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| Title |
Practice of Contemporary Dance Improves Cognitive Flexibility in Aging
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, January 2011
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnagi.2011.00013 |
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| Authors |
Olivier A. Coubard, Stéphanie Duretz, Virginie Lefebvre, Pauline Lapalus, Lena Ferrufino |
| Abstract |
As society ages and frequency of dementia increases exponentially, counteracting cognitive aging decline is a challenging issue for countries of the developed world. Previous studies have suggested that physical fitness based on cardiovascular and strength training helps to improve attentional control in normal aging. However, how motor activity based on motor-skill learning can also benefit attentional control with age has been hitherto a neglected issue. This study examined the impact of contemporary dance (CD) improvisation on attentional control of older adults, as compared to two other motor training programs, fall prevention and Tai Chi Chuan. Participants performed setting, suppressing, and switching attention tasks before and after 5.7-month training in either CD or fall prevention or Tai Chi Chuan. Results indicated that CD improved switching but not setting or suppressing attention. In contrast, neither fall prevention nor Tai Chi Chuan showed any effect. We suggest that CD improvisation works as a training for change, inducing plasticity in flexible attention. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 8 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 25% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 5 | 63% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 63% |
| Scientists | 2 | 25% |
| Unknown | 1 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 232 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Poland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 227 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 36 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 34 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 26 | 11% |
| Researcher | 23 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 19 | 8% |
| Other | 37 | 16% |
| Unknown | 57 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 44 | 19% |
| Sports and Recreations | 32 | 14% |
| Neuroscience | 16 | 7% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 15 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 13 | 6% |
| Other | 45 | 19% |
| Unknown | 67 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 35. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 June 2020.
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#961,202
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Outputs from Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
#186
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#4,823
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Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
#1
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