
This research group led by psychology professor NTNU, Hermundur Sigmundsson working with Lancaster University psychology professor, Brian Hopkins. Both managed to prove that babies who tend to swim a better balance than babies who do not learn to swim. Babies who learn to swim can also move much faster and longer with better efficiency, than other babies.
"We see very clearly that infants who had the best result in swimming exercise has a close connection with the balance and the ability to achieve something," said the expert. This study was conducted in Iceland, using two groups each consisting of 19 infants, the first group is the group that learned to swim, while the other group did not take swimming lessons. "It's very interesting that, special training for young babies influential in the future. Construction of another person dynamic between maturity, growth, experience and learning. Our study shows that we should not underestimate the learning aspects of level."
"Water is important for Iceland, like snow to Norway. The average Icelander swim once or twice a week, and in Iceland there are lots of things interesting about infant swimming. I know an instructor who has been teaching babies to swim over 20 years. He has a lot of information about children who had participated in swim classes. So it was natural for us to do research in Iceland, "said Sigmundsson, that's the reason the researchers chose this country as a place of testing.
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