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Influence of Chronotype on Motor Behavior in Healthy Individuals: Analyses of Manual Dexterity in Different Times of the Day
How Morning or Evening Preference Affects Hand Movement Skills at Different Times of Day in Healthy People
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Abstract
Individuals with a 'neither' chronotype scored 65.12 on a manual dexterity task, significantly lower than both morning and evening chronotypes.
- Morning chronotypes scored an average of 56.09, while evening chronotypes scored 58.94 on the same task.
- The 'neither' chronotype performed worse in tasks requiring higher cognitive and motor demand, with significant differences noted (ps ≤ .03).
- In tasks with lower cognitive demand, there were no significant performance differences among the chronotypes (p > .05).
- No performance differences were observed between morning and evening chronotypes at various times of the day (ps > .05).
- The findings suggest that the complexity of the manual dexterity task may not be significantly affected by chronotype.
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