RT Journal Article
T1 Physical Activity and Social Cognition in the Elderly
A1 Alarcón-Jiménez, Juan José
A1 Nielsen-Rodríguez, Adriana
A1 Romance, Ramón
A1 Gómez-Huelgas, Ricardo
A1 Bernal-López, M. Rosa
K1 Theory of Mind
K1 Social intelligence
K1 Exercise
K1 Body composition
K1 Working memory
K1 Older adults
K1 Teoría de la mente
K1 Inteligencia emocional
K1 Ejercicio físico
K1 Composición corporal
K1 Memoria a corto plazo
K1 Anciano frágil
AB Social cognition is related to the so-called “Theory of the mind” and refers to the ability to understand the behavior of other people. It plays a transcendental role in the social relations cohesion. Knowing whether normal aging is associated with deficiencies in social understanding is a problem in characterizing the changes that occur in adulthood. The aim of this study was to examine whether the social cognition of the elderly is mediated by factors such as working memory, physical activity, body composition, or age, in elderly people. Sixty volunteers (mean age, 71.50 ± 4.84 years) were recruited from various locations in Malaga. Recognition of emotional expression, working memory, body composition, and physical activity were evaluated. Our results show that performance in emotion recognition is not affected by age in the range studied. Furthermore, we have not found a relationship with any of the body composition parameters. However, a significant relationship with performance in working memory has been revealed, as well as a significant relationship between vigorous/very vigorous physical activity and working memory. Therefore, physical activity could be positively related to the recognition of emotions by positively influencing working memory.
PB MDPI
YR 2020
FD 2020-06-08
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/3479
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/3479
LA en
NO Alarcón-Jiménez JJ, Nielsen-Rodríguez A, Romance R, Gómez-Huelgas R, Bernal-López MR. Physical Activity and Social Cognition in the Elderly. Sustainability. 2020 Jun 8;12(11):4687.
NO This research was funded by Universidad de Málaga (Spain) and by grants from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III, cofinanced by the Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional-FEDER (PI18/00766 and “Centros de Investigación En Red” [CIBER, CB06/03/0018]). M. Rosa Bernal-Lopez was supported by the “Miguel Servet Type I” program (CP15/00028) from the ISCIII-Madrid (Spain), cofinanced by the Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional-FEDER. Adriana Nielsen-Rodríguez was supported by “Formación de Profesorado Universitario” (FPU17/01554) grants from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport (Spain).
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RD Apr 6, 2025