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ArticleFrontiers in human neuroscience2019

Does Movement Matter? Prefrontal Cortex Activity During 2D vs. 3D Performance of the Tower of Hanoi Puzzle.

Kimberly Milla, Elham Bakhshipour, Barry Bodt, Nancy Getchell

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Article in Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 authors.

Kimberly MillaBiomechanics and Movement Sciences Interdisciplinary Program, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States.
Elham BakhshipourBiomechanics and Movement Sciences Interdisciplinary Program, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States.
Barry BodtBiostatistics Core, College of Health Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States.
Nancy GetchellBiomechanics and Movement Sciences Interdisciplinary Program, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the current study, we used functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to compare prefrontal cortex (PFC) activity in adults as they performed two conditions of the Tower of Hanoi (ToH) disk-transfer task that have equivalent executive function (EF) but different motor requirements. This study explored cognitive workload, here defined as the cognitive effort utilized while problem-solving by performance output. The first condition included a two-dimensional (2D) computerized ToH where participants completed trials using a computer mouse. In contrast, our second condition used a traditional, three-dimensional (3D) ToH that must be manually manipulated. Our aim was to better understand the role of the PFC in these two conditions to detect if PFC activity increases as a function of motor planning. Twenty right-handed, neurotypical adults (10M/10F,

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executive functionfNIRSmotor learningmotor planningTower of Hanoi

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PMID31191271
PMCPMC6539212

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