The association between ballroom dance training and empathic concern: Behavioral and brain evidence
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DOI: 10.1002/hbm.26042
Abstract: Dance is unique in that it is a sport and an art simultaneously. Beyond improving sensorimotor functions, dance training could benefit high‐level emotional and cognitive functions. Duo dances also confer the possibility for dancers to… read more here.
Keywords: ballroom; dance partners; empathic concern; dance ... See more keywords
Evaluation of factors affecting dance training effects based on reinforcement learning
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DOI: 10.1007/s00521-021-06032-4
Abstract: The traditional dance training process lacks a certain degree of scientificity due to the lack of precise motion capture and analysis system, which directly affects the final training effect. In view of the robust limitations… read more here.
Keywords: based reinforcement; reinforcement; dance training; reinforcement learning ... See more keywords
PB2. Beneficial Effects of intensive speech-language therapy or virtual dance training on mobility deficits in patients with Parkinsons disease (PD)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2018.04.627
Abstract: Literature Parkinson’s disease comprises postural instability, problems with gait, balance and mobility. Such deficits may lead to falls, which may further decrease quality of life, morbidity of PD and mortality in PD patients ( Muslimovic… read more here.
Keywords: dance training; mobility; virtual dance; training ... See more keywords
Dance training improves the CNS’s ability to utilize the redundant degrees of freedom of the whole body
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-79081-9
Abstract: Professional dancers demonstrate an amazing ability to control their balance. However, little is known about how they coordinate their body segments for such superior control. In this study, we investigated how dancers coordinate body segments… read more here.
Keywords: dance training; redundant degrees; degrees freedom; ability ... See more keywords
Productive docile bodies in Zimbabwean dance training: the African body in classical ballet training at Afrikera Arts Trust
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DOI: 10.1080/14647893.2020.1746257
Abstract: ABSTRACT In this paper, we deploy Foucault’s theories of power to interrogate body politics in ballet training in Zimbabwe. To achieve this, we critically examine instances of ballet-related discourse-induced docility occurring in the Afrikera Professional… read more here.
Keywords: ballet training; dance training; training; body ... See more keywords
Young, talented dancers in contemporary dance training: widening participation and fair access, rhetoric or reality?
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DOI: 10.1080/14647893.2020.1857349
Abstract: Socio-economic disadvantage can be a significant barrier to accessing high quality dance training for young, talented dancers. Government policy and strategy relating to widening participation and talent development in the UK are premised on raising… read more here.
Keywords: participation; dance training; talented dancers; training ... See more keywords
Dance training is superior to repetitive physical exercise in inducing brain plasticity in the elderly
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0196636
Abstract: Animal research indicates that a combination of physical activity and sensory enrichment has the largest and the only sustaining effect on adult neuroplasticity. Dancing has been suggested as a human homologue to this combined intervention… read more here.
Keywords: training superior; dance training; superior repetitive; dance ... See more keywords
The effects of Parkinson’s disease, music training, and dance training on beat perception and production abilities
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264587
Abstract: Humans naturally perceive and move to a musical beat, entraining body movements to auditory rhythms through clapping, tapping, and dancing. Yet the accuracy of this seemingly effortless behavior varies widely across individuals. Beat perception and… read more here.
Keywords: training; dance training; music training; parkinson disease ... See more keywords