Embodied Mental Rotation – Does It Affect Postural Stability?

Hofmann, Philipp; Jost, Leonardo; Jansen, Petra

doi:10.1080/00222895.2022.2151970

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“…That is, cognitive processing seems to be enhanced even with stimuli that require easy or little processing, highlighting the robustness of the effect of balance. Accordingly, our results confirm that a dual task (i.e., MR and body sway) enhances both performances (i.e., RT and stability) in FB and SB conditions ( Hofmann and Jansen, 2021 ; Hofmann et al, 2022 ). In addition, Rogge et al (2017) proved beneficial effects on memory, orientation, and spatial cognition after balance training through the activation of the vestibular system.…”

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“…These results suggest that the egocentric mental rotation task involved more kinaesthetic imagery and motor processes in that subjects had to imagine rotating their own bodies’ mental representations ( Kessler and Rutherford, 2010 ), whereas the object-based task involves mostly visual processes that are not affected by the kinaesthetic body representations ( Hofmann and Jansen, 2021 ). Furthermore, increasing the rotation angle of the stimuli in the MR task resulted in more body sway ( Hofmann et al, 2022 ), confirming the involvement of motor processes. Pellecchia (2003) corroborated this finding by revealing that more body sway may be due to increased difficulty of concurrent cognitive tasks.…”

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Effect of dynamic balance on human mental rotation task in female badminton vs. volleyball players

Amara,

Al-Hadabi,

El-Ashkar

et al. 2024

Front. Psychol.

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BackgroundThe present study aims to compare the mental rotation performance between two non-contact sports (i.e., badminton and volleyball) in different upright conditions (i.e., with and without dynamic balance).MethodsThirty-five female sports and physical education students voluntarily participated in the experiment, including fourteen specialists in badminton and twenty-one specialists in volleyball. The experiment involved a mental body rotation task with or without balance exercises on a wobble board.ResultsBadminton players outperformed volleyball players in the mental rotation tasks regardless of balance. More interestingly, the results revealed an overall decrease in reaction times when participants performed balance exercises simultaneously with mental rotation.DiscussionOur findings suggest that introducing dynamic balance on a wobble board has immediate beneficial effects on the mental rotation performance of female badminton and volleyball players. These findings are discussed in the context of sport specificities and cognitive processing framework.

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Effect of dynamic balance on human mental rotation task in female badminton vs. volleyball players

Amara,

Al-Hadabi,

El-Ashkar

et al. 2024

Front. Psychol.

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“…These results suggest that the egocentric mental rotation task involved more kinaesthetic imagery and motor processes in that subjects had to imagine rotating their own bodies' mental representations (Kessler & Rutherford, 2010), whereas the object-based task involves mostly visual processes that are not affected by the kinaesthetic body representations (Hofmann & Jansen, 2021). Furthermore, increasing the rotation angle of the stimuli in the MR task resulted in more body sway (Hofmann et al, 2022), con rming the involvement of motor processes. Pellecchia (2003) corroborated this nding by revealing that more body sway may be due to increased di culty of concurrent cognitive tasks.…”

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“…and stability) in FB and SB conditions(Hofmann & Jansen, 2021;Hofmann et al, 2022). In addition,Rogge et al (2017) proved bene cial effects on memory, orientation, and spatial cognition after balance training through the activation of the In addition,Parsons (1987) andZartor et al (2010) con rm that participants in mental body rotation tasks classically choose the shortest path to align their body representation with the stimuli.…”

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Effect of dynamic balance on mental body rotation performance in badminton vs. volleyball players

Amara,

Al-Hadabi,

El-Ashkar

et al. 2023

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The present study aims to compare the mental rotation performance between two non-contact sports (i.e., badminton and volleyball) in different upright conditions (i.e., with and without dynamic balance). Thirty-five sports and physical education students voluntarily participated in the experiment, including fourteen specialists in badminton and twenty-one specialists in volleyball. The experiment involved a mental body rotation task with or without balance exercises on wobble board. Badminton players outperformed volleyball players in the mental rotation tasks regardless of balance. More interestingly, the results revealed an overall decrease in reaction times when participants performed balance exercises simultaneously to mental rotation. Our findings suggest that introducing dynamic balance on wobble board has immediate beneficial effects on the mental rotation performance of badminton and volleyball players. These findings are discussed in relation to sport specificities and cognitive processing framework.

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No role of working memory in the relation between mental rotation and postural stability

Hofmann,

Siebertz,

Jansen

2024

Front. Cognit.

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This study investigated the relationship between mental rotation ability and postural stability, with a focus on the role of the visuospatial sketchpad of working memory, as it has been found to be correlated with both concepts. A total of 87 healthy young adults completed a postural stability task on a force plate, a mental rotation task, and both spatial and object working memory tasks in a counterbalanced order. Bayesian correlations revealed weak positive correlations between mental rotation and postural stability, as well as a correlation between mental rotation and spatial working memory. A weak association was also observed between mental rotation and object working memory. No correlation was found between the working memory components and postural stability. Furthermore, the results showed that spatial working memory did not play a crucial role in predicting postural stability. We conclude that the visuospatial sketchpad, particularly the spatial working memory component, cannot explain the relationship between mental rotation and postural stability.

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Embodied Mental Rotation – Does It Affect Postural Stability?

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Effect of dynamic balance on human mental rotation task in female badminton vs. volleyball players

Effect of dynamic balance on human mental rotation task in female badminton vs. volleyball players

Effect of dynamic balance on mental body rotation performance in badminton vs. volleyball players

No role of working memory in the relation between mental rotation and postural stability

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