Balance Expertise Is Associated with Superior Spatial Perspective-Taking Skills

Balance training interventions over several months have been shown to improve spatial cognitive functions and to induce structural plasticity in brain regions associated with visual-vestibular self-motion processing. In the present cross-sectional study, we tested whether long-term balance practice...

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Autores principales:	Kirsten Hötting, Ann-Kathrin Rogge, Laura A. Kuhne, Brigitte Röder
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	motor expertise balance spatial cognition physical activity Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RC321-571
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:96a0eaed5dc44841a264b34e466b1fb62021-11-25T16:56:34ZBalance Expertise Is Associated with Superior Spatial Perspective-Taking Skills10.3390/brainsci111114012076-3425https://doaj.org/article/96a0eaed5dc44841a264b34e466b1fb62021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/11/1401https://doaj.org/toc/2076-3425Balance training interventions over several months have been shown to improve spatial cognitive functions and to induce structural plasticity in brain regions associated with visual-vestibular self-motion processing. In the present cross-sectional study, we tested whether long-term balance practice is associated with better spatial cognition. To this end, spatial perspective-taking abilities were compared between balance experts (<i>n</i> = 40) practicing sports such as gymnastics, acrobatics or slacklining for at least four hours a week for the last two years, endurance athletes (<i>n</i> = 38) and sedentary healthy individuals (<i>n</i> = 58). The balance group showed better performance in a dynamic balance task compared to both the endurance group and the sedentary group. Furthermore, the balance group outperformed the sedentary group in a spatial perspective-taking task. A regression analysis across all participants revealed a positive association between individual balance performance and spatial perspective-taking abilities. Groups did not differ in executive functions, and individual balance performance did not correlate with executive functions, suggesting a specific association between balance skills and spatial cognition. The results are in line with theories of embodied cognition, assuming that sensorimotor experience shapes cognitive functions.Kirsten HöttingAnn-Kathrin RoggeLaura A. KuhneBrigitte RöderMDPI AGarticlemotor expertisebalancespatial cognitionphysical activityNeurosciences. Biological psychiatry. NeuropsychiatryRC321-571ENBrain Sciences, Vol 11, Iss 1401, p 1401 (2021)
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topic	motor expertise balance spatial cognition physical activity Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RC321-571
spellingShingle	motor expertise balance spatial cognition physical activity Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RC321-571 Kirsten Hötting Ann-Kathrin Rogge Laura A. Kuhne Brigitte Röder Balance Expertise Is Associated with Superior Spatial Perspective-Taking Skills
description	Balance training interventions over several months have been shown to improve spatial cognitive functions and to induce structural plasticity in brain regions associated with visual-vestibular self-motion processing. In the present cross-sectional study, we tested whether long-term balance practice is associated with better spatial cognition. To this end, spatial perspective-taking abilities were compared between balance experts (<i>n</i> = 40) practicing sports such as gymnastics, acrobatics or slacklining for at least four hours a week for the last two years, endurance athletes (<i>n</i> = 38) and sedentary healthy individuals (<i>n</i> = 58). The balance group showed better performance in a dynamic balance task compared to both the endurance group and the sedentary group. Furthermore, the balance group outperformed the sedentary group in a spatial perspective-taking task. A regression analysis across all participants revealed a positive association between individual balance performance and spatial perspective-taking abilities. Groups did not differ in executive functions, and individual balance performance did not correlate with executive functions, suggesting a specific association between balance skills and spatial cognition. The results are in line with theories of embodied cognition, assuming that sensorimotor experience shapes cognitive functions.
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author	Kirsten Hötting Ann-Kathrin Rogge Laura A. Kuhne Brigitte Röder
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title	Balance Expertise Is Associated with Superior Spatial Perspective-Taking Skills
title_short	Balance Expertise Is Associated with Superior Spatial Perspective-Taking Skills
title_full	Balance Expertise Is Associated with Superior Spatial Perspective-Taking Skills
title_fullStr	Balance Expertise Is Associated with Superior Spatial Perspective-Taking Skills
title_full_unstemmed	Balance Expertise Is Associated with Superior Spatial Perspective-Taking Skills
title_sort	balance expertise is associated with superior spatial perspective-taking skills
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publishDate	2021
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Balance Expertise Is Associated with Superior Spatial Perspective-Taking Skills

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