TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Impaired mental rotation performance in overweight children
JO  - Appetite
A1  - Jansen, Petra
A1  - Schmelter, Andrea
A1  - Kasten, Laura
A1  - Heil, Martin
SP  - 766
EP  - 769
VL  - 56
IS  - 3
N2  - Overweight children seem to have cognitive impairment. Since there is a relationship between motor and visual-spatial ability and because of the reduced motor abilities of overweight children we assumed that these children might show an impaired mental rotation performance. Sixteen overweight children (10years of age) and 16 control children (10years of age) were matched by age, gender, and socio-economic status. Each participant completed a general intelligence test, a motor test, and a chronometric mental rotation test. The results show differences in both motor ability and mental rotation accuracy. Overweight children made more errors when the rotation task was difficult compared to normal weight children. This study gives a clue to overweight children's problems in spatial cognitive tasks.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0195-6663
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2011.02.021
ID  - ref1
ER  -