Motor Skills and Exercise Capacity Are Associated with Objective Measures of Cognitive Functions and Academic Performance in Preadolescent Children
| Autor: | Claus Malta Nielsen, Ida Marie Dahn, Jesper Lundbye-Jensen, Matilde Krause-Jensen, Josefine Needham Andersen, Christian Ritz, Richard Thomas, Vibeke Korup, Jacob Wienecke, Peter Krustrup, Svend Sparre Geertsen, Malte Nejst Larsen |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Denmark lcsh:Medicine Social Sciences Neuropsychological Tests Spatial memory Families 0302 clinical medicine Cognition Learning and Memory Medicine and Health Sciences Semantic memory Psychology Attention Public and Occupational Health lcsh:Science Child Children Motor skill Multidisciplinary Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery Sports Science Memory Short-Term Motor Skills Child Preschool Vigilance (Psychology) Female Comprehension Cognitive psychology Research Article Cognitive Neuroscience Gross motor skill 03 medical and health sciences Memory Learning Humans Working Memory Sports and Exercise Medicine Exercise Working memory lcsh:R Cognitive Psychology Biology and Life Sciences 030229 sport sciences Physical Activity Cross-Sectional Studies Reading comprehension Reading Age Groups Physical Fitness People and Places Cognitive Science lcsh:Q Population Groupings Educational Measurement 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Mathematics Neuroscience |
| Zdroj: | PLoS ONE PLoS ONE, Vol 11, Iss 8, p e0161960 (2016) Geertsen, S S, Thomas, R, Larsen, M N, Dahn, I M, Andersen, J N, Krause-Jensen, M, Korup, V, Nielsen, C M, Wienecke, J, Ritz, C, Krustrup, P & Lundbye-Jensen, J 2016, ' Motor skills and exercise capacity are associated with objective measures of cognitive functions and academic performance in preadolescent children ', P L o S One, vol. 11, no. 8, e0161960 . https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0161960 |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| Popis: | Objective: To investigate associations between motor skills, exercise capacity and cognitive functions, and evaluate how they correlate to academic performance in mathematics and reading comprehension using standardised, objective tests.Methods: This cross-sectional study included 423 Danish children (age: 9.29±0.35 years, 209 girls). Fine and gross motor skills were evaluated in a visuomotor accuracy-tracking task, and a whole-body coordination task, respectively. Exercise capacity was estimated from the Yo-Yo intermittent recovery level 1 children's test (YYIR1C). Selected tests from the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB) were used to assess different domains of cognitive functions, including sustained attention, spatial working memory, episodic and semantic memory, and processing speed. Linear mixed-effects models were used to investigate associations between these measures and the relationship with standard tests of academic performance in mathematics and reading comprehension.Results: Both fine and gross motor skills were associated with better performance in all five tested cognitive domains (all PConclusions: The data demonstrate that fine and gross motor skills are positively correlated with several aspects of cognitive functions and with academic performance in both mathematics and reading comprehension. Moreover, exercise capacity was associated with academic performance and performance in some cognitive domains. Future interventions should investigate associations between changes in motor skills, exercise capacity, cognitive functions, and academic performance to elucidate the causality of these associations. |
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