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Resumo Com o objetivo de comparar processamentos corticais de indivíduos treinados em habilidades motoras distintas, 14 mulheres treinadas em balé (22,9 ± 1,8 anos) e voleibol (20,1 ± 1,6 anos) participaram do estudo. A amplitude do sinal EEG no ritmo gama foi obtida a partir da observação e imaginação de gestos dos dois treinamentos, por meio de oito eletrodos (F3, F7, C3, C4, Cz, P3, P4, Pz) conectados ao escalpo. As diferenças significativas (α ≤ 0,05) encontradas entre os grupos nos eletrodos C3 e C4, relacionados com a preparação e inicialização do movimento voluntário na variável referente ao número de elementos neuronais evocados, permite-nos afirmar que existem diferenças de processamento cortical entre indivíduos com habilidades motoras distintas.
Abstract In order to compare cortical processing of individuals trained in different motor skills, fourteen women trained in ballet (22,9 ± 1,8 years) and volleyball (20,1 ± 1,6 years) participated in the study. The amplitude of the EEG signal in rhythm gamma was obtained by 08 electrodes (F3, F7, C3, C4, Cz, P3, P4, Pz) on the scalp from observation and imagination of gestures of the two trainings. The differences (α ≤ 0.05) found between the groups on electrodes C3 and C4, related to the preparation and initialization of voluntary movement and for the variable number of evoked neuronal elements allows us to state that there are differences in cortical processing between individuals with different motor skills.
Resumen Con el objetivo de comparar el procesamiento cortical de individuos con diferentes destrezas motoras, catorce mujeres entrenadas en ballet (22,9 ± 1,8 años) y vóleibol (20,1 ± 1,6 años) participaron en el estudio. La amplitud de la señal del EEG (ritmo gamma) se obtuvo por medio de 8 electrodos (F3, F7, C3, C4, Cz, P3, P4 y Pz) en el cuero cabelludo a partir de la observación e imaginación de los gestos de los entrenamientos. Las diferencias (α ≤ 0,05) que se encuentran entre los grupos en los electrodos C3 y C4, relacionadas con la preparación e iniciación del movimiento voluntario en la variable que refleja el número de elementos neuronales evocados, nos permite afirmar que hay diferencias en el procesamiento cortical entre personas con diferentes habilidades motoras.
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Based on neurology and cognitive science, many studies have been made to understand the human mental model, in order to learn how human cognition works. It is especially relevant when the problem is related to learning processes that involve complex contents and spatial-logical reasoning, related to superior education. This paper focuses on EEG techniques to help understand cognitive pathway in subjects from different backgrounds when they are exposed to an external stimulation of logical and spatial reasoning. It can be used to access aspects of human cognitive processing, through the changes of rhythm of the brain bands frequency, which indicate that some type of processing or neuronal behavior is happening. The EEG signals were captured using an ADC (Analogical Digital System) board with the LabVIEW system - National Instruments. The research was performed using Design of Experiments DOE and signal processing was done (math and statistical techniques) showing the relationship between cognitive pathway by groups and intergroups.