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ArticleFrontiers in aging neuroscience2019

Effects of Exercise Modes on Neural Processing of Working Memory in Late Middle-Aged Adults: An fMRI Study.

Feng-Tzu Chen, Ya-Ping Chen, Stefan Schneider, Shih-Chun Kao, Chih-Mao Huang, Yu-Kai Chang

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Article in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 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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6 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Feng-Tzu ChenDepartment of Physical Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Ya-Ping ChenCentre for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
Stefan SchneiderInstitute of Movement and Neurosciences, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Shih-Chun KaoDepartment of Health and Kinesiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States.
Chih-Mao HuangDepartment of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Yu-Kai ChangDepartment of Physical Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan.
National Taiwan Normal University · TWGerman Sport University Cologne · DEInstitute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica · TWPurdue University West Lafayette · USUniversity of Salzburg · AT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent studies have highlighted the importance of regular exercise on cognitive function in aging populations, with aerobic exercise and cardiovascular fitness having received the largest amount of research attention. However, the relationship between exercise mode and cognitive function underlying behavioral modification and neural activation remains unknown. The present study, therefore, sought to examine the associations between different exercise modes and the working memory (WM) aspect of executive function as well as its task-evoked brain activation in the late middle-aged population. Seventy late middle-aged adults were classified into open-skill, closed-skill, or irregular exercise groups based on their participation in exercise activities prior to the study and then performed a spatial working memory (SWM) task while undergoing functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanning. The results revealed that exercise groups, regardless of exercise modes, showed better SWM and physical fitness performance. Additionally, the open-skill group exhibited greater brain activation in the prefrontal lobe, anterior cingulate cortex/supplementary motor area (ACC/SMA), and hippocampus than those in the closed-skill group, suggesting a mode-sensitive compensatory mechanism in late middle-aged adults. These findings indicate that exercise promotes cognitive health, improves WM, and enhances neurocognitive scaffolding in late middle-aged adults and further suggest that various exercise modes can effectively modulate frontal and hippocampal function in the face of age-related neurocognitive declines, implications that may inform the development of exercise programs for the elderly.

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agingclosed-skill exercisecognitionexecutive controlopen-skill exercise

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