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| Title |
Physical Activity Predicts Performance in an Unpracticed Bimanual Coordination Task
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, February 2017
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00249 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Matthieu P Boisgontier, Leen Serbruyns, Stephan P Swinnen |
| Abstract |
Practice of a given physical activity is known to improve the motor skills related to this activity. However, whether unrelated skills are also improved is still unclear. To test the impact of physical activity on an unpracticed motor task, 26 young adults completed the international physical activity questionnaire and performed a bimanual coordination task they had never practiced before. Results showed that higher total physical activity predicted higher performance in the bimanual task, controlling for multiple factors such as age, physical inactivity, music practice, and computer games practice. Linear mixed models allowed this effect of physical activity to be generalized to a large population of bimanual coordination conditions. This finding runs counter to the notion that generalized motor abilities do not exist and supports the existence of a "learning to learn" skill that could be improved through physical activity and that impacts performance in tasks that are not necessarily related to the practiced activity. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Austria | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 37 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 37 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 7 | 19% |
| Researcher | 5 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 11% |
| Professor | 3 | 8% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 5 | 14% |
| Unknown | 11 | 30% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Neuroscience | 6 | 16% |
| Psychology | 5 | 14% |
| Sports and Recreations | 5 | 14% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 5% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 16 | 43% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. 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 12 July 2018.
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#322
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