Research Article

Senior Dance Experience, Cognitive Performance, and Brain Volume in Older Women

Table 3

M and SD for ICV-adjusted hippocampal volume of the left and right hemispheres separated for senior dancers () and controls (), as well as F- and p values and effect sizes of the respective MANCOVA with age and IQ score as covariates.

Brain volume
(in cm3)
Group M SD F(1,55) pη2

Left hippocampus Senior dancers 3.53 0.34 1.50 .23 .03
Control group 3.64 0.33
Right hippocampus
Senior dancers 3.81 0.38 0.54 .47 .01
Control group3.910.42