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ReviewPsychonomic bulletin & review2013

Benefits of regular aerobic exercise for executive functioning in healthy populations.

Hayley Guiney, Liana Machado

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Review in Psychonomic bulletin & review, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03143582 (Examining the Effects of a Team-based Running Program on the Mental Health and Cognition of Emerging Adults), which is not on this map. Cited by 163 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03143582 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2017, after this paper: background citation

Examining the Effects of a Team-based Running Program on the Mental Health and Cognition of Emerging Adults: A Pilot Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorSt. Joseph's Healthcare HamiltonRan2017 to 2018Enrolled30ConditionsMemory, Learning, Mood, AttentionArmsRunning
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

163 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 437 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Executive Functioning as a Predictor of Weight Loss and Physical Activity Outcomes.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hayley GuineyDepartment of Psychology and Brain Health Research Centre, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
Liana Machado
University of Otago · NZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Research suggests that regular aerobic exercise has the potential to improve executive functioning, even in healthy populations. The purpose of this review is to elucidate which components of executive functioning benefit from such exercise in healthy populations. In light of the developmental time course of executive functions, we consider separately children, young adults, and older adults. Data to date from studies of aging provide strong evidence of exercise-linked benefits related to task switching, selective attention, inhibition of prepotent responses, and working memory capacity; furthermore, cross-sectional fitness data suggest that working memory updating could potentially benefit as well. In young adults, working memory updating is the main executive function shown to benefit from regular exercise, but cross-sectional data further suggest that task-switching and post error performance may also benefit. In children, working memory capacity has been shown to benefit, and cross-sectional data suggest potential benefits for selective attention and inhibitory control. Although more research investigating exercise-related benefits for specific components of executive functioning is clearly needed in young adults and children, when considered across the age groups, ample evidence indicates that regular engagement in aerobic exercise can provide a simple means for healthy people to optimize a range of executive functions.

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Executive FunctionAdultAgedAge FactorsAgingAttentionChildExerciseHumansInhibition, PsychologicalMemory, Short-Term

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PMID23229442
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