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ArticleFrontiers in cognition2024

A 6-week coordinative motor training program improves spatial ability performances in healthy children.

Christina Morawietz, Anna Maria Wissmann, Thomas Muehlbauer

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Article in Frontiers in cognition, 2024. 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.

Christina MorawietzDivision of Movement and Training Sciences/Biomechanics of Sport, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Anna Maria WissmannDivision of Movement and Training Sciences/Biomechanics of Sport, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Thomas MuehlbauerDivision of Movement and Training Sciences/Biomechanics of Sport, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: With overall academic achievements decreasing, policies tend to dedicate more curricular time to other subjects than physical education (PE). In light of increasingly sedentary lifestyles and rises in levels of overweight and obesity, this trend is detrimental within the global health context. Simultaneously, research on the connection between physical activity, cognitive functions, and academic achievement is on the rise. Cognitive functions like good spatial abilities have frequently been associated with higher achievements in STEM-subjects. This study is aimed to investigate the effects of a 6-week coordinative motor training with spatial elements on spatial ability performances in healthy children. Methods: Fifty-three children (mean age ± Results: No significant differences between groups were observed at baseline. A main effect of test but not of group was found for all variables. For all but one test (i.e., PFT), a significant test × group interaction was detected. Conclusion: The results indicate that a 6-week coordinative motor training with spatial elements is feasible in school-aged children and positively affects their spatial abilities.

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interventionmovement coordinationorientationphysical exercisevisual-spatial abilitiesyouth

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PMCPMC13281105

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