Célia Ruffino

Reward and punishment differentially shape basketball free-throw learning

This study shows punishment accelerates early learning of basketball free-throws, while reward improves long-term retention, with individual sensitivity to each influencing outcomes.

Motor learning under mental fatigue: the compensatory role of rest periods

This study shows mental fatigue impairs motor performance during practice but enhances learning during rest periods in a finger-tapping task.

Multimodal Dynamics of Mental Fatigue and Their Selective Modulation by Acute Exercise: Effects on Memory and Creativity

This study examines how acute exercise affects mental fatigue's impact on memory and creativity through multimodal measurements.

Motor imagery training is beneficial for motor memory of upper and lower limb tasks in very old adults

This study shows that motor imagery training improves motor memory in very old adults, maintaining performance in manual dexterity and enhancing sequential stepping tasks compared to a control group.

Time-of-day effects on motor learning

This study shows that evening training leads to better skill consolidation compared to morning or afternoon training, with sleep contributing to this effect.

Time-of-day influences on skill acquisition and consolidation after physical and mental practices

This study investigates how time-of-day affects motor skill acquisition and consolidation after physical and mental practice, finding better consolidation in the afternoon for both types of practice.

Smoothness discriminates physical from motor imagery practice of arm-reaching movements.

The paper compares movement smoothness between physical and motor imagery practice, finding that physical practice leads to smoother movements as indicated by fewer velocity peaks.

An acute session of motor imagery training induces use-dependent plasticity.

An acute session of motor imagery training induces use-dependent plasticity, as evidenced by changes in corticospinal excitability and movement direction.