José Walter Tolentino Castro Institute of Sport and Exercise Sciences Horstmarer Landweg 62b Raum SG 17 D-48149 Münster Phone: +49 (0) 251/83 32374 Fax.: +49 (0) 251/83 34872 Email: jwtcastro@uni-muenster.de → Website

Joined OCC in 2015

PhD in 2018

Research Project

The influence of motor learning on cognition in disabled people.

People with mental and corporeal disabilities have a special necessity of care, being a population that, unfortunately, has a reduced level of independence leading their lives. The quality of life in this population can be improved by the practice of sports, physical activity and physical therapy. However, in addition to just learning a new movement to play a sport, the enhancement of the level of physical activity is associated with an enhancement of cognition as well.
In my research, I focus on understanding how the process of motor learning determines which kind of improvement is produced on a cognitive level and how this transfer can be optimized by the practice of physical activity or sports. For this purpose, I will apply methods from biomechanics, tests of postural control, kinematic analyses and electromyography. From a neuroscientific viewpoint, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in combination with biological-motion perception might be employed to assess the motor-learning process in this special population.

PhD Committee

Prof. Dr. Gerson Ballester
Dr. Marc de Lussanet
Prof. Dr. Heiko Wagner

Publications/Conferences

Tolentino-Castro JW, Mühlbeier A, Mochizuki K, Wagner H. 2018 “Delayed Latency of Postural Muscles of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities.” Frontiers of Psychology. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00109

Riddell H, Tolentino-Castro JW, Lappe M. 2017. “Impairments in the Visual Processing of Global Biological Motion Cues in Down Syndrome.” Perception. doi:10.1177/0301006617718716

Tolentino-Castro JW; Riddell H, Wagner H. 2017. “Perception of Biological Motion Speed in Individuals with Down Syndrome.” Journal of Down Syndrome & Chromosome Abnormalities 3:2: 1-6. doi: 10.4172/2472-1115.1000123.

Tolentino-Castro, JW; Riddell, H. HOW PEOPLE WITH MENTAL DISABILITY PERCIEVE THE WORLD ? In OTTO CREUTZFEDLT CENTER FOR COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIORAL  NEUROSCIENCE, 2017. Münster, Germany (Talk).

Tolentino-Castro, JW; Riddell, H. BIOMOTION PERCEPTION IN DOWN SYNDROME POPULATION. In 10th ANNIVERSARY OF OTTO CREUTZFEDLT CENTER FOR COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE, 2016. Münster, Germany (Talk).

Tolentino-Castro, JW; Riddell, H. MOVEMENT PERCEPTION IN INDIVIDUALS WITH DOWN SYNDROME. In 11th JOINT CONFERENCE ON MOTOR CONTROL AND LEARNING, BIOMECHANICS & TRAINNING, 2016. Darmtadt, Germany (Talk).

Lehmann, N; Tolentino-Castro, JW; Fritz, TH; Ragert, P; Villringer, A; Traubert, M.  BRAIN CHANGES THROUGH BALANCE TRAINING. In 11th JOINT CONFERENCE ON MOTOR CONTROL AND LEARNING, BIOMECHANICS & TRAINNING, 2016. Darmtadt, Germany (Talk).

Tolentino-Castro, JW. HOW SPORT COULD ENHANCE THE COGNITION OF MENTAL DISABLED POPULATION ? In RESEARCH IN GERMANY FOR BRAZILIAN PhD STUDENTS, 2015. Bonn, Germany (Talk).

Tolentino-Castro JW, Bôscolo EFM, Decision Making in Handball Game (2009). XIII Paulista Congress of Physical Education, Collection of Research in Physical Education, 199-204, Jundiaí, Brazil.

Tolentino-Castro JW, Bôscolo EFM (2009), The use of videos to understand the decision making process during the handball game. VIII National Meeting of Handball Professors of Brazilian Entities in Higher Education

Silva LJ, Salles JGC, Silva ABR, Junior RA, Tolentino-Castro JW (2009) Diagnosis of the Handball training of male goalkeepers in the state of Minas Gerais. VII National Meeting of Handball Professors of Brazilian Entities in Higher Education. Recife, Brazil.

Tolentino-Castro JW, Sousa JA, Marcondes AC, Venâncio L (2008), The importance of survey for planning of classes in teaching of Physical Education. II Seminar of Methodology of Teaching in Physical Education, Faculty of Education, University of São Paulo, Brazil.

Tolentino-Castro JW, Bôscolo EFM, Loffredo MC (2008), Mini-Handball: the learning of technical skills within the context of team sports as a motivating and adherence factors to practice of sports. VII National Meeting of Handball Professors, of Entities in Higher Education Brazilian, Bonito, Brazil.

Posters

Tolentino-Castro JW, Venâncio L (2009) The implications of action-research in education: the experience of a group of Physical Education bachelor students. X Seminar of Scholar Physical Education, at School of Physical Education and Sport of University of São Paulo, Brazil.

Tolentino-Castro JW, Monteiro CBM, Dias T (2011) Motor learning assessment on Virtual reality, a study with Down syndrome students. IXX International Symposium of Scientific Initiation of University of São Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.

Tolentino-Castro JW, Monteiro CBM, Dias T. (2014) Motor learning on Virtual reality, a study with Down syndrome students. 10. gemeinsames Symposium der dvs-Sektionen Biomechanik, Sportmotorik und Trainingswissenschaft, Gießen, Germany.

Tolentino-Castro, JW; Riddell, H. BIOMOTION PERCEPTION IN DOWN SYNDROME POPULATION. In 10th ANNIVERSARY OF OTTO CREUTZFEDLT CENTER FOR COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE, 2016. Münster, Germany (Poster).

Tolentino-Castro, JW. HOW SPORT COULD ENHANCE THE COGNITION OF MENTAL DISABLED POPULATION ? In RESEARCH IN GERMANY FOR BRAZILIAN PhD STUDENTS, 2015. Bonn, Germany (Poster).

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