The RelationshipbetweenNutritionalStatus and AllocentricOrientationin31-36-Months-Old Toddlers

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dc.contributor.authorLisi, Ilaria
dc.date.issued2020-06-12
dc.description.abstractPoor dietaryqualityandobesityhavebeenlinkedtoimpairedcognitiveabilities,includingspatial orientation. Spatialorientationcanbeachievedeitherviaegocentricorientation(usingone’s ownbodyastheprimaryreferenceframe)orallocentricorientation(usingspatialrelationship between objectsastheprimaryreferenceframe).Allocentricorientationisamoreadvanced skill thanegocentricorientation.Previousstudiesshowthat30-month-oldtoddlersareunableto use allocentricorientation,while35-month-oldtoddlersare.Here,weinvestigatedifferencesin allocentric orientationabilitiesinasample(N=23)of31-36-month-oldtoddlersusingapreviously established virtualrealityparadigm.Wethenrelatedallocentricorientationabilitiestonutritional status, measuredasacompoundscoreofBodyMassIndex(BMI)anddietaryquality.Arepeated measures ANOVAwithageandnutritionalstatusascovariatesandtrialtype(egocentricvs allocentric) asthewithin-subjectsfactor,revealednosignificantmaineffectsofageornutritional status ontaskperformance.Albeitthelackofsignificanceoftheseeffects,theirassociatedeffect size wasofmediummagnitude,indicatingthatsignificancemaynothavebeenreachedduetothe small sample(N=23).Follow-upexploratoryanalysesindicatedthatallocentricorientationabilities increase withage.Nutritionalstatuswasalsostrongly,albeitnon-significantly,positivelyrelated to allocentrictaskperformance.Thisrelationwasmostlydrivenbydietaryquality,ratherthanby BMI. Giventhesmallsamplesizeandthelackofsignificanceoftheresultsfound,thetrendsfound should betreatedasexploratoryandshouldbereplicatedbyfuture,betterpoweredstudies.
dc.identifier.urihttps://theses.ubn.ru.nl/handle/123456789/14989
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dc.thesis.facultyFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
dc.thesis.specialisationspecialisations::Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen::Researchmaster Cognitive Neuroscience::Researchmaster Cognitive Neuroscience
dc.thesis.studyprogrammestudyprogrammes::Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen::Researchmaster Cognitive Neuroscience
dc.thesis.typeResearchmaster
dc.titleThe RelationshipbetweenNutritionalStatus and AllocentricOrientationin31-36-Months-Old Toddlers
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