Proneness for exercise,cognitive and psychophysiological consequences of action observation |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Technische Universität München, Georg-Brauchle-Ring 60/62, 80992 München, Germany;2. University of Konstanz, Sportwissenschaft Fach 30, 78457 Konstanz, Germany;3. University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany;4. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engler-Bunte-Ring 15, Geb. 40.40, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany;1. National Institute of Sport Studies, University of Canberra, Bruce, ACT 2601, Australia;2. Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, United Kingdom;3. University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, United Kingdom;1. Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, Grote Kruisstraat 2/1, Groningen 9712 TS, The Netherlands;2. University of Chester, UK;3. Brunel University, UK;1. Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada da Costa, 1495-688, Cruz Quebrada, Portugal;2. REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516, Monte da Caparica, Portugal;3. YDreams, Edifício YDreams, Madan Parque – Sul, P-2825-149, Caparica, Portugal |
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| Abstract: | ObjectivesPhysical exercise has benefits that go beyond health and well-being, namely in cognitive, motor and psychophysiological areas. The discovery of a shared neural network between action observation and execution (Action-Observation Network) led us to hypothesize that watching human motor action might improve cognitive and motor aspects of performance and proneness for exercise.Design/MethodsSixty participants viewed a Motor (M) (n = 30) or a Non-Motor (NM) (n = 30) movie with strong or weak content of motoric features of human action, respectively. Performance in d2 Attention test, Fitts' Motor task, and a Proneness for Exercise Visual Analog Scale was assessed before and after movie visualization, in a cross-sectional study. Psychophysiological measures were recorded throughout the experiment.ResultsOur results demonstrate an increase in proneness for exercise, and greater improvement in attention-related cognitive aspects in the M group. The aforementioned benefits of action observation did not modulate motor performance. A mental effort deployment was associated to the decrease in heart rate variability after visualization of the NM movie. This was not conducive to attention channeling on task performance. Conversely, M movie observation seemed to be associated to a cognitive load release, affording attention deployment for the resolution of the subsequent tasks.ConclusionsIt seems that some benefits associated to physical practice can result from the mere visualization of movies with human motor action content. These are the improvement in attention-related cognitive skills associated to psychophysiological changes that support a disengagement from mental effort. Crucially, the observation of exercise behavior seems to be a key factor for exercise adherence. |
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| Keywords: | Action-Observation Network Motor performance Cognitive performance Proneness for exercise Psychophysiological correlates of action observation |
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