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Organismal performance (or whole-organism performance) refers to the ability of an organism to conduct a task when maximally motivated.[1] Various aspects of performance are of primary concern in human athletics, horse racing, and dog racing. Performance in swimming tasks has been a subject of fisheries research since the 1960s.[2] In a broader biological context, the term first came to prominence with studies of locomotor abilities in lizards and snakes in the late 1970s and early 1980s.[3]