Jim
Lyons
Professor, Kinesiology
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chapters
- PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG TALENTED TENNIS PLAYERS. 93-114. 2010
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conferences
- Employing Eye Tracking Technology to Understand How Novices Learn Neuroanatomy. The FASEB Journal. 1-1. 2020
- Quantifying the Biomechanical Costs Used to Make Behavioural Decisions When Choosing Between Action Plans. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. 972-973. 2018
- Don't fence me in: Does perception of stimulus closure contribute to illusory biases in Muller-Lyer configurations. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S50-S51. 2016
- Objectifying comfort: investigating physiological explanations for the adoption of different grip selection strategies. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S48-S48. 2016
- Auditory spatial localization and the cost of corrective limb modifications. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S61-S61. 2015
- Examining sensory recalibration during blind-walking using a continuous pointing task. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S32-S32. 2015
- Gunslinger effect and Mfiller Lyer illusion: The role of target context during intended and reacted goal-directed aims. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S58-S58. 2015
- Spatiotemporal coupling of periodic finger tapping with saccades, and their correlation to reading comprehension. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S37-S37. 2015
- Sex differences in motor acquisition and retention in novice performers of laparoscopic surgery training. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S30-S30. 2014
- It is the oculomotor encoding and not attention-related processes of saccade preparation that is responsible for inducing spatial interference in fingertip trajectories. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S47-S48. 2013
- The effect of target size on unimanual hand choice. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S53-S53. 2013
- The gunslinger effect: Why are movements made faster when responding to vs. initiating an action?. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S35-S35. 2013
- When thoughts become actions: The detrimental effects of negative social-comparative feedback on performance, learning and self-efficacy beliefs in highly motivated learners. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S27-S27. 2013
- Towards Bridging the Gap between Biomechanics and Motor Control for Virtual Ergonomics Applications. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. 1010-1014. 2012
- Extending the performance-based findings associated with the availability of prior knowledge concerning online visual feedback availability to the learning of a precision aiming movement. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S59-S59. 2011
- Individual differences in manual responses during cost-benefit analyses. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S73-S73. 2011
- Modifications of end-point but not joint angles show optimization in reaching movements with rods. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S59-S60. 2011
- Periodicity in saccading improves the time-course of online trajectory corrections. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S104-S104. 2011
- The impact of manipulating visual information availability during the early and late portions of pointing movements made toward the vertices of Muller-Lyer figures. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S105-S105. 2011
- Social affordances could alleviate social interactions in individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S81-S82. 2010
- The frequency of an auditory imperative does not influence the spatial or temporal parameters of a visually defined reaching response. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S58-S59. 2009
- Predicting slips of action: Contrasting and comparing both objective and subjective measures. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology. 265-266. 2008
- Are you sure you heard that right?. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S81-S82. 2008
- Cervical spine movement and Fitts's task performance after spinal manipulation. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S119-S120. 2008
- The athlete to coach transition: Does a new coach teach old tricks?. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S196-S196. 2008
- Is your car trying to tell you something?. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S122-S123. 2007
- Low and away: Do spatial representations of tonal pitch height extend to the horizontal plane?. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S78-S78. 2007
- The autonomic response and determinants of a hierarchical order of feature integration during simulated driving. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S116-S117. 2007
- An examination of facilitation and inhibition of return across sensory modalities. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S75-S76. 2006
