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Trial reportPloS one2019

Boost your brain, while having a break! The effects of long-term cognitively engaging physical activity breaks on children's executive functions and academic achievement.

Fabienne Egger, Valentin Benzing, Achim Conzelmann, Mirko Schmidt

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Trial report in PloS one, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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  19. Effects of an Acute Physical Activity Break on Test Anxiety and Math Test Performance.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Fabienne EggerInstitute of Sport Science, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-4461-5483
Valentin BenzingInstitute of Sport Science, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-9940-5635
Achim ConzelmannInstitute of Sport Science, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Mirko SchmidtInstitute of Sport Science, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Classroom-based physical activity (PA) is gaining attention in terms of its potential to enhance children's cognitive functions, but it remains unclear as to which specific modality of PA affects cognitive functions most. The aim of the study was to examine the effects of qualitatively different PA breaks on children's cognitive outcomes. Children (N = 142) aged between 7 and 9 years were allocated to a 20-week classroom-based PA program, with either high physical exertion and high cognitive engagement (combo group), high physical exertion and low cognitive engagement (aerobic group), or low physical exertion and high cognitive engagement (cognition group). Executive functions (updating, inhibition, shifting) and academic achievement (mathematics, spelling, reading) were measured pre- and post-intervention. Results showed that the combo group profited the most displaying enhanced shifting and mathematic performance. The cognition group profited only in terms of enhanced mathematic performance, whereas the aerobic group remained unaffected. These results suggest that the inclusion of cognitively engaging PA breaks seem to be a promising way to enhance school children's cognitive functions.

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Academic SuccessBrainChildCognitionExerciseFemaleHumansLearningMale

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PMID30840640
PMCPMC6402646

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