Corporal Artistic Training Influences Attention: A Pilot Study. Issue 3 (June 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ribeiro, Mônica Medeiros; Lima, Isabela; Malloy-Diniz, Leandro; Lage, Guilherme; Pimentel, Lucia Gouvêa; Teixeira, Antônio Lúcio
• Is Part Of: Perceptual and motor skills. Volume 118:Issue 3(2014)
• Page Start: 818
• Page End: 832
• Publication Date: 2014-06
• Subjects: Perception -- Periodicals; Motor ability -- Periodicals; Motor Skills; Perception; Psychology; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 152
• DOI: 10.2466/24.22.PMS.118k21w2
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0031-5125

Abstract

This study assessed the effect of the Body Rhythmics (BRIM) on actors' attentional processes. BRIM is a combination of exercises using numbers and rules that enact musical parameters in the moving body through displacements. Male actors ( N = 22) participated in the study: 7 in the BRIM (Study) group and 15 in the Control group (groups were equivalent on mean Raven's IQ). The Continuous Performance Test (CPT–II) was administered before and after an intensive period of BRIM training. There was no significant difference on the CPT–II before training. Group results for before vs after training showed a significant difference for reaction time for the Study group. There was also a trend to increased errors of commission in the Study group after BRIM training.