The Effects of dual task (fine motor precision + cognitive charge) on proprioception

• Authors: Liudmila Liutsko , Jose Maria Tous , Sergi Segura
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the given preliminary study was to check whether any changes in fi ne motor behaviour exist in switching from single to double task (with cognition charge) in proprioceptive sensory graphomotor test conditions. Ten students (fi ve males and fi ve females), aged from 20 to 30 years old, took part in the experiment - precision of tracking of the models in both experimental test conditions: without and with cognitive task (counting numbers back). The variables for assessment were obtained with use of the digitalized proprioceptive diagnostics (Tous, 2008; Tous, J.M., Muiños, Tous, O., & Tous J, 2012) of Mira y Lopez laboratory (University of Barcelona) that transformed the measurements of drawn lines on a touch screen from pixels into millimetres. As results showed, in the proprioceptive test condition, the changes in deviations related to spatial (lineograms) or line length variability (parallels) did not reach any statistical signifi cance; while the changes in line length performance (lineograms) were found signifi cant (that corresponds to inhibition- -excitatory balance of nervous system).

Keywords

EN

proprioception, fi ne motor precision, graphomotor task, proprioceptive diagnostics, individual differences, dual task

• Publisher: Fundacja Pro Scientia Publica
• Journal: Journal of Education Culture and Society
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 79-86

Dates

published

2020-01-06

Contributors

author

Liudmila Liutsko

• Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatment department; Laboratory Mira y Lopez Treatment department, University of Barcelona Pg. Vall d’Hebron, 171, 08035, Barcelona, Spain

author

Jose Maria Tous

• Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatment department; Laboratory Mira y Lopez Treatment department, University of Barcelona; Research Institute of Brain, Cognition and Behaviour (IR3C) Pg. Vall d’Hebron, 171, 08035, Barcelona, Spain

author

Sergi Segura

• Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatment department, University of Barcelona Pg. Vall d’Hebron, 171, 08035, Barcelona, Spain

Identifiers

DOI

10.15503/jecs20141.79.86