New accepted paper by Ashley Murray & @shikhaprashad.bsky.social 🇺🇸 on aging and motor sequence learning. They found that both age groups demonstrated learning within sessions, but only young adults showed strong offline (between-session) learning; and older adults struggled with complexity.

New paper by Paula Carmona Osorio from @unileiden.bsky.social 🇳🇱 and colleagues examined how depression affects sensorimotor adaptation. 20 participants with depression and 22 controls adapted joystick movements under visual perturbation equally well, with adaptation unaffected by symptom severity.

New accepted paper by Adrián Belenguer-Troya et al on a classroom-based physical activity (PA) intervention. PA increased and perceived physical literacy maintained in the intervention group (vs. ⬇️ in controls); motor competence improved in both – supporting the benefits of classroom-based PA.

New accepted paper by Katherine Spring et al. from Auburn University 🇺🇸. The SUNRISE study assessed how well three product-based motor skill tools align with the TGMD-3 in 3–4-year-olds. Results showed moderate to strong associations, supporting SUNRISE as a feasible tool for large-scale use.

New study by Masahiro Yamada from Whittier College, with M. Babak, H. Mohammadzadeh, H. Kivett & J. Dehghanizade, who found that athletes’ familiarity, liking & usefulness ratings for external/internal instructions didn’t always align. Participants sporting background shaped these perceptions

New accepted paper by Samantha Snow from @deakinuniversity.bsky.social 🇦🇺 with T. Brown, @lisabarnettphd.bsky.social, and N. Lander who explored primary PE teachers’ MC assessment practices finding that valued, evidence-based tools were underused, indicating a need for teacher-informed solutions

New accepted paper by Caterina Pesce from University of Rome "Foro Italico" 🇮🇹, with E Mazzoli, C. Martins, & D. Stodden, who propose a line of research and practice for physical activity that involves effortful learning of novel movements to elicit cognitive engagement & develop brain function

New accepted paper by Danielle Salters from @uwindsor.bsky.social 🇨🇦, with Sara Scharoun Benson who conducted a systematic review including 19 studies finding that PE-based interventions should focus on quality PE rather than quantity, and emphasis fundamental movement skill concepts

New paper by Ayoub Asadi from @iastateresearch.bsky.social 🇺🇸, with Z. Dodangeh, M. Shojaei, A. Daneshfar, T. Simpson & @harjivsingh.bsky.social, found virtual and real-world quiet eye training to increase quiet eye duration, with only real-world training significantly improving aiming accuracy