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Trial reportBehavioural brain research2019

Beneficial effects of acute high-intensity exercise on electrophysiological indices of attention processes in young adult men.

Ebba Du Rietz, Alan R Barker, Giorgia Michelini, Anna-Sophie Rommel, Isabella Vainieri, Philip Asherson, Jonna Kuntsi

Open access · hybridAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Behavioural brain research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Can 16 Minutes of HIIT Improve Attentional Resources in Young Students?Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2023
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  12. Association of Self-Reported Depression Symptoms with Physical Activity Levels in Czechia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  16. Effects of Acute Visual Stimulation Exercise on Attention Processes: An ERP Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ebba Du RietzKing's College London, Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, De Crespigny Park, SE5 8AF, London, UK. Electronic address: ebba.du_rietz@kcl.ac.uk.
Alan R BarkerChildren's Health and Exercise Research Centre, University of Exeter, St. Luke's Campus, Heavitree Road, EX1 2LU, Exeter, UK. Electronic address: a.r.barker@exeter.ac.uk.
Giorgia MicheliniKing's College London, Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, De Crespigny Park, SE5 8AF, London, UK. Electronic address: giorgia.michelini@kcl.ac.uk.
Anna-Sophie RommelKing's College London, Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, De Crespigny Park, SE5 8AF, London, UK; Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Department of Psychiatry New York NY USA. Electronic address: anna.rommel@kcl.ac.uk.
Isabella VainieriKing's College London, Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, De Crespigny Park, SE5 8AF, London, UK. Electronic address: Isabella.vainieri@kcl.ac.uk.
Philip AshersonKing's College London, Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, De Crespigny Park, SE5 8AF, London, UK. Electronic address: philip.asherson@kcl.ac.uk.
Jonna KuntsiKing's College London, Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, De Crespigny Park, SE5 8AF, London, UK. Electronic address: jonna.kuntsi@kcl.ac.uk.
King's College London · GBUniversity of Exeter · GB

Funding

Department of HealthMedical Research Council 1523460
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEmerging research suggests that a single bout of aerobic exercise can improve cognition, brain function and psychological health. Our aim was to examine the effects of high-intensity exercise on cognitive-performance and brain measures of attention, inhibition and performance-monitoring across a test-battery of three cognitive tasks.

methodUsing a randomised cross-over design, 29 young men completed three successive cognitive tasks (Cued Continuous Performance Task [CPT-OX]; Eriksen Flanker Task; four-choice reaction-time task [Fast Task]) with simultaneous electroencephalogram (EEG) recording before and after a 20-min high-intensity cycling exercise and resting control session. Cognitive-performance measures, EEG power and event-related potential measures, were obtained during the tasks. Random-intercept linear models were used to investigate the effects of exercise, compared to rest, on outcomes.

resultsA single bout of exercise significantly (p < 0.05) increased the amplitude of the event-related potential Go P3, but had no effect on the contingent negative variation (CNV), Cue P3 or NoGo P3, during the CPT-OX. Delta power, recorded during the CPT-OX, also significantly increased after exercise, whereas there was no effect on cognitive-performance in this task. Exercise did not influence any cognitive-performance or brain measures in the subsequent Flanker or Fast Tasks.

conclusionAcute high-intensity exercise improves brain-indices reflecting executive and sustained attention during task performance (Go P3 and delta activity), in the CPT-OX, but not anticipatory attention (Cue P3 and CNV) or response inhibition (NoGo P3) in young-adult men. Exercise had no effect on cognitive-performance or brain measures in the subsequent Flanker and Fast tasks, which may potentially be explained by the time delay after exercise.

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AttentionBrainCross-Over StudiesElectroencephalographyEvoked PotentialsExerciseHumansMaleNeuropsychological TestsPhysical FitnessYoung AdultAcute exerciseCognitionContinuous performance testEEGFlanker task

Identifiers

PMID30465815
PMCPMC6320386
OpenAlexW2901073578

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