Into the square and out of the box: the effects of Quadrato Motor Training on creativity and alpha coherence.

The objective of the present study was to investigate the body-cognitive relationship through behavioral and electrophysiological measures in an attempt to uncover the underlying mediating neuronal mechanism for movement-induced cognitive change. To this end we examined the effects of Quadrato Motor...

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Autores principales: Tal Dotan Ben-Soussan, Joseph Glicksohn, Abraham Goldstein, Aviva Berkovich-Ohana, Opher Donchin
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:2717123d1aa7463fb2b79deada428bf12021-11-18T07:59:28ZInto the square and out of the box: the effects of Quadrato Motor Training on creativity and alpha coherence.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0055023https://doaj.org/article/2717123d1aa7463fb2b79deada428bf12013-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23383043/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203The objective of the present study was to investigate the body-cognitive relationship through behavioral and electrophysiological measures in an attempt to uncover the underlying mediating neuronal mechanism for movement-induced cognitive change. To this end we examined the effects of Quadrato Motor Training (QMT), a new whole-body training paradigm on cognitive performance, including creativity and reaction time tasks, and electrophysiological change, using a within-subject pre-post design. Creativity was studied by means of the Alternate Uses Task, measuring ideational fluency and ideational flexibility. Electrophysiological effects were measured in terms of alpha power and coherence. In order to determine whether training-induced changes were driven by the cognitive or the motor aspects of the training, we used two control groups: Verbal Training (VT, identical cognitive training with verbal response) and Simple Motor Training (SMT, similar motor training with reduced choice requirements). Twenty-seven participants were randomly assigned to one of the groups. Following QMT, we found enhanced inter-hemispheric and intra-hemispheric alpha coherence, and increased ideational flexibility, which was not the case for either the SMT or VT groups. These findings indicate that it is the combination of the motor and cognitive aspects embedded in the QMT which is important for increasing ideational flexibility and alpha coherence.Tal Dotan Ben-SoussanJoseph GlicksohnAbraham GoldsteinAviva Berkovich-OhanaOpher DonchinPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 1, p e55023 (2013)
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Tal Dotan Ben-Soussan
Joseph Glicksohn
Abraham Goldstein
Aviva Berkovich-Ohana
Opher Donchin
Into the square and out of the box: the effects of Quadrato Motor Training on creativity and alpha coherence.
description The objective of the present study was to investigate the body-cognitive relationship through behavioral and electrophysiological measures in an attempt to uncover the underlying mediating neuronal mechanism for movement-induced cognitive change. To this end we examined the effects of Quadrato Motor Training (QMT), a new whole-body training paradigm on cognitive performance, including creativity and reaction time tasks, and electrophysiological change, using a within-subject pre-post design. Creativity was studied by means of the Alternate Uses Task, measuring ideational fluency and ideational flexibility. Electrophysiological effects were measured in terms of alpha power and coherence. In order to determine whether training-induced changes were driven by the cognitive or the motor aspects of the training, we used two control groups: Verbal Training (VT, identical cognitive training with verbal response) and Simple Motor Training (SMT, similar motor training with reduced choice requirements). Twenty-seven participants were randomly assigned to one of the groups. Following QMT, we found enhanced inter-hemispheric and intra-hemispheric alpha coherence, and increased ideational flexibility, which was not the case for either the SMT or VT groups. These findings indicate that it is the combination of the motor and cognitive aspects embedded in the QMT which is important for increasing ideational flexibility and alpha coherence.
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author Tal Dotan Ben-Soussan
Joseph Glicksohn
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title Into the square and out of the box: the effects of Quadrato Motor Training on creativity and alpha coherence.
title_short Into the square and out of the box: the effects of Quadrato Motor Training on creativity and alpha coherence.
title_full Into the square and out of the box: the effects of Quadrato Motor Training on creativity and alpha coherence.
title_fullStr Into the square and out of the box: the effects of Quadrato Motor Training on creativity and alpha coherence.
title_full_unstemmed Into the square and out of the box: the effects of Quadrato Motor Training on creativity and alpha coherence.
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