title: Dance participation and academic performance in youth girls
abstract: Dance is a predominant type of physical activity among girls. Dance characteristics imply skills associated to health-related physical fitness, as well as others such as learning and memory, mental representation, imagination and creativity, which are related to cognitive development. Although dance has been shown to influence physical health among youth girls, whether dance may influence academic performance and cognition in youth remains to be elucidated. The objective of this work was to examine the association between participation in dance and academic performance in youth girls.
authors: Department of Physical Education, Sports, and Human Movement. Autonomous University of Madrid. sara.higueras@uam.es.
authors: Sara
authors: S
authors: Higueras-Fresnillo
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Martínez-Gómez
authors: Carmen
authors: C
authors: Padilla-Moledo
authors: Julio
authors: J
authors: Conde-Caveda
authors: Irene
authors: I
authors: Esteban-Cornejo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D003615:Dancing; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008433:Mathematics / Q000193:education; D010809:Physical Fitness
keywords: Dance participation. Yourth girls. Academic performance.