ArticleJournal of sport and health science2019
Moving fast, thinking fast: The relations of physical activity levels and bouts to neuroelectric indices of inhibitory control in preadolescents.
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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
- Effects of Exercise Training Interventions on Executive Function in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2020Pooled it
- Effects of Acute and Chronic Exercises on Executive Function in Children and Adolescents: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Pooled it
- The impact of structured motor learning intervention on preschool children's executive functions.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Brain functional reorganization in pediatric patients with spinal cord injury and the impact of motor imagery training on it: a preliminary study.IBRO neuroscience reports · 2025Article
- The Effect of Physical Activity on Executive Functions in the Elderly Population: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Brain sciences · 2025Review
- Acute exercise impacts heart rate variability but not cognitive flexibility during subsequent simulated firefighter occupational tasks.European journal of applied physiology · 2025Article
- Brain Activation Evoked by Motor Imagery in Pediatric Patients with Complete Spinal Cord Injury.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2023Article
- The Combined Effects of Obesity and Cardiorespiratory Fitness Are Associated with Response Inhibition: An ERP Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Associations of Heart Rate Measures during Physical Education with Academic Performance and Executive Function in Children: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Age, and Multiple Aspects of Executive Function Among Preadolescent Children.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- How Lifestyle Factors Affect Cognitive and Executive Function and the Ability to Learn in Children.Nutrients · 2019Review
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Abstract
backgroundStructured vigorous physical activity (VPA) can improve cognitive control in children, but studies relating daily physical activity (PA) to cognitive control have yielded conflicting findings. While objectively measured daily PA summarizes all occurrences of PA within a registered period, a minimum duration of continuous PA is required for registration of a PA bout. Because brief bouts of high-intensity PA can account for a large proportion of children's daily activity-related energy expenditure, this study assessed whether daily and bouted VPA were selectively related to cognitive control in preadolescents relative to other PA intensities.
methodsA total of 75 children between the ages of 8 and 10 years (49% girls) wore an ActiGraph wGT3X+ on the hip for 7 days. The acceleration signal from the vertical axis was summarized over 1 s, 5 s, and 15 s epochs. Daily and bouted moderate PA, moderate-to-vigorous PA, and VPA were measured. PA bouts were expressed as the frequency and time spent in 2 different continuous PA bouts, one lasting ≥10 s and the other lasting ≥30 s at a given intensity. Inhibitory control was assessed using behavioral responses to a modified flanker task (mean reaction time (RT
resultsDaily VPA was not related to RT
conclusionThe pattern of uncorrected associations aligns with the dose-response literature and suggests that brief VPA bouts may yield the greatest benefits to cognitive processing speed in preadolescents. Future studies using measures of brain structure and function are needed to understand the mechanisms linking bouted VPA to neurocognitive function during childhood.
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