- Aperture estimation as a function of perceptual boundaries in novice and expert wheelchair users. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S74-S74. 2006
- Cervical spine movement comparison of older and younger populations using Fitts' task. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S122-S122. 2005
- Quantifying the magnitude of the Ebbinghaus illusion: Empirical and theoretical implications. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S85-S86. 2005
- The cortical representation of facilitation and inhibition of return: A TMS study. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S70-S70. 2005
- The influence of verbal prosody on auditory perception in individuals with and without Down syndrome. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S81-S81. 2005
- Aiming to the Muller-Lyer illusion: Effects on planning and control. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S134-S134. 2004
- Influence of response associated feedback on movement preparation. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S90-S90. 2004
- The effects of response uncertainty on perceived visual illusions. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S102-S102. 2004
- Cross-modal inhibition of return in adults with and without Down Syndrome. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S61-S61. 2003
- Influence of feedback display arrangements on the acquisition, performance, and retention of laparoscopic surgical skills. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). 93-93. 2002
- Optimal control strategies under different feedback schedules. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S52-S52. 2001
- The influence of object orientation on speed of object identification: Affordance facilitation or cognitive coding?. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S72-S73. 2000
- Action-centred attention in virtual environments.. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology. 176-188. 1999
- Monocular and binocular vision in one-hand ball catching: Interocular integration. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S108-S108. 1998
- Optimizing the use of vision during motor skill acquisition. MOTOR BEHAVIOR AND HUMAN SKILL. 57-72. 1998
- Action-Centred Attention in Virtual Environments: Implications for Human-Computer Interaction. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S83-S83. 1997
- Does Fitness Testing Plus Relapse Prevention Training Increase Exercise Participation Better Than Fitness Testing Alone?. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S50-S50. 1997
- The Influence of Practice on the Visual Regulation of Sequential Aiming. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S50-S50. 1997
- The Use of Magnetoencephalography (MEG) To Investigate Cerebral Specialization In Down Syndrome. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). S117-S117. 1997
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journal articles
- The multiple process model of goal-directed aiming/reaching: insights on limb control from various special populations. Experimental Brain Research. 238:2685-2699. 2020
- Iterative Spatial Updating During Forward Linear Walking Revealed Using a Continuous Pointing Task. Journal of Motor Behavior. 52:145-166. 2020
- Glenohumeral stabilizing roles of the scapulohumeral muscles: Implications of muscle geometry. Journal of Biomechanics. 100:109589-109589. 2020
- Modeling the effects of musculoskeletal geometry on scapulohumeral muscle moment arms and lines of action. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering. 22:1311-1322. 2019
- The Impact of Different Movement Types on Motor Planning and Execution in Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder. Motor Control. 23:398-417. 2019
- Learning through the Eyes of the Beholder: Using Eye Tracking to Understand How Novices Learn Neuroanatomy. The FASEB Journal. 33. 2019
- Examining the effect of state anxiety on compensatory and strategic adjustments in the planning of goal-directed aiming. Acta Psychologica. 185:33-40. 2018
- The influence of intrapersonal sensorimotor experiences on the corticospinal responses during action–observation. Social Neuroscience. 13:246-256. 2018
- Object-Tool-Actor Interaction: Object Information Drives Intended Action. Journal of Motor Behavior. 50:80-95. 2018
- Gunslinger Effect and Müller-Lyer Illusion: Examining Early Visual Information Processing for Late Limb-Target Control. Motor Control. 21:284-298. 2017
- Extending Energy Optimization in Goal-Directed Aiming from Movement Kinematics to Joint Angles. Journal of Motor Behavior. 49:129-140. 2017
- The influence of environmental context in interpersonal observation–execution. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 70:154-162. 2017
- The multiple process model of goal-directed reaching revisited. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 72:95-110. 2017
- The Impact of Strategic Trajectory Optimization on Illusory Target Biases During Goal-Directed Aiming. Journal of Motor Behavior. 48:542-551. 2016
