The Effect of Different Break Activities on Eye-Hand Coordination in Female Students

People face breaks in their daily tasks that effect on their daily life. The present study was designed to evaluate the effect of different break activities on eye-hand coordination in female students. In the current experimental study conducted with repeated measures design, 36 high school female students with age range 13-15 years old were conveniently selected. In order to evaluate participant's mental activities prior, the main task, daily distraction of them was assessed using a mind wandering questionnaire and visual analogue scale and measuring eye-hand coordination was done by mirror tracking task. Data were analyzed by SPSS software at significant level P≤0/05. The results showed there was significant difference in eye-hand coordination task after break activities (P<0/05). Pairwise comparisons showed a significant difference in the mirror tracking task performance after music-open eye rest and music-active video game break which showed eye-hand coordination after music was better than other breaks. Present findings show that different breaks have different effect on eye-hand coordination performance in female students and listen to music is the best break activity for them on this task.