Benjamin Pageaux

The central motor command, but not the muscle afferent feedback, is necessary to generate the perception of effort

This study tests two models of effort perception by manipulating central motor command and afferent feedback, finding that central motor command is necessary for effort perception.

Maintaining performance under pain is effortful: experimental and computational evidence

The paper shows that performance under pain is maintained through increased effort, supported by computational modeling, across cognitive and motor tasks.

Mental fatigue impairs cycling endurance performance and perception of effort, but not muscle activation

This study shows mental fatigue reduces cycling endurance time and increases perceived effort but does not affect muscle activation.

Increased perceived effort during contralateral thermal heat pain is not explained by increased intracortical and corticospinal inhibition.

This study investigates whether contralateral thermal heat pain affects corticospinal and intracortical excitability, finding no reduction and instead increased corticospinal excitability, with perceived effort linked to pain experience rather than neural inhibition.

Facing pain is effortful: key role of the supplementary motor area and anterior midcingulate cortex

This study uses fMRI to investigate how brain regions like the supplementary motor area and anterior midcingulate cortex contribute to effort perception during pain and task performance.

Eccentric cycling improves motor learning more than concentric cycling

This study compares the effects of eccentric and concentric cycling on motor learning, finding that eccentric cycling enhances motor learning more than concentric cycling or rest.

Physical exercise and motor learning: A scoping review

This scoping review maps the effects of physical exercise on motor learning, highlighting gaps in clinical population representation, exercise intensity reporting, and long-term retention assessment.

Experimentally induced fatigue and motor learning: A scoping review

This scoping review examines the effects of fatigue from physical and cognitive exertion on motor learning, highlighting inconsistencies in definitions, measurements, and participant demographics.

Aerobic Exercise Intensity: A Dose-Response Effect on Motor Adaptation and Learning

This study shows that higher intensity aerobic exercise improves motor adaptation and learning more than lower intensity or rest.

Eccentric cycling enhances primary motor cortex excitability

This study compares the effects of eccentric and concentric cycling on primary motor cortex excitability using transcranial magnetic stimulation.

Motor cortical circuits are uniquely impacted by different exercise intensities

This study examines how different intensities of acute aerobic exercise affect motor cortical circuits using TMS, finding intensity-dependent changes in excitability and GABAergic inhibition.

Pharmacological blockade of muscle afferents and perception of effort: a systematic review with meta-analysis

This meta-analysis examines the effect of pharmacologically blocking muscle afferents on perceived effort during exercise, finding mixed results depending on how effort was measured.

Perception of effort during an isometric contraction is influenced by prior muscle lengthening or shortening

This study investigates how prior muscle lengthening or shortening affects perception of effort during isometric contractions, finding that effort perception varies with torque and EMG levels.