- The violation of Fitts’ Law: an examination of displacement biases and corrective submovements. Experimental Brain Research. 234:2151-2163. 2016
- The modulation of motor contagion by intrapersonal sensorimotor experience. Neuroscience Letters. 624:42-46. 2016
- Using a Manipulation Check to Uncover Age-Related Difference in Focus of Attention Instruction During a Balance Task. Experimental Aging Research. 42:307-313. 2016
- Common vs. independent limb control in sequential vertical aiming: The cost of potential errors during extensions and reversals. Acta Psychologica. 163:27-37. 2016
- Age-related changes in postural control to the demands of a precision task. Human Movement Science. 44:134-142. 2015
- The use of action phrases in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Neuropsychologia. 77:339-345. 2015
- Effector mass and trajectory optimization in the online regulation of goal-directed movement. Experimental Brain Research. 233:1097-1107. 2015
- The Influence of Visual Feedback and Prior Knowledge About Feedback on Vertical Aiming Strategies. Journal of Motor Behavior. 46:433-443. 2014
- “Let's Pick Him!”: Ratings of Skill Level on the Basis of in-Game Playing Behaviour in Bantam League Junior ICE Hockey. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching. 8:641-660. 2013
- The relative influences of movement kinematics and extrinsic object characteristics on the perception of lifted weight. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics. 75:1906-1913. 2013
- Separating Responses Based on Demand Characteristics and Phenomenological–Spatial Associations. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 117:578-596. 2013
- The influence of target context and early and late vision on goal-directed reaching. Experimental Brain Research. 229:525-532. 2013
- Continuous theta-burst stimulation to primary motor cortex reveals asymmetric compensation for sensory attenuation in bimanual repetitive force production. Journal of Neurophysiology. 110:872-882. 2013
- An eye-to-hand magnet effect reveals distinct spatial interference in motor planning and execution. Experimental Brain Research. 225:443-454. 2013
- The Gunslinger Effect: Why Are Movements Made Faster When Responding to Versus Initiating an Action?. Journal of Motor Behavior. 45:85-90. 2013
- Gaze‐down endoscopic practise leads to better novice performance on gaze‐up displays. Medical Education. 47:166-172. 2013
- Motor interactions with another person: do individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder plan ahead?. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience. 7:23. 2013
- The Gambler’s Fallacy: A Basic Inhibitory Process?. Frontiers in Psychology. 4:72. 2013
- The Impact of Prior Knowledge about Visual Feedback on Motor Performance and Learning. Advances in Physical Education. 03:1-9. 2013
- Sensory Attenuation of Self-Produced Feedback: The Lombard Effect Revisited. PLoS ONE. 7:e49370-e49370. 2012
- The Impact of Real and Illusory Perturbations on the Early Trajectory Adjustments of Goal-Directed Movements. Journal of Motor Behavior. 43:383-391. 2011
- The time course of online trajectory corrections in memory-guided saccades. Experimental Brain Research. 212:457-469. 2011
- Extending end-state comfort effect: Do we consider the beginning state comfort of another?. Acta Psychologica. 136:347-353. 2011
- Action representations in perception, motor control and learning: implications for medical education. Medical Education. 45:119-131. 2011
- Academic performance and self-regulatory skills in elite youth soccer players. Journal of Sports Sciences. 28:1605-1614. 2010
- Goal-directed aiming: Two components but multiple processes.. Psychological bulletin. 136:1023-1044. 2010
- Motor proficiency of 6‐ to 9‐year‐old children with speech and language problems. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. 52:e254-e258. 2010
- Repetitive finger force production in predictable environments. Neuroscience Letters. 479:69-73. 2010
- Temporal judgments of immediate and delayed consequences of self-initiated movements.. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology. 64:102-106. 2010
- Knowing what to do and doing it: Differences in self-assessed tactical skills of regional, sub-elite, and elite youth field hockey players. Journal of Sports Sciences. 28:521-528. 2010
- Spinal Manipulation Impacts Cervical Spine Movement and Fitts' Task Performance: A Single-Blind Randomized Before-After Trial. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. 33:189-192. 2010
- Spatial Properties of Perceived Pitch. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1169:503-507. 2009
- The Response Activation Model and Cross-Modal Facilitation and Inhibition of Return: A Trajectory Analysis. Open Psychology Journal. 1:35-41. 2008
- Temporal judgements of internal and external events in persons with and without autism. Consciousness and Cognition. 17:203-209. 2008
- Mechanisms That Underlie Coordination in Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder. Journal of Motor Behavior. 40:43-61. 2008
