ABSTRACT

Movement experts tend to outperform non-experts on some tasks of spatial ability, suggesting that movement experts possess enhanced spatial-cognitive abilities, which may be developed over years of practice. In the current study, movement experts (dancers and athletes) and non-experts completed one verbal working memory task and two spatial working memory tasks—a traditional Corsi block-tapping task and a new full-bodied version of the Corsi task, nicknamed the “Twister Task.” Movement experts outperformed non-experts on both the Corsi and Twister tasks but not on the verbal task, suggesting that movement experience may relate to spatial working memory specifically. Additionally, the Twister task significantly correlated with the traditional Corsi task, providing validation for a new measure of spatial working memory.

摘要

运动专家在空间能力的某些任务上往往胜过非专家，这表明运动专家具有增强的空间认知能力，这种能力可能会随着多年的实践而发展。在当前的研究中，运动专家（舞蹈演员和运动员）和非专家完成了一项口头工作记忆任务和两项空间工作记忆任务-传统的Corsi敲击任务和Corsi任务的新增强版本，绰号为“扭曲任务”。运动专家在Corsi和Twister任务上都胜过非专家，但在言语任务上却胜于非专家，这表明运动经验可能与空间工作记忆特别相关。此外，Twister任务与传统的Corsi任务显着相关，从而为空间工作记忆的新度量提供了验证。