The relationship between motor programming and executive abilities: constructs measured by the Push-Turn-Taptap task from the Behavioral Dyscontrol Scale-Electronic Version.
The relationship between executive functioning and three components of motor programming (motor control, motor planning, and motor learning) was examined. Participants were 54 adults aged 18 to 68 years. Instruments included the Push-Turn-Taptap task from the Behavioral Dyscontrol Scale-Electronic Version and a battery of traditional neuropsychological measures. The results showed that, after controlling for age, processing speed, and motor speed, all three components of motor programming accounted for additional 12 to 19% of variance in executive functioning. Additionally, task complexity, but not task novelty, accounted for the relationship between executive functioning and motor learning and motor control, but not motor planning.
Suchy
Yana
Y
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. yana.suchy@psych.utah.edu
Kraybill
Matthew
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001245:Association Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D001526:Behavioral Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D025341:Principal Component Analysis; D011340:Problem Solving / Q000502:physiology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results