Scientific interest in expertise—superior performance within a specific domain—has a long
history in psychology. Although there is a broad consensus that a long period of practice is …

Background Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has emerged as a promising and
feasible method to improve motor performance in healthy and clinical populations. However …

Objectives Sport developmental models contend that participating in different sports
promotes expertise development, implying positive skill transfer between sports. This study …

The aim of this review is to provide evidence of how practicing combat sports can shape the
perceptual–cognitive skills of athletes. This is because they must be adept at selecting the …

Superior performance in striking sports requires anticipation skill because of constraints
imposed on the performer, which can make it extremely difficult to achieve the motor skill …

Ensemble musicians typically exchange visual cues to coordinate piece entrances.“Cueing-
in” gestures indicate when to begin playing and at what tempo. This study investigated how …

We examined proactive (early restraint in preparation for stopping) and reactive (late
correction to stop ongoing action) motor response inhibition in two groups of participants …

By manipulating stimulus variation in terms of opponent pitcher actions, this study
investigated the capability of expert (n= 30) and near-expert (n= 95) professional baseball …

Introduction: Speech sound disorder is one of the most prevalent developmental
communication disorders affecting approximately 8.7 percent of school-age children …

Anticipation is an important performance factor in karate kumite. A new approach analysing
anticipation in realistic combat situations by motion capturing with a high temporal resolution …