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| Title |
An fMRI Study of the Impact of Block Building and Board Games on Spatial Ability
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, August 2016
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01278 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sharlene D. Newman, Mitchell T. Hansen, Arianna Gutierrez |
| Abstract |
Previous studies have found that block play, board games, and puzzles result in better spatial ability. This study focused on examining the differential impact of structured block play and board games on spatial processing. Two groups of 8-year-old children were studied. One group participated in a five session block play training paradigm and the second group had a similar training protocol but played a word/spelling board game. A mental rotation task was assessed before and after training. The mental rotation task was performed during fMRI to observe the neural changes associated with the two play protocols. Only the block play group showed effects of training for both behavioral measures and fMRI measured brain activation. Behaviorally, the block play group showed improvements in both reaction time and accuracy. Additionally, the block play group showed increased involvement of regions that have been linked to spatial working memory and spatial processing after training. The board game group showed non-significant improvements in mental rotation performance, likely related to practice effects, and no training related brain activation differences. While the current study is preliminary, it does suggest that different "spatial" play activities have differential impacts on spatial processing with structured block play but not board games showing a significant impact on mental rotation performance. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 4 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 Kingdom | 2 | 50% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Scientists | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 109 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 109 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 15 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 13% |
| Researcher | 9 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 7% |
| Other | 18 | 17% |
| Unknown | 25 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 38 | 35% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 7% |
| Computer Science | 6 | 6% |
| Neuroscience | 3 | 3% |
| Engineering | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 19 | 17% |
| Unknown | 32 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 118. 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 01 November 2019.
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