The interrelation between sensorimotor abilities, cognitive performance and individual EEG alpha peak frequency in young children

Mierau, Andreas; Felsch, Moritz; Hülsdünker, Thorben; Mierau, Jochen O.; Bullermann, Pola; Weiß, Britta; Strüder, Heiko K.

doi:10.1016/j.clinph.2015.03.008

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“…In fact, there are studies that have already highlighted the relationships between aspects such as strength or coordination skills and cognitive functioning in children and adolescents (Haapala et al, 2015;Mierau et al, 2016). For example, Esteban-Cornejo et al (2017) consider that it is necessary to assess how the interaction of different physical qualities could modulate the brain development.…”

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Physical Fitness Level Is Related to Attention and Concentration in Adolescents

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The main goal of this study was to analyze the relationships among physical fitness, selective attention and concentration in a group of 210 teenagers (43.81% male, 56.19% female) from the city of Málaga (Spain), aged between 11 and 15 years old (M = 13.27, SD = 1.80) that participated in the study. D2 attention test was used in order to analyze selective attention and concentration. Physical fitness was evaluated using the horizontal jump test, the Course Navette test and the 5 × 10 meters speed test. The analysis taken indicated a significant relationship among the physical fitness level, the attention and the concentration, as in the general sample as looking at gender. Linear regression tests performed showed that oxygen consumption is the best predictor of attentional parameters. Cluster analysis shows two groups characterized by a greater or lower physical fitness level. So, the highest physical fitness level group scores better in the attention (e.g., boys: p < 0.001, d' Cohen = 1.01, 95% CI [0.57, 1.44]; girls: p < 0.01, d' Cohen = 0.61, 95% CI [0.24, 0.98]) and the concentration tests (e.g., boys: p < 0.001, d' Cohen = 0.89, 95% CI [0.46, 1.32]; girls: p < 0.01, d' Cohen = 0.58, 95% CI [0.21, 0.95]). Results indicate that physical fitness analysis can be used as a tool for observing differences in the attention and concentration level of the analyzed adolescents, suggesting that a physical performance improvement could be an adequate procedure to develop some cognitive functions during adolescence.

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Physical Fitness Level Is Related to Attention and Concentration in Adolescents

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“…For instance, motor functions were related to cognitive and motor inhibition (Livesey et al, 2006; Cameron et al, 2012), shifting (Mierau et al, 2016), and global measures of executive functions (Röthlisberger et al, 2010; Roebers et al, 2014) in kindergartners and older children. More specifically, manual dexterity, balance, and ball skills, used as indicators of children’s motor functions in the present study (cf.…”

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“…Several studies reported a positive, moderate relationship between these functions in this age group (Livesey et al, 2006; Cameron et al, 2012; Roebers et al, 2014). However, only a few studies included shifting (e.g., Mierau et al, 2016) and motor inhibition (Sereno et al, 2006) as aspects of executive functions. Motor inhibition requires suppressing a dominant motor action, while cognitive inhibition requires focusing the attention to a relevant cue and ignoring an irrelevant cue (Sereno et al, 2006).…”

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Relationships between Motor and Executive Functions and the Effect of an Acute Coordinative Intervention on Executive Functions in Kindergartners

2017

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There is growing evidence indicating positive, causal effects of acute physical activity on cognitive performance of school children, adolescents, and adults. However, only a few studies examined these effects in kindergartners, even though correlational studies suggest moderate relationships between motor and cognitive functions in this age group. One aim of the present study was to examine the correlational relationships between motor and executive functions among 5- to 6-year-olds. Another aim was to test whether an acute coordinative intervention, which was adapted to the individual motor functions of the children, causally affected different executive functions (i.e., motor inhibition, cognitive inhibition, and shifting). Kindergartners (N = 102) were randomly assigned either to a coordinative intervention (20 min) or to a control condition (20 min). The coordination group performed five bimanual exercises (e.g., throwing/kicking balls onto targets with the right and left hand/foot), whereas the control group took part in five simple activities that hardly involved coordination skills (e.g., stamping). Children’s motor functions were assessed with the Movement Assessment Battery for Children 2 (Petermann, 2009) in a pre-test (T1), 1 week before the intervention took place. Motor inhibition was assessed with the Simon says task (Carlson and Wang, 2007), inhibition and shifting were assessed with the Hearts and Flowers task (Davidson et al., 2006) in the pre-test and again in a post-test (T2) immediately after the interventions. Results revealed significant correlations between motor functions and executive functions (especially shifting) at T1. There was no overall effect of the intervention. However, explorative analyses indicated a three-way interaction, with the intervention leading to accuracy gains only in the motor inhibition task and only if it was tested directly after the intervention. As an unexpected effect, this result needs to be treated with caution but may indicate that the effect of acute coordinative exercise is temporally limited and emerges only for motor inhibition, but not for cognitive inhibition or shifting. More generally, in contrast to other studies including older participants and endurance exercises, no general effect of an acute coordinative intervention on executive functions was revealed for kindergartners.

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“…There is a close relationship between motor and cognitive development [Mierau et al, 2016;Piek et al, 2008;Rigoli et al, 2012;Roebers et al, 2014]. There is a close relationship between motor and cognitive development [Mierau et al, 2016;Piek et al, 2008;Rigoli et al, 2012;Roebers et al, 2014].…”

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“…The first two decades of life represent a period of major developmental changes in sensory, motor, and cognitive abilities. There is a close relationship between motor and cognitive development [Mierau et al, 2016;Piek et al, 2008;Rigoli et al, 2012;Roebers et al, 2014]. Therefore, understanding of the normal development of cortical motor function could shed light on its deviations and thus on the origins of neurologic and psychiatric disorders that potentially emerge in childhood and adolescence.…”

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Development of cortical motor circuits between childhood and adulthood: A navigated TMS‐HdEEG study

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Könönen

Kallioniemi

et al. 2017

Human Brain Mapping

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Motor functions improve during childhood and adolescence, but little is still known about the development of cortical motor circuits during early life. To elucidate the neurophysiological hallmarks of motor cortex development, we investigated the differences in motor cortical excitability and connectivity between healthy children, adolescents, and adults by means of navigated suprathreshold motor cortex transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) combined with high-density electroencephalography (EEG). We demonstrated that with development, the excitability of the motor system increases, the TMS-evoked EEG waveform increases in complexity, the magnitude of induced activation decreases, and signal spreading increases. Furthermore, the phase of the oscillatory response to TMS becomes less consistent with age. These changes parallel an improvement in manual dexterity and may reflect developmental changes in functional connectivity. Hum Brain Mapp 38:2599-2615, 2017. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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The interrelation between sensorimotor abilities, cognitive performance and individual EEG alpha peak frequency in young children

Cited by 26 publications

References 31 publications

Physical Fitness Level Is Related to Attention and Concentration in Adolescents

Physical Fitness Level Is Related to Attention and Concentration in Adolescents

Relationships between Motor and Executive Functions and the Effect of an Acute Coordinative Intervention on Executive Functions in Kindergartners

Development of cortical motor circuits between childhood and adulthood: A navigated TMS‐HdEEG study

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