ArticleBrain sciences2020
Effect of High Intensity Interval Training Compared to Continuous Training on Cognitive Performance in Young Healthy Adults: A Pilot Study.
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- Meta-analysis of high-intensity interval training effects on cognitive function in older adults and cognitively impaired patients.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Pooled it
- The effects of high-intensity interval training on cognitive performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2024Pooled it
- A Comparative Study of Inhibition Function between High-Intensity Interval Training and Moderate-Intensity Continuous Training in Healthy People: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- High-intensity interval training differentially modulates acute BDNF and cognitive responses in young adult males: a randomized crossover trial.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
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- Effort intensification and restoration in short-term HIIT predict strategic control in complex tasks.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Effects of combined high-intensity interval and moderate-intensity continuous training vs. moderate-intensity continuous training alone in male adolescents: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
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- Effect of physical exercise on cognitive function after chemotherapy in patients with breast cancer: a randomized controlled trial (PAM study).Breast cancer research : BCR · 2022Trial
- Moderate-intensity continuous training and high-intensity interval training improve cognition, and BDNF levels of middle-aged overweight men.Metabolic brain disease · 2022Trial
- Effects of Strength Training on Cognitive Function, Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 in Highly-Trained Young Female Soccer Players.Sports medicine - open · 2026Article
- The impact of a 12-week high-intensity interval training program on popliteal vascular responses to prolonged sitting.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Acute Effects of Small-Sided Games and Tabata High-Intensity Interval Training on Physical, Psychophysiological, and Cognitive Responses in Male Soccer Players.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Comparison of Acute Irisin and Cognitive Responses to Different Exercise Modalities Among Late Adolescents.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Acute Neurochemical, Psychophysiological, and Cognitive Responses to Small-Sided Games vs. Running-Based HIIT in Young, Male Soccer Players.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Neurophysiological mechanisms underlying cardiovascular adaptations to exercise: A narrative review.Physiological reports · 2025Review
- Positive effects of HIIT and vitamin E on cognitive function, angiogenesis and NRF2 antioxidant pathway in male rats with Alzheimer's disease.Biogerontology · 2025Article
- The Influence of Workplace-Integrated Exercise Snacks on Cognitive Performance in Sedentary Middle-Aged Adults-A Randomized Pilot Study.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Increasing the health span: unique role for exercise.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2025Review
- Acute effects of high-intensity interval training and moderate-intensity continuous training on executive functions in healthy older adults.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
To improve cognitive function, moving the body is strongly recommended; however, evidence regarding the proper training modality is still lacking. The purpose of this study was therefore to assess the effects of high intensity interval training (HIIT) compared to moderate intensity continuous exercise (MICE), representing the same total training load, on improving cognitive function in healthy adults. It was hypothesized that after 6 weeks (3 days/week) of stationary bike training, HIIT would improve executive functions more than MICE. Twenty-five participants exercised three times a week for 6 weeks after randomization to the HIIT or MICE training groups. Target intensity was 60% of peak power output (PPO) in the MICE group and 100% PPO in the HIIT group. After training, PPO significantly increased in both the HIIT and MICE groups (9% and 15%,
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