Jere Gallagher
School of Education
University of Pittsburgh
5610 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
PHONE: 412-648-1774
EMAIL:
gal@pitt.eduFull Time Faculty - Associate Professor/Associate Dean
School Affiliations
- Department: Dean's Office - Associate Professor/Associate Dean
- Department: Health and Physical Activity - Associate Professor/Associate Dean
- Program: Developmental Movement - Associate Professor
Education
- PhD, Motor Development, Louisiana State University, 5/1980
- M.A., Health and Physical Education, East Carolina University, 1972
- B.S., Health and Physical Education, East Carolina University, 1970
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
- Fontana, F., Mazzardo, O, Furtado, O., & Gallagher, J. (Revision submitted June 2009). Whole and Part Practice: A Meta-Analysis. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport.
- Fontana, F., Gallagher, J., Furtado, O. & Mazzardo, O. (in Press) Influence of Exercise Intensity on Decision-Making Performance of Experienced and Inexperienced Soccer Players, Journal of Exercise and Sport Psychology
- Mokgothu, C., Gallagher, J., Clark, G., Wagner, A. (in Press). Effects of Aerobic Fitness on Attention. International Journal of Body Composition Research
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Recent Course Instruction
Spring 2010 (2104)
Fall 2009 (2101)
Summer 2009 (2097)
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Recent Presentations
- Rhythmic Bimanual Performance in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder
The purpose of this study was to examine factors that contribute to poor bimanual performance in children with DCD. Children were recruited from a school population of 10- and 12-year-olds and were assigned to the DCD or the control group based upon the scores of the Movement ABC test (15th percentile or below, DCD, above XX percentile, control). Bimanual coordination was measured by a figer tapping task using the index finger. Participants completed four conditions: rhythmic unimanual and bimanual tapping sequence (500, 500, 300, 300 ms), bimanual 2:1 alternating sequence (400:800 ms), and bimanual rhythmic tapping sequence (800, 800, 800, 400, 400 ms). They tapped using an thin metal disk attached to a a metal spring tal mounted on a small platform connected to a computer to record interval taps. DON’T WE NEED TO SAY HOW ANALYZED A primary finding was that the long intervals within each pattern more clearly differentiated the two groups than did the shorter intervals whether unimanual or bimanual. In addition, the 800 ms alternating pattern was more difficult for the group with DCD than the 800 ms symmetrical tapping. These results indicate that inhibition (whether slowing of their movement, or inhibiting one hand from tapping while the other tapped) was problematic for the DCD group. Secondly, 2:1 tapping was the condition that differentiated the groups; in fact, the 10-year-old subjects with DCD frequently had to slow down the rate of the 2:1 task in order to perform correctly. These data support the position that children with DCD have difficulty with movement inhibition, and this contributes to poorer bimanual control, especially when the hands are required to perform different tasks.Some conclusions are that children with DCD have a poorer sense of rhythm than the controls, they have greater difficulty with bimanual than unimanual tasks, that they have difficulty inhibiting movement.
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