Riding a Motorcycle Affects Cognitive Functions of Healthy Adults - A preliminary controlled study -

Ryuta Kawashima; Rui Nouchi; Taisuke Matsumoto; Yasunori Tanimoto

doi:10.20485/jsaeijae.5.2_73

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Riding a Motorcycle Affects Cognitive Functions of Healthy Adults

- A preliminary controlled study -

Ryuta Kawashima, Rui Nouchi, Taisuke Matsumoto, Yasunori Tanimoto

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Keywords: Human Engineering, Driving Act, Central Nervous System/Returning Riders, Daily Intervention, Controlled Study, Cognitive Functions, Beneficial Effects

JOURNAL OPEN ACCESS

2014 Volume 5 Issue 2 Pages 73-76

DOI https://doi.org/10.20485/jsaeijae.5.2_73

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We investigated whether riding a motorcycle in daily life has beneficial effects on the cognitive functions of healthy subjects. Twenty-two healthy right-handed men, who had a significant break from riding, participated in this study. They were randomly assigned to either the intervention or control group. The intervention group was asked to ride a motorcycle in their daily life for two months. The intervention group showed improvement of their visuospatial cognition compared with the control group. Results of this study indicate that riding a motorcycle in daily life could have beneficial effects in returning riders.

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