Charles H. Shea

9.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
147 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Charles H. Shea is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles H. Shea has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 129 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 58 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 54 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Charles H. Shea's work include Motor Control and Adaptation (118 papers), Action Observation and Synchronization (48 papers) and Muscle activation and electromyography studies (41 papers). Charles H. Shea is often cited by papers focused on Motor Control and Adaptation (118 papers), Action Observation and Synchronization (48 papers) and Muscle activation and electromyography studies (41 papers). Charles H. Shea collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Charles H. Shea's co-authors include Gabriele Wulf, Nancy McNevin, Jin-Hoon Park, Attila J. Kovacs, Rebecca Lewthwaite, Robert M. Kohl, David L. Wright, Qin Lai, John J. Buchanan and Stefan Panzer and has published in prestigious journals such as Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, Experimental Brain Research and Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance.

In The Last Decade

Charles H. Shea

145 papers receiving 7.0k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The automaticity of complex motor skill learning as a function of attentional focus

2001 818 citations Gabriele Wulf, Nancy McNevin et al. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A profile →
Motor skill learning and performance: a review of influential factors

2009 631 citations Gabriele Wulf, Charles H. Shea et al. Medical Education profile →
Principles derived from the study of simple skills do not generalize to complex skill learning

2002 576 citations Gabriele Wulf, Charles H. Shea profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Charles H. Shea United States	42	4.6k	3.3k	2.5k	1.3k	1.3k	147	7.4k
Timothy D. Lee Canada	36	3.3k 0.7×	2.4k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	906 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	98	5.8k
Rich S.W. Masters Hong Kong	46	2.6k 0.6×	3.8k 1.1×	2.1k 0.8×	1.7k 1.3×	657 0.5×	183	7.2k
Christian Collet France	41	3.0k 0.6×	2.6k 0.8×	2.3k 0.9×	783 0.6×	865 0.7×	136	6.1k
Geert J.P. Savelsbergh Netherlands	42	2.3k 0.5×	3.1k 0.9×	1.4k 0.6×	1.8k 1.4×	651 0.5×	258	6.7k
Aymeric Guillot France	41	3.2k 0.7×	2.9k 0.9×	2.1k 0.8×	978 0.7×	759 0.6×	146	5.7k
Digby Elliott Canada	52	7.4k 1.6×	1.9k 0.6×	2.2k 0.9×	345 0.3×	1.9k 1.5×	238	8.7k
Mark Wilson United Kingdom	52	2.1k 0.4×	3.1k 0.9×	1.9k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	564 0.4×	206	7.3k
Charalambos Papaxanthis France	42	3.2k 0.7×	1.5k 0.4×	1.5k 0.6×	496 0.4×	969 0.8×	126	4.5k
Rebecca Lewthwaite United States	35	1.2k 0.3×	2.1k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	919 0.7×	468 0.4×	64	4.8k
Nicola J. Hodges Canada	37	1.5k 0.3×	3.0k 0.9×	2.1k 0.8×	1.7k 1.3×	388 0.3×	129	4.8k

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Panzer, Stefan, et al.. (2022). Dyad Training in a Perceptual-Motor Task: “Two Pairs of Eyes Are Better Than One”. Journal of Motor Learning and Development. 10(2). 245–256. 1 indexed citations

Shea, Charles H., et al.. (2021). Movement Sequence Learning: Cognitive Processing Demands to Develop a Response Structure. Journal of Cognition. 4(1). 12–12. 4 indexed citations

Taheri, Hamidreza, et al.. (2020). The Role of Sleep in Children's Motor Memory Consolidation in a Motor Sequence Task. 8(2). 17–32. 2 indexed citations

Panzer, Stefan, Deanna M. Kennedy, Chaoyi Wang, & Charles H. Shea. (2017). The simplest acquisition protocol is sometimes the best protocol: performing and learning a 1:2 bimanual coordination task. Experimental Brain Research. 236(2). 539–550. 4 indexed citations

Kennedy, Deanna M., Joohyun Rhee, Judith Jiménez Díaz, & Charles H. Shea. (2016). The influence of asymmetric force requirements on a multi-frequency bimanual coordination task. Human Movement Science. 51. 125–137. 15 indexed citations

Leinen, Peter, Stefan Panzer, & Charles H. Shea. (2016). Hemispheric asymmetries of a motor memory in a recognition test after learning a movement sequence. Acta Psychologica. 171. 36–46. 3 indexed citations

Panzer, Stefan, et al.. (2013). Optimizing the control of high-ID movements: rethinking the power of the visual display. Experimental Brain Research. 231(4). 479–493. 3 indexed citations

Kovacs, Attila J. & Charles H. Shea. (2011). The learning of 90° continuous relative phase with and without Lissajous feedback: External and internally generated bimanual coordination. Acta Psychologica. 136(3). 311–320. 83 indexed citations

Panzer, Stefan, et al.. (2010). Observation and coding of simple motor sequences. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 1 indexed citations

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Wulf, Gabriele, Charles H. Shea, & Rebecca Lewthwaite. (2009). Motor skill learning and performance: a review of influential factors. Medical Education. 44(1). 75–84. 631 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wulf, Gabriele, Thomas Töllner, & Charles H. Shea. (2007). Attentional Focus Effects as a Function of Task Difficulty. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. 78(3). 257–264. 106 indexed citations

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Badets, Arnaud, et al.. (2006). Error Detection Processes During Observational Learning. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. 77(2). 177–184. 22 indexed citations

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Panzer, Stefan, et al.. (2006). Learning of Similar Complex Movement Sequences: Proactive and Retroactive Effects on Learning. Journal of Motor Behavior. 38(1). 60–70. 30 indexed citations

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Whitacre, Chad A. & Charles H. Shea. (2002). The Role of Parameter Variability on Retention, Parameter Transfer, and Effector Transfer. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. 73(1). 47–57. 15 indexed citations

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Wulf, Gabriele, Nancy McNevin, & Charles H. Shea. (2001). The automaticity of complex motor skill learning as a function of attentional focus. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A. 54(4). 1143–1154. 818 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shea, Charles H., et al.. (2000). Reduced-Frequency Concurrent and Terminal Feedback: A Test of the Guidance Hypothesis. Journal of Motor Behavior. 32(3). 287–296. 96 indexed citations

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Wulf, Gabriele, Nancy McNevin, Charles H. Shea, & David L. Wright. (1999). Learning phenomena: Future challenges for the dynamical systems approach to understanding the learning of complex motor skills. International journal of sport psychology. 30(4). 531–557. 12 indexed citations

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Kohl, Robert M. & Charles H. Shea. (1992). Pew (1966) Revisited: Acquisition of Hierarchical Control as a Function of Observational Practice. Journal of Motor Behavior. 24(3). 247–260. 30 indexed citations

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Shea, Charles H. & Robert M. Kohl. (1990). Specificity and Variability of Practice. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. 61(2). 169–177. 153 indexed citations

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Shea, Charles H. & Carl Gabbard. (1979). Spatial-Temporal Structure of Coincident-Timing Responses. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 48(3). 783–788. 1 indexed citations

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