title: Corporal artistic training influences attention: a pilot study.
abstract: This study assessed the effect of the Body Rhythmics (BRIM) on actors' attentional processes. BRIM is a combination of exercises using numbers and rules that enact musical parameters in the moving body through displacements. Male actors (N = 22) participated in the study: 7 in the BRIM (Study) group and 15 in the Control group (groups were equivalent on mean Raven's IQ). The Continuous Performance Test (CPT-II) was administered before and after an intensive period of BRIM training. There was no significant difference on the CPT-II before training. Group results for before vs after training showed a significant difference for reaction time for the Study group. There was also a trend to increased errors of commission in the Study group after BRIM training.
authors: 1 Department of Photography, Theatre and Cinema, School of Fine Arts.
authors: Mônica Medeiros
authors: MM
authors: Ribeiro
authors: Isabela
authors: I
authors: Lima
authors: Leandro
authors: L
authors: Malloy-Diniz
authors: Guilherme
authors: G
authors: Lage
authors: Lucia Gouvêa
authors: LG
authors: Pimentel
authors: Antônio Lúcio
authors: AL
authors: Teixeira
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001154:Art; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D003615:Dancing / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009146:Music / Q000523:psychology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult