Improve Cognitive Abilities Through Aerobic Dance Based on Traditional Dance: Literature Review

Abstract

This writing aims to explore some literature about traditional dancebased aerobic exercise to improve cognitive abilities. Many factors contribute to a person's cognitive decline, including aging and lack of physical activity. The physical activity discussed here is aerobic exercise. Physical activity interventions, such as aerobic exercise, can enhance cognitive function in adults, particularly in the elderly with modest cognitive impairment. This research is in the form of a literature review, a collection of Scopus articles, web of Science, crossref, and Google Scholar using the keywords dance, traditional dance, aerobic dance, elderly, and cognitive. The results of this research are that traditional dance based on aerobic exercise can improve a person's cognitive abilities, both related to the movements performed. So aerobic exercise based on traditional dance can be used as a choice for physical activity to improve cognitive abilities.