visfatin is a newly discovered adipokine which increases along with obesity. it is not clear whether rhythmic aerobic endurance exercise training which induces changes in adipose tissue and blood lipid might decrease the plasma visfatin level. the aim of this study was to examine the effect of rhythmic aerobic endurance exercise training on rest visfatin levels some metabolic risk factors in ob...

Human dance was investigated with positron emission tomography to identify its systems-level organization. Three core aspects of dance were examined: entrainment, meter and patterned movement. Amateur dancers performed small-scale, cyclically repeated tango steps on an inclined surface to the beat of tango music, without visual guidance. Entrainment of dance steps to music, compared to self-pac...

As long as we only focus on kinematics, rhythmic movement appears to be a concatenation of discrete movements or discrete movement appears to be a truncated rhythmic movement. However, whether or not the neural control processes of discrete and rhythmic movements are distinct has not yet been clearly understood. Here, we address this issue by examining the motor learning transfer between these ...

the relationship between motor skills and other aspects of personality, such as self-concept, social and emotional behavior, proposes the necessity of working on motor skills and activities. investigation of the social abilities seems beneficial for whom with the special needs. the current study investigated the influence of yoga rhythmic movements on social interactions of children with mental...

Collective locomotion is a ubiquitous feature of the natural world, found in living systems great and small – from migrating skin cells to flocks of starlings. In humans, collective locomotion is one form of interpersonal coordination, a term that encompasses many of the social and cultural activities that define our species. Whereas studies of interpersonal coordination often focus on the sync...