- Older Adults Demonstrate Reduced Performance in a Fitts’ Task Involving Cervical Spine Movement. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly. 24:352-363. 2007
- Within- and between-nervous-system inhibition of return: Observation is as good as performance. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review. 14:950-956. 2007
- The effect of response uncertainty on illusory biases of perception and action. Neuroscience Letters. 406:117-121. 2006
- Optimizing rapid aiming behaviour: movement kinematics depend on the cost of corrective modifications. Experimental Brain Research. 174:95-100. 2006
- A Kinematic Analysis of How Young Adults with and Without Autism Plan and Control Goal-Directed Movements. Motor Control. 10:244-264. 2006
- Attentional and Motor Response Priming in a Bimanual Task. Motor Control. 10:280-299. 2006
- Influence of Endogenous and Exogenous Orientations of Attention on Inhibition of Return in a Cross-Modal Target—Target Aiming Task. Journal of Motor Behavior. 38:219-228. 2006
- The effect of the Müller-Lyer illusion on the planning and control of manual aiming movements.. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 32:413-422. 2006
- The Visual Regulation of Goal-Directed Reaching Movements in Adults with Williams Syndrome, Down Syndrome, and Other Developmental Delays. Motor Control. 10:34-54. 2006
- Does Joe influence Fred's action?. Neuroscience Letters. 385:99-104. 2005
- Crossmodal Inhibition of Return in Adults with and Without Down Syndrome. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly. 22:277-290. 2005
- Perception-action and the M�ller-Lyer illusion: amplitude or endpoint bias?. Experimental Brain Research. 160:71-78. 2005
- Specificity of Learning in Adults with and Without Down Syndrome. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly. 22:237-252. 2003
- Influence of terminal action requirements on action-centered distractor effects. Experimental Brain Research. 149:207-213. 2003
- Optimal Control Strategies Under Different Feedback Schedules: Kinematic Evidence. Journal of Motor Behavior. 34:45-57. 2002
- The utilization of visual information in the control of rapid sequential aiming movements. Acta Psychologica. 103:103-123. 1999
- Monocular and Binocular Vision in One-Hand Ball Catching: Interocular Integration. Journal of Motor Behavior. 30:343-351. 1998
- Influence of Spatial Mapping on Manual Aiming Asymmetries. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 86:967-975. 1998
- Influence of spatial mapping on manual aiming asymmetries. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 86:967-975. 1998
- The Control of Sequential Goal-Directed Movement: Learning to Use Feedback or Central Planning?. Motor Control. 2:61-80. 1998
- I Lost It in the Lights: The Effects of Predictable and Variable Intermittent Vision on Unimanual Catching. Journal of Motor Behavior. 29:113-118. 1997
- Rescaling an acquired discrete aiming movement: Specific or general motor learning?. Human Movement Science. 16:81-96. 1997
- Hand, Space and Attentional Asymmetries in Goal-Directed Manual Aiming* *Presented at the Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology (SCAPPS), Vancouver, B.C., Canada. October 1995.. Cortex. 33:251-269. 1997
- The Use of Vision in Manual Aiming by Young and Older Adults. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity. 4:165-178. 1996
- Cerebral specialisation for receptive language in individuals with down syndrome. Australian Journal of Psychology. 47:137-140. 1995
- The Influence of Target Perturbation on Manual Aiming Asymmetries in Right-Handers. Cortex. 31:685-697. 1995
- INTERMITTENT VISION AND DISCRETE MANUAL AIMING. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 80:1203-1213. 1995
- Intermittent Vision and Discrete Manual Aiming. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 80:1203-1213. 1995
- Visual Feedback Processing and Goal-Directed Movement in Adults with Down Syndrome. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly. 12:176-186. 1995
- Optimizing the use of Vision in Manual Aiming: The Role of Practice. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology. 48:72-83. 1995
Teaching
teaching activities
- Thesis - KINESIOL 4RR6B, Instructor 2022
- Motor Control - KINESIOL 711, Instructor 2021
- Thesis - KINESIOL 4RR6A, Instructor 2021
- Directed Reading for Kinesiology Masters Students - KINESIOL 723, Instructor 2020
- Motor Control - KINESIOL 711, Instructor 2020
- Motor Control - KINESIOL 711, Instructor 2019
- Motor Development Across the Lifespan - KINESIOL 3Q03, Instructor 2019
- Directed Readings in Kinesiology - KINESIOL 713, Instructor 2019
- Individual Research Study in Selected Topics - KINESIOL 702, Instructor 2019
- Motor Control - KINESIOL 711, Instructor 2018
- Motor Development Across the Lifespan - KINESIOL 3Q03, Instructor 2018
- Motor Control - KINESIOL 711, Instructor 2018
- Motor Control and Learning - KINESIOL 1E03, Instructor 2018
- Motor Development Across the Lifespan - KINESIOL 3Q03, Instructor 2017
Background
education and training
- Ph.D, Simon Fraser University 2001
- M.Sc, McMaster University 1996
- B.A., McMaster University 1982
Contact
full name
- Jim Lyons