signals Fail to Explain Walking Rhythm Changes in Older Adults
A new TMS study found that corticospinal excitability, inhibition, and silent period measures do not predict the fractal structure of ...
Walking Isn’t Always Rhythmic: Slow Gait Switches to a Discrete Control Mode, Study Finds
A new iScience study shows that human walking shifts between discrete and rhythmic control regimes as speed changes, with converging ...
Two Hidden Brain Systems Drive How We Unconsciously Correct Our Movements
A new PLOS Biology study shows that unconscious motor learning relies on two distinct implicit mechanisms, one for selecting actions ...
Slowed Movements in Parkinson’s Stem From Underscaled Motor Commands, Not Broken Neural Wiring
High-density EMG recordings show that people with Parkinson's disease can generate normal neural drive to muscle but issue underscaled, fragmented ...
Brain-Computer Interface Feedback Teaches the Brain to Spot Tiny Movement Errors
A five-day brain-computer interface training protocol that feeds back the brain's own error-related potentials significantly improves people's ability to detect ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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