The association between obesity and mental rotation ability in an adolescent sample. Issue 1 (January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kaltner, Sandra; Schulz, Anja; Jansen, Petra
• Is Part Of: Obesity research & clinical practice. Volume 11:Issue 1(2017:Jan./Feb.)
• Page Start: 127
• Page End: 129
• Publication Date: 2017-01
• Subjects: Obesity -- Mental rotation -- Object-based transformations -- Egocentric transformations; Obesity -- Research -- Periodicals; Obesity -- Treatment -- Periodicals; Obesity -- Periodicals; Obésité -- Recherche -- Périodiques; Obésité -- Traitement -- Périodiques; Obesity -- Research; Obesity -- Treatment; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 616.398
• DOI: 10.1016/j.orcp.2016.10.288
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1871-403X

Abstract

Summary: Obesity has been related to deficient mental rotation performance. We assessed object-based and egocentric MR tasks in 19 obese and 19 normal-weight participants. Results showed slower response times of obese adolescents only for high angular disparities. This finding might emerge because of impairments in working memory, motor skills or perspective taking processes in obese youth.