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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2017

Physical Activity Predicts Performance in an Unpracticed Bimanual Coordination Task.

Matthieu P Boisgontier, Leen Serbruyns, Stephan P Swinnen

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors.

Matthieu P BoisgontierDepartment of Kinesiology, Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group, Group of Biomedical Sciences KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Leen SerbruynsDepartment of Kinesiology, Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group, Group of Biomedical Sciences KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Stephan P SwinnenDepartment of Kinesiology, Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group, Group of Biomedical Sciences KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Practice of a given physical activity is known to improve the motor skills related to this activity. However, whether unrelated skills are also improved is still unclear. To test the impact of physical activity on an unpracticed motor task, 26 young adults completed the international physical activity questionnaire and performed a bimanual coordination task they had never practiced before. Results showed that higher total physical activity predicted higher performance in the bimanual task, controlling for multiple factors such as age, physical inactivity, music practice, and computer games practice. Linear mixed models allowed this effect of physical activity to be generalized to a large population of bimanual coordination conditions. This finding runs counter to the notion that generalized motor abilities do not exist and supports the existence of a "learning to learn" skill that could be improved through physical activity and that impacts performance in tasks that are not necessarily related to the practiced activity.

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bimanual coordinationcomputer gameshealthmusicphysical activity

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PMID28265253
PMCPMC5316524

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