Jansen, Petra and Schmelter, Andrea and Kasten, Laura and Heil, Martin (2011) Impaired mental rotation performance in overweight children. APPETITE, 56 (3). pp. 766-769. ISSN 0195-6663,
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Overweight children seem to have cognitive impairment. Since there is a relationship between motor and visual-spatial ability and because of the reduced motor abilities of overweight children we assumed that these children might show an impaired mental rotation performance. Sixteen overweight children (10 years of age) and 16 control children (10 years of age) were matched by age, gender, and socioeconomic status. Each participant completed a general intelligence test, a motor test, and a chronometric mental rotation test. The results show differences in both motor ability and mental rotation accuracy. Overweight children made more errors when the rotation task was difficult compared to normal weight children. This study gives a clue to overweight children's problems in spatial cognitive tasks. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 3-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS; GENDER-DIFFERENCES; STEREOTYPE THREAT; PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY; ADOLESCENTS; OBESITY; WEIGHT; ABILITY; ESTEEM; Overweight; Children; Cognitive development; Motor development; Mental rotation |
| Subjects: | 700 Arts & recreation > 796 Athletic & outdoor sports & games |
| Divisions: | Human Sciences > Institut für Sportwissenschaft |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Jun 2020 10:20 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Jun 2020 10:20 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/20758 |
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