Motor Development and Learning
mahtab arabi; Maryam Maboudi ali abadi
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Introduction: Executive functions are among the most important cognitive abilities related to goal-directed behavior, self-regulation, and learning in childhood and play a decisive role in students' academic success and daily performance. Given this, empirical evidence regarding the effect of motor ...
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Introduction: Executive functions are among the most important cognitive abilities related to goal-directed behavior, self-regulation, and learning in childhood and play a decisive role in students' academic success and daily performance. Given this, empirical evidence regarding the effect of motor skills interventions on various components of executive functions in Iranian children is limited. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of a motor skills intervention course on the executive functions of 10- to 12-year-old male and female students.
Research Method: This study was quasi-experimental and was conducted on two experimental and control groups using a pretest-posttest design. Motor skills training intervention was implemented for 7 weeks for the experimental group. The statistical sample consisted of 40 male and female students aged 10 to 12 years who were randomly divided into two experimental and control groups using convenience sampling method, and data collection was done using the Wechsler Intelligence Test, Color Flanker Test, and Stop Sign Test
Findings: Covariance analysis results It showed that the motor skills intervention had a significant effect on the executive functions, information processing, and attention deficit of students, but there was no significant difference between girls and boys in terms of the extent of this effect or in any of the dependent variables.
Conclusion: This study showed that the training program with the method presented in this study is effective on the
Mehran Delfani; Mahtab Arabi
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tDCS is a neuromodulatory technique that induces a low intensity direct current into brain cells that stimulates or inhibits spontaneous neural activity. In recent decades, electrical stimulation has been used as an effective method to improve balance in different individuals. The aim of this study was ...
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tDCS is a neuromodulatory technique that induces a low intensity direct current into brain cells that stimulates or inhibits spontaneous neural activity. In recent decades, electrical stimulation has been used as an effective method to improve balance in different individuals. The aim of this study was to investigate the improvement of postural control kinetic parameters in martial art athletes after applying tDCS. Participants were 20 male martial art athletes aged between 18 and 25. 10 subjects in the experimental group were exposed to electrical stimulation for 1-3 mA for 15-20 minutes and 10 subjects in the control group were exposed to sham tDCS. Then, both groups were evaluated by SOT postural control to exposed variables in sensory organizing test. Data were analyzed using covariance analysis test to differentiate the effect of training interventions on postural control of the two groups (P<0.05). The findings showed that tDCS had a significant effect on the postural control of male martial art athletes in 3 values of equilibrium: the exclusion of information in proprioceptive systems, the exclusion of information in proprioceptive and visual systems and the provision of incorrect visual inputs. Finally, this study showed that tDCS could improve and enhance postural control kinetic parameters in martial art athletes
mahtab arabi; Abdollah Ghasemi; Seyed Mohammad Kazem Vaez Mousavi
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The aim of this study was to compare observational models in learning motor task of receiving a volleyball ball and motor-cognitive task of juggling with 3 balls. The participants were 80 female students aged between 19 and 25. 40 subjects participated in each task. Participants were divided into ...
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The aim of this study was to compare observational models in learning motor task of receiving a volleyball ball and motor-cognitive task of juggling with 3 balls. The participants were 80 female students aged between 19 and 25. 40 subjects participated in each task. Participants were divided into 4 groups: novice model observation, expert, mixed and physical practice. All observational groups watched their own model via video tapes. In this study, some acquisition phases, retention and transfer tests were carried out in all two tasks. In acquisition phase, data were analyzed with ANOVA with repeated measures and in retention and transfer tests one-way ANOVA test and proper post hoc tests were used (P<0.05). In the acquisition phase, observation of expert-novice model in the motor task was better than the other groups but this predominance was not significant. But in the retention and transfer tests, observation of this model had a significant predominance. In the cognitive-motor task, the observation of novice model was better than the other groups during the acquisition phase, retention and transfer tests but this predominance was not significant in the transfer test. Finally,based on the results of the present study, it is suggested that various modeling methods should be used to learn different tasks.
