Juliana Parma
Juliana Parma is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at SFSU, and has a Ph.D in Kinesiology from Auburn University, in Alabama. She also holds a Master's degree in Sports Science from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil, where she also completed her bachelor's in Physical Education. Her specialization is in Motor Learning, therefore, she investigates how people learn motor skills, and the factors, such as motivation, that can be manipulated to enhance one's retention and performance. Furthermore, she uses neuroscientific methods to uncover the neuropsychological mechanisms associated with the production of movement and the process of skill acquisition.
Selected publications:
- Parma, J. O., Bacelar, M. F. B., Cabral, D. A. R., Lohse, K. R., Hodges, N. J., Miller, M. W. (2023). That looks easy! Evidence against the benefits of an easier criterion of success for enhancing motor learning. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 66.
doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2023.102394
- McKay, B., Bacelar, M. F., Parma, J. O., Miller, M. W., & Carter, M. J. (2023). The combination of reporting bias and underpowered study designs has substantially exaggerated the motor learning benefits of self-controlled practice and enhanced expectancies: A meta-analysis. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 1-21.
doi: 10.1080/1750984X.2023.2207255
- Parma, J. O., Bacelar, M. F. B., Cabral, D. A. R., Lohse, K. R., Hodges, N. J., Miller, M. W. (2023). That looks easy! Evidence against the benefits of an easier criterion of success for enhancing motor learning. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 66.
doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2023.102394
- Cabral, D. A. R.┼, Daou, M.┼, Bacelar, M. F. B., Parma, J. O., & Miller, M. W. (2023). Does learning a skill with the expectation of teaching it impair the skill’s execution under psychological pressure if the skill is learned with analogy instructions? Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 66.
doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2022.102323
- Bacelar, M. F. B.┼, Parma, J. O.┼, Murrah, W. M., Miller, M. W. (2022). Meta-analyzing enhanced expectancies on motor learning: positive effects but methodological concerns. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 1-30.
doi: 10.1080/1750984X.2022.2042839
- Parma, J. O.┼, Bacelar, M. F. B.┼, Miller, M., Cabral, D. A. R., Feiss, R. S., Renaud, O., Sander, D., Krigolson, O. E., Cheval, B. & Boisgontier, M. P. (2021). Relationship between reward-related brain activity and opportunities to sit. Cortex (in-principle acceptance).
doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/TCR7F
- Parma, J. O., Profeta, V. L. D. S., Andrade, A. G. P. D., Lage, G. M., & Apolinário-Souza, T. (2020). TDCS of the Primary Motor Cortex: Learning the Absolute Dimension of a Complex Motor Task. Journal of Motor Behavior, 1-14.
doi: 10.1080/00222895.2020.1792823
- Parma, J. O., Costa, V. T. D., Andrade, A. G. P. D., Cavalcante, G., Hackfort, D., & Noce, F. (2019). Relation of personality traits and decision-making in wheelchair tennis players. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 17(1), 52-63.
doi: 10.1080/1612197X.2016.1275742
- Parma, J. O., & Penna, E. M. (2018). The relative age effect on Brazilian elite volleyball. Journal of Physical Education, 29.
doi: 10.4025/jphyseduc.v29i1.2942
Teaching:
- Kin 486 Motor Learning