Climbing sports effect specific visual-spatial abilities

Physically active people show better visual-spatial abilities than physically inactive people. Especially athletes with response times based on competition times, such as wrestling, outperform other athletes. This quasi-experimental study examines the relationship of long-term activity in sport climbing, which is a typical non-response time-based leisure activity, and mental rotation and spatial visualization performance. Climbers outperformed other athletes in mental rotation, but not in spatial visualization tasks. That could be based on their experience with mainly holistic movement patterns.
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Aiheet: havainto silmä kyky vuorikiipeily urheilu urheilu kiipeily visualisointi suorituskyky mentaaliharjoittelu liike liikkeiden koordinaatio henkinen harjoittelu
Aihealueet: tekniset lajit biologiset ja lääketieteelliset tieteet
DOI: 10.1515/jirspa-2017-0012
Julkaisussa: Journal of Imagery Research in Sport and Physical Activity
Julkaistu: 2018
Vuosikerta: 13
Numero: 1
Julkaisutyypit: artikkeli
Kieli: englanti (kieli)
Taso: kehittynyt