ArticleNeural plasticity2017
Acute Exercise and Neurocognitive Development in Preadolescents and Young Adults: An ERP Study.
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- A scoping review of effects of acute exercise on executive function: evidence from event-related potentials.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
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- The Effect of Acute High-Intensity Interval Training on Executive Function: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- The effects of physical activity on brain structure and neurophysiological functioning in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2020Pooled it
- Acute Exercise Effects on Cognitive Flexibility in Preterm and Full-Term Children: An Event-Related Potential Study.International journal of medical sciences · 2026Article
- The Moderating Role of Trait Anxiety in the Relationship Between Acute Aerobic Exercise and Cognitive Control in College Students.Depression and anxiety · 2026Article
- Acute Exercise Fatigue Impairs Cognitive Control: Neurophysiological Mechanisms Revealed by ERP and ERSP Analyses.Biology · 2025Article
- Physical Activity and Its Effects on Executive Functions and Brain Outcomes in Children: A Narrative Review.Brain sciences · 2025Review
- The Acute Effects of Moderate-Intensity Aerobic Exercise on Core Executive Functions in Healthy Older Adults: A Systematic Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Acute Concurrent Exercise Improves Inhibitory Control Without Mediating the Role of Lactate: An Event-Related Potential Study.Sports medicine - open · 2025Article
- Effect of high-intensity anaerobic exercise on electrocortical activity in athletes and non-athletes.PloS one · 2025Article
- Acute Exercise Effects on Executive Function: Exploring the Relationship and Moderating Factors Through the 3W+1H Framework.Advances in neurobiology · 2025Review
- Changes in cortical brain activity after active break in preschoolers: MOVI-HIIT study.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Acute effect of low-intensity aerobic exercise on eliciting enhanced parietal activation and promoting executive function performance more than moderate-intensity exercise.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Exploring the impact of compound retrieval strategy in the task-switching paradigm.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Article
- The Effects of Single-Bout Exercise Interventions with Different Exercise Modalities on Executive Function in Youths.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Preventive Effects of a Single Bout of Exercise on Memory and Attention following One Night of Sleep Loss in Sports Students: Results of a Randomized Controlled Study.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Differences in Emotional Conflict Processing between High and Low Mindfulness Adolescents: An ERP Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Comparison of the acute effects of Tai chi versus high-intensity interval training on inhibitory control in individuals with substance use disorder.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Effect of acute exercise intensity on cognitive inhibition and well-being: Role of lactate and BDNF polymorphism in the dose-response relationship.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a single bout of exercise on neurocognitive function in preadolescent children and young adults by determining the modulatory role of age and the neuroelectrical mechanism(s) underlying the association between acute exercise and executive function. Twenty preadolescents and 20 young adults completed the Stroop test, and neuroelectrical activity was recorded during two treatment sessions performed in a counterbalanced order. Exercise treatments involved moderate intensity aerobic exercise for 20 min as the main exercise and two 5 min periods of warm-up and cool-down. The control treatment participants read for a similar duration of time. Acute exercise improved participant reaction times on the Stroop test, regardless of Stroop congruency, and greater beneficial effects were observed in young adults compared to those in preadolescents. The P3 amplitudes increased after acute exercise in preadolescents and young adults, but acute exercise induced lower conflict sustained potential (conflict SP) amplitudes in preadolescent children. Based on these findings, age influences the beneficial effect of acute exercise on cognitive performance in general. Furthermore, the event-related brain potential differences attributed to acute exercise provide a potential clue to the mechanisms that differentiate the effects of acute exercise on individuals from preadolescence to young adulthood.
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