Enhancing Spatial Ability Through Sport Practice
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Title :
Enhancing Spatial Ability Through Sport Practice
Author(s) :
Moreau, David [Auteur]
Clerc, Jérome [Auteur]
Mansy-Dannay, Annie [Auteur]
Guerrien, Alain [Auteur]
Psychologie : Interactions, Temps, Émotions, Cognition (PSITEC) - ULR 4072
Clerc, Jérome [Auteur]
Mansy-Dannay, Annie [Auteur]
Guerrien, Alain [Auteur]

Psychologie : Interactions, Temps, Émotions, Cognition (PSITEC) - ULR 4072
Journal title :
Journal of Individual Differences
Abbreviated title :
Journal of Individual Differences
Volume number :
33
Pages :
p.83-88
Publisher :
Hogrefe Publishing Group
Publication date :
2012-02-07
ISSN :
1614-0001
English keyword(s) :
mental rotation
spatial ability
individual differences
training effect
embodied srategies
spatial ability
individual differences
training effect
embodied srategies
HAL domain(s) :
Sciences cognitives/Psychologie
English abstract : [en]
This experiment investigated the relationship between mental rotation and sport training. Undergraduate university students (n = 62) completed the Mental Rotation Test ( Vandenberg & Kuse, 1978 ), before and after a ...
Show more >This experiment investigated the relationship between mental rotation and sport training. Undergraduate university students (n = 62) completed the Mental Rotation Test ( Vandenberg & Kuse, 1978 ), before and after a 10-month training in two different sports, which either involved extensive mental rotation ability (wrestling group) or did not (running group). Both groups showed comparable results in the pretest, but the wrestling group outperformed the running group in the posttest. As expected from previous studies, males outperformed women in the pretest and the posttest. Besides, self-reported data gathered after both sessions indicated an increase in adaptive strategies following training in wrestling, but not subsequent to training in running. These findings demonstrate the significant effect of training in particular sports on mental rotation performance, thus showing consistency with the notion of cognitive plasticity induced from motor training involving manipulation of spatial representations. They are discussed within an embodied cognition framework.Show less >
Show more >This experiment investigated the relationship between mental rotation and sport training. Undergraduate university students (n = 62) completed the Mental Rotation Test ( Vandenberg & Kuse, 1978 ), before and after a 10-month training in two different sports, which either involved extensive mental rotation ability (wrestling group) or did not (running group). Both groups showed comparable results in the pretest, but the wrestling group outperformed the running group in the posttest. As expected from previous studies, males outperformed women in the pretest and the posttest. Besides, self-reported data gathered after both sessions indicated an increase in adaptive strategies following training in wrestling, but not subsequent to training in running. These findings demonstrate the significant effect of training in particular sports on mental rotation performance, thus showing consistency with the notion of cognitive plasticity induced from motor training involving manipulation of spatial representations. They are discussed within an embodied cognition framework.Show less >
Language :
Anglais
Peer reviewed article :
Oui
Audience :
Internationale
Administrative institution(s) :
Université de Lille
Research team(s) :
Education & Société
Submission date :
2022-05-25T14:43:38Z
2022-05-25T15:51:44Z
2022-05-25T15:51:44Z