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Dr. Anthony RyalsAbstract:
Our aim is to determine if visual attention, task switching, and working memory increase as a function of proprioceptive expertise enhanced by dance training. We are comparing dancers and non-dancers using a digital version of the neuropsychological trail-making task (dTMT) and a novel ecologically valid adaptation we’ve termed the proprioceptive trail-making test (pTMT). The pTMT will require participants to walk through a given target sequence quickly and accurately. We hypothesize that performance on the dTMT and pTMT will be positively correlated and that dancers will demonstrate more accurate performance on both tasks, reflected through shorter completion times and fewer errors.Poster:
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2021