ArticleJournal of sport and health science2021
Cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness associations with older adolescent cognitive control.
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- Impact of physical fitness and lifelong education on mild cognitive impairment in older adults.Physical activity and nutrition · 2024Article
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- Physical activity promotes the development of cognitive ability in adolescents: the chain mediating role based on self-education expectations and learning behaviors.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Cerebral Cortex Activation and Gait Performance between Healthy and Prefrail Older Adults during Cognitive and Walking Tasks.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Sex moderates the associations between physical activity intensity and attentional control in older adolescents.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2023Article
- Enhancing attention in children using an integrated cognitive-physical videogame: A pilot study.NPJ digital medicine · 2023Article
- Effects of running-based versus body-weight-based high-intensity interval training on physical fitness in healthy adolescents.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Association of physical activity and fitness with executive function among preschoolers.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHPArticle
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Abstract
backgroundParticipation in physical activity supports greater cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), a correlate of cognitive control. However, the relationship between muscular fitness (MF) and cognitive control is less clear. The present study investigated the differential relationship of CRF and MF with cognitive control in older adolescents.
methodsThis cross-sectional study involved students (15-17 years old, n = 541, 43% female) from 20 secondary schools who completed tests of inhibition (modified flanker task), working memory (n-back task), CRF (Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance Run), and MF (standing long jump and push-up test). Multilevel analyses tested the association between CRF or MF and cognitive outcomes while accounting for the influence of the other fitness variable and relevant demographic factors.
resultsCRF predicted response accuracy during incongruent flanker trials, the condition requiring greater inhibition. For the working memory task, CRF predicted greater target accuracy and greater d' scores on the 1-back task, requiring lesser amounts of working memory. In the 2-back task, which requires greater amounts of working memory, CRF also predicted greater target and non-target accuracy and d' scores. Comparatively, MF did not predict any cognitive outcomes after adjustment for CRF.
conclusionCRF was selectively related to better performance during task conditions that require greater amounts of inhibition and working memory. This finding suggests that CRF, but not MF, may benefit cognitive control in older adolescents. This selective influence of CRF on older adolescents' cognition highlights the value of aerobic physical activity.
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