Shall We Dance? Dancing Modulates Executive Functions and Spatial Memory
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Materials
2.3. Procedure
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. K-BIT (General Intelligence Measurement)
3.2. Zoo Test
3.3. FAS-A Test and Animal Naming
3.4. The ANT-I Task
3.4.1. Latencies
3.4.2. Errors
3.5. The Boxes Room Task
Errors
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Dancers | Sedentary | |||||||
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Men | Women | Men | Women | |||||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
Age | 57.1 | 5.8 | 54.9 | 4.35 | 61 | 5.1 | 54.2 | 3.5 |
Educational Level 1–3 | 2 | 0.78 | 2.33 | 0.77 | 2 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 0.9 |
Years Dancing | 9.1 | 7.9 | 7.4 | 7.8 | - | - | - | - |
Videogame Experience 1–4 | 1.35 | 0.6 | 1.58 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 1.1 |
Congruent | Incongruent | |||
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Dancers | Sedentary | Dancers | Sedentary | |
No Tone | ||||
Invalid | 634 | 684 | 736 | 797 |
21 | 24 | 19 | 22 | |
No Cue | 637 | 694 | 736 | 791 |
19 | 22 | 19 | 22 | |
Valid | 610 | 649 | 702 | 761 |
18 | 21 | 19 | 21 | |
Tone | ||||
Invalid | 613 | 671 | 735 | 785 |
18 | 21 | 19 | 22 | |
No Cue | 587 | 644 | 703 | 772 |
18 | 20 | 19 | 21 | |
Valid | 576 | 622 | 682 | 738 |
18 | 21 | 20 | 22 |
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Noguera, C.; Carmona, D.; Rueda, A.; Fernández, R.; Cimadevilla, J.M. Shall We Dance? Dancing Modulates Executive Functions and Spatial Memory. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 1960. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17061960
Noguera C, Carmona D, Rueda A, Fernández R, Cimadevilla JM. Shall We Dance? Dancing Modulates Executive Functions and Spatial Memory. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(6):1960. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17061960
Chicago/Turabian StyleNoguera, Carmen, Dolores Carmona, Adrián Rueda, Rubén Fernández, and José Manuel Cimadevilla. 2020. "Shall We Dance? Dancing Modulates Executive Functions and Spatial Memory" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 6: 1960. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17061960