title: Into the square and out of the box: the effects of Quadrato Motor Training on creativity and alpha coherence.
abstract: The objective of the present study was to investigate the body-cognitive relationship through behavioral and electrophysiological measures in an attempt to uncover the underlying mediating neuronal mechanism for movement-induced cognitive change. To this end we examined the effects of Quadrato Motor Training (QMT), a new whole-body training paradigm on cognitive performance, including creativity and reaction time tasks, and electrophysiological change, using a within-subject pre-post design. Creativity was studied by means of the Alternate Uses Task, measuring ideational fluency and ideational flexibility. Electrophysiological effects were measured in terms of alpha power and coherence. In order to determine whether training-induced changes were driven by the cognitive or the motor aspects of the training, we used two control groups: Verbal Training (VT, identical cognitive training with verbal response) and Simple Motor Training (SMT, similar motor training with reduced choice requirements). Twenty-seven participants were randomly assigned to one of the groups. Following QMT, we found enhanced inter-hemispheric and intra-hemispheric alpha coherence, and increased ideational flexibility, which was not the case for either the SMT or VT groups. These findings indicate that it is the combination of the motor and cognitive aspects embedded in the QMT which is important for increasing ideational flexibility and alpha coherence.
authors: The Leslie and Susan Gonda (Goldschmied) Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel. research@fondazionepatriziopaoletti.org
authors: Tal
authors: T
authors: Dotan Ben-Soussan
authors: Joseph
authors: J
authors: Glicksohn
authors: Abraham
authors: A
authors: Goldstein
authors: Aviva
authors: A
authors: Berkovich-Ohana
authors: Opher
authors: O
authors: Donchin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D058256:Brain Waves / Q000502:physiology*; D002755:Choice Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D003405:Creativity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D035501:Uncertainty; D055815:Young Adult
references: Int J Psychophysiol. 2009 Feb;71(2):170-6
references: 18854202
references: Cereb Cortex. 2011 Apr;21(4):737-47
references: 20805237
references: Brain Cogn. 2004 Aug;55(3):516-24
references: 15223198
references: Psychophysiology. 2004 Jul;41(4):563-74
references: 15189479
references: Int J Psychophysiol. 2001 Aug;42(1):1-9
references: 11451476
references: J Neurophysiol. 2003 Jan;89(1):168-76
references: 12522169
references: PLoS One. 2011;6(9):e25203
references: 21980396
references: Methods. 2007 May;42(1):109-16
references: 17434421
references: J Cogn Neurosci. 2009 Oct;21(10):1980-7
references: 18855556
references: Neurosci Res. 1998 Aug;31(4):265-71
references: 9809585
references: Int J Psychophysiol. 1996 Nov;24(1-2):145-59
references: 8978440
references: Conscious Cogn. 2003 Mar;12(1):83-139
references: 12617864
references: Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol. 1987 Jan;66(1):75-81
references: 2431869
references: J Physiol Anthropol Appl Human Sci. 2003 Sep;22(5):219-25
references: 14519910
references: Biol Psychol. 2002 Nov;61(3):293-319
references: 12406612
references: Conscious Cogn. 2004 Dec;13(4):746-61
references: 15522630
references: PLoS Comput Biol. 2006 Oct 27;2(10):e144
references: 17069456
references: Nat Clin Pract Neurol. 2009 Jan;5(1):24-34
references: 19129788
references: Child Neuropsychol. 2005 Apr;11(2):153-73
references: 16036442
references: Trends Cogn Sci. 2002 May 1;6(5):206-210
references: 11983583
references: Am J Psychol. 2006 Spring;119(1):45-65
references: 16550855
references: Neuropsychol Rev. 2001 Sep;11(3):117-30
references: 11795839
references: Psychiatry Res. 2006 Nov 29;145(1):79-83
references: 17081621
references: J Clin Child Psychol. 1998 Dec;27(4):469-80
references: 9866084
references: BMC Neurosci. 2003 Oct 15;4:26
references: 14575529
references: Cogn Process. 2010 Feb;11(1):39-56
references: 20013298
references: Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2006 Jan;85(1):61-7
references: 16357550
references: PLoS One. 2012;7(3):e33321
references: 22428020
references: J Neurosci Methods. 2007 May 15;162(1-2):49-63
references: 17292478
references: Neuroimage. 2009 Jul 1;46(3):854-62
references: 19269335
references: PLoS One. 2012;7(11):e47958
references: 23133606
references: Psychol Sci. 2003 Mar;14(2):125-30
references: 12661673
references: Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol. 1998 Feb;109(1):50-62
references: 11003064
references: Int J Psychophysiol. 1999 Nov;34(2):113-22
references: 10576396
references: Percept Mot Skills. 2000 Jun;90(3 Pt 1):1027-32
references: 10883793
references: PLoS One. 2010 Dec 31;5(12):e14482
references: 21217815
references: Int J Psychophysiol. 1986 Jul;4(2):99-110
references: 3733494
references: J Neurosci. 2003 Oct 8;23(27):9032-45
references: 14534237
references: PLoS Biol. 2004 Apr;2(4):E97
references: 15094802
references: Neurology. 1982 Feb;32(2):133-7
references: 7198740
references: Int J Psychophysiol. 2008 Jan;67(1):35-40
references: 18029040
references: Neuropsychiatry Neuropsychol Behav Neurol. 2002 Jun;15(2):106-12
references: 12050473
references: Int J Sports Med. 2007 Jan;28(1):82-7
references: 17213965
references: Clin Neurophysiol. 2001 Mar;112(3):536-44
references: 11222977
references: Nat Rev Neurosci. 2008 Jan;9(1):58-65
references: 18094706
references: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Jan 2;104(1):383-8
references: 17182749
references: Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol. 1986 Mar;63(3):242-50
references: 2419082
references: Hum Brain Mapp. 2005 Sep;26(1):1-14
references: 15852480
references: Conscious Cogn. 1999 Sep;8(3):302-18
references: 10487785
references: J Cogn Neurosci. 2000 Sep;12(5):775-92
references: 11054920
references: Brain Res. 2008 Oct 15;1235:109-16
references: 18598686
references: Clin Neurophysiol. 2012 Apr;123(4):700-10
references: 21940201
references: Trends Cogn Sci. 2001 Oct 1;5(10):418-425
references: 11707380