The effect of motor self-talk on cognitive flexibility in young females
Poster Presentation
Paper ID : 2170-SSRC (R2)
Authors
Department of motor behavior, Faculty of sport sciences, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Background: Brailletonik is an Iranian sport and it can convert letters and sentences to movements by Braille codes. Motor self-talk is a combination of self-talk and Brailletonik. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of 12 sessions of motor self-talk training on cognitive flexibility in young non-athlete women.
Methods: The participants were 39 volunteer young non-athlete women with mean age 24.3 (± 3.8) year who were randomly assigned to 2 experimental groups (motor self-talk and Brailletonik) and a control group without intervention. This applied experimental research was performed by randomized-groups pre-test and post-test design. In the pre-test and post-test, computerized Wisconsin card sorting test (WCST) was done to measure cognitive flexibility. The participants performed motor self-talk training (a combination of self-talk with alphabet coding of Brailletonik) and Brailletonik for 12 sessions (3 days a week and 60 min each session). Data was analyzed by MANOVA at p<0.05.
Results: According to the results there were significant differences among the perseverative errors reduction of three groups (p=0.001). The pairwise comparisons indicated errors reduction in the motor self-talk group was significantly higher than the control and Brailletonik groups, and there was no significant difference between the perseverative errors changes in the Brailletonik and control groups. Furthermore, there were significant differences among the increase in categories attained of 3 groups (p=0.022). Based on pairwise comparisons, the increase in categories attained of the motor self-talk group was significantly higher than the control group, and there was no significant difference between the increase in the Brailletonik group with the motor self-talk and the control groups.
Conclusion: Motor self-talk training may help to improve cognitive flexibility in young non-athlete women.
Methods: The participants were 39 volunteer young non-athlete women with mean age 24.3 (± 3.8) year who were randomly assigned to 2 experimental groups (motor self-talk and Brailletonik) and a control group without intervention. This applied experimental research was performed by randomized-groups pre-test and post-test design. In the pre-test and post-test, computerized Wisconsin card sorting test (WCST) was done to measure cognitive flexibility. The participants performed motor self-talk training (a combination of self-talk with alphabet coding of Brailletonik) and Brailletonik for 12 sessions (3 days a week and 60 min each session). Data was analyzed by MANOVA at p<0.05.
Results: According to the results there were significant differences among the perseverative errors reduction of three groups (p=0.001). The pairwise comparisons indicated errors reduction in the motor self-talk group was significantly higher than the control and Brailletonik groups, and there was no significant difference between the perseverative errors changes in the Brailletonik and control groups. Furthermore, there were significant differences among the increase in categories attained of 3 groups (p=0.022). Based on pairwise comparisons, the increase in categories attained of the motor self-talk group was significantly higher than the control group, and there was no significant difference between the increase in the Brailletonik group with the motor self-talk and the control groups.
Conclusion: Motor self-talk training may help to improve cognitive flexibility in young non-athlete women.
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Proceeding Title [Persian]
The effect of motor self-talk on cognitive flexibility in young females
Authors [Persian]
Abstract [Persian]
Background: Brailletonik is an Iranian sport and it can convert letters and sentences to movements by Braille codes. Motor self-talk is a combination of self-talk and Brailletonik. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of 12 sessions of motor self-talk training on cognitive flexibility in young non-athlete women.
Methods: The participants were 39 volunteer young non-athlete women with mean age 24.3 (± 3.8) year who were randomly assigned to 2 experimental groups (motor self-talk and Brailletonik) and a control group without intervention. This applied experimental research was performed by randomized-groups pre-test and post-test design. In the pre-test and post-test, computerized Wisconsin card sorting test (WCST) was done to measure cognitive flexibility. The participants performed motor self-talk training (a combination of self-talk with alphabet coding of Brailletonik) and Brailletonik for 12 sessions (3 days a week and 60 min each session). Data was analyzed by MANOVA at p<0.05.
Results: According to the results there were significant differences among the perseverative errors reduction of three groups (p=0.001). The pairwise comparisons indicated errors reduction in the motor self-talk group was significantly higher than the control and Brailletonik groups, and there was no significant difference between the perseverative errors changes in the Brailletonik and control groups. Furthermore, there were significant differences among the increase in categories attained of 3 groups (p=0.022). Based on pairwise comparisons, the increase in categories attained of the motor self-talk group was significantly higher than the control group, and there was no significant difference between the increase in the Brailletonik group with the motor self-talk and the control groups.
Conclusion: Motor self-talk training may help to improve cognitive flexibility in young non-athlete women.
Methods: The participants were 39 volunteer young non-athlete women with mean age 24.3 (± 3.8) year who were randomly assigned to 2 experimental groups (motor self-talk and Brailletonik) and a control group without intervention. This applied experimental research was performed by randomized-groups pre-test and post-test design. In the pre-test and post-test, computerized Wisconsin card sorting test (WCST) was done to measure cognitive flexibility. The participants performed motor self-talk training (a combination of self-talk with alphabet coding of Brailletonik) and Brailletonik for 12 sessions (3 days a week and 60 min each session). Data was analyzed by MANOVA at p<0.05.
Results: According to the results there were significant differences among the perseverative errors reduction of three groups (p=0.001). The pairwise comparisons indicated errors reduction in the motor self-talk group was significantly higher than the control and Brailletonik groups, and there was no significant difference between the perseverative errors changes in the Brailletonik and control groups. Furthermore, there were significant differences among the increase in categories attained of 3 groups (p=0.022). Based on pairwise comparisons, the increase in categories attained of the motor self-talk group was significantly higher than the control group, and there was no significant difference between the increase in the Brailletonik group with the motor self-talk and the control groups.
Conclusion: Motor self-talk training may help to improve cognitive flexibility in young non-athlete women.