Raufen, Prügeln, Gewalt - Kinder

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Ach komm eine verlinke ich noch, diesmal die Ganze:

The Effects of Martial Arts Training on Attentional Networks in Typical Adults. Johnstone A, Marí-Beffa P. Front Psychol. 2018 Feb 8;9:80. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00080. eCollection 2018.

Wurde im Rahmen einer Doktorarbeit des Erstautors erstellt, deren Titel lautet „Cognitive changes associated with martial arts practice.“ und die von dieser Dame an der Bangor Universität betreut wurde (sie ist als Zweitautorin genannt):

Dr Paloma Mari-Beffa
Senior Lecturer in Psychology

School of Psychology
PGCert in Teaching in Higher Education Other (Bangor University)
Experimental Psychology and Psychobiology PhD (University of Almeria)
Experimental Psychology and Behavioural Neurophysiology MSc (University of Granada, Granada, Spain)
Psychology BSc (University of Granada, Granada, Spain)

Hier erst der Abstract, dann ein Zitat aus der genannten Studie:

Abstract:

There is substantial evidence that training in Martial Arts is associated with improvements in cognitive function in children; but little has been studied in healthy adults. Here, we studied the impact of extensive training in Martial Arts on cognitive control in adults. To do so, we used the Attention Network Test (ANT) to test two different groups of participants: with at least 2 years of Martial Arts experience, and with no experience with the sport. Participants were screened from a wider sample of over 500 participants who volunteered to participate. 48 participants were selected: 21 in the Martial Arts group (mean age = 19.68) and 27 in the Non-Martial Arts group (mean age = 19.63). The two groups were matched on a number of demographic variables that included Age and BMI, following the results of a previous pilot study where these factors were found to significantly impact the ANT measures. An effect of Martial Arts experience was found on the Alert network, but not the Orienting or Executive ones. More specifically, Martial Artists showed improved performance when alert had to be sustained endogenously, performing more like the control group when an exogenous cue was provided. This result was further confirmed by a negative correlation between number of years of Martial Arts experience and the costs due to the lack of an exogenous cue suggesting that the longer a person takes part in the sport, the better their endogenous alert is. Results are interpreted in the context of the impact of training a particular attentional state in specific neurocognitive pathways.

Zitat:

Martial Arts includes similar aspects to mindfulness and yoga, and could potentially produce similar improvements in attentional control, although much of the research with Martial Arts has been conducted with school aged children (Diamond and Lee, 2011). For example, during an academic year, an average of three sessions of Taekwondo per week showed improvements in working memory and attention, as well as parentally-reported benefits in concentration and behavioral inhibition (Lakes et al., 2013). Additionally, a recent large-scale review of 84 studies conducted by Diamond and Ling (2016) found that Martial Arts, mindfulness, and Montessori Teaching produced the widest range of benefits in executive control tasks in children when compared with other interventions such as team sports, aerobic exercises, board games, or adaptations to the school curriculum. This review also raised an important point, noting that the greatest benefits were found in the children with the lowest starting scores in cognitive tests, and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds. This observation indicates that the greatest benefits from this type of intervention should be observed in those who display poor cognitive control and that neurotypical populations composed of developed young adults may already be at a ceiling in their attentional performance. Indeed, reports of improved cognitive abilities in younger adults are rare. Most of the benefits have been found in the sensorymotor system, involving corticospinal excitability due to long term training in Karate (Moscatelli et al., 2016b), or in the excitability of the motor cortex in Taekwondo athletes (Moscatelli et al., 2016c). Interestingly, some of these pathways coexist with more cognitive networks, such as attentional networks (as reviewed further on), raising the possibility of successfully finding changes in cognition with neurotypical adults despite the lack of previous reports.

In der Studie findet man dann die im Zitat erwähnten Quellen.

Ach ja, Finanzierung der Studie:

This research was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council Doctoral Training Center (ESRC DTC) from United Kingdom, grant number ES/J500197/1.

Jetzt habe ich drei Studien genannt und in der letzten gibt es noch ein paar mehr Quellen, u.a. ein Review, in dem man auch noch andere Studien findet.

ALLE widerlegen Keltes Meinung, im Gegenteil sie zeigen wie wertvoll Kampfkunsttraining für Kinder ist!