Motor Skills - Research News and Information

Monday, September 08, 2008

The effects of gender, motor skills and play area on the free play activities of 8-11 year old school children.

Sep 2008 Two studies were conducted to examine the interactions between gender, play area, motor skills and free play activity in 8-11 year old school children. In both studies, boys were more active than girls. In boys, but not... Read more...

Pyramidal tract stimulation restores normal corticospinal tract connections and visuomotor skill after early postnatal motor cortex activity blockade.

16 Jul 2008 Motor development depends on forming specific connections between the corticospinal tract (CST) and the spinal cord. Blocking CST activity in kittens during the critical period for establishing connections with spinal... Read more...

Neural changes induced by learning a challenging perceptual-motor task.

15 Jul 2008 We studied the neural changes accompanying the learning of a perceptual-motor task involving polyrhythmic bimanual force production. Motor learning was characterized by an increase in stability of performance. To assess... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Motor Skills'

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• The effects of gender, motor skills and play area on the free play activities of 8-11 year old school children. Sep 2008
• Perceived and actual motor competence of children treated for cancer with vincristine containing chemotherapy. Aug 2008
• Pyramidal tract stimulation restores normal corticospinal tract connections and visuomotor skill after early postnatal motor cortex activity blockade. 16 Jul 2008
• Neural changes induced by learning a challenging perceptual-motor task. 15 Jul 2008
• Functional neuroanatomical networks associated with expertise in motor imagery. 15 Jul 2008
• Prenatal alcohol exposure delays acquisition and use of skilled reaching movements in juvenile rats. 5 Jul 2008
• Discharge properties of hippocampal neurons during performance of a jump avoidance task. 2 Jul 2008
• Self-efficacy effects on neuroelectric and behavioral indices of action monitoring in older adults. Jul 2008
• Impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on the neurodevelopment of preschool-aged children in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Jul 2008
• Visuomotor optimality and its utility in parametrization of response. Jul 2008
• Neonatal rat hypoxia-ischemia: long-term rescue of striatal neurons and motor skills by combined antioxidant-hypothermia treatment. Jul 2008
• Parental symptoms of common mental disorders and children's social, motor, and language development in sub-Saharan Africa. 24 Jun 2008
• Correlation of manual dexterity with USMLE scores and medical student class rank. 15 Jun 2008
• Tool use, communicative gesture and cerebral asymmetries in the modern human brain. 12 Jun 2008
• Motor coordination defects in mice deficient for the Sam68 RNA-binding protein. 3 Jun 2008
• Effect of training on upper-extremity prosthetic performance and motor learning: a single-case study. Jun 2008
• Motor learning in children: feedback effects on skill acquisition. Jun 2008
• Selective modulation of interactions between ventral premotor cortex and primary motor cortex during precision grasping in humans. Jun 2008
• Left to right: representational biases for numbers and the effect of visuomotor adaptation. Jun 2008
• Unilateral practice of a ballistic movement causes bilateral increases in performance and corticospinal excitability. Jun 2008

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Technical information about 'Motor Skills'

Definition: Performance of complex motor acts.

Descriptor UI: D009048

Alternative terms: Motor Skills; Motor Skill; Skill, Motor; Skills, Motor;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; drug effects; physiology; radiation effects; ethics;

Tree Number: F02.808.260;