ArticleFrontiers in aging neuroscience2020
Integrity of the Prefronto-striato-thalamo-prefrontal Loop Predicts Tai Chi Chuan Training Effects on Cognitive Task-switching in Middle-aged and Older Adults.
Article in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02270320 (Study of School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy College of Medicine in Taiwan), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Study of School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy College of Medicine in Taiwan
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of exercise on executive function in cognitively healthy older adults: a systematic review and three-level meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Chronic mind-body exercises for executive functions in middle-aged and older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of Tai Chi and Qigong on cognitive and physical functions in older adults: systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression of randomized clinical trials.BMC geriatrics · 2023Pooled it
- The impact of 24-forms Tai Chi on alpha band power and physical fitness in young adults: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
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- Brain-Inspired Multisensory Learning: A Systematic Review of Neuroplasticity and Cognitive Outcomes in Adult Multicultural and Second Language Acquisition.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Brain white matter correlates of learning ankle tracking using a wearable device: importance of the superior longitudinal fasciculus II.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2022Article
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10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Tai Chi Chuan (TCC) exercise has been shown to improve cognitive task-switching performance in older adults, but the extent of this positive effect varies among individuals. Past research also shows that brain white matter integrity could predict behavioral gains of cognitive and motor learning. Therefore, in this randomized controlled trial (NCT02270320), we examined whether baseline integrity of three target white matter tract groups was predictive of task-switching improvement after 12-week TCC training in middle-aged and older adults. Thirty-eight eligible participants were randomly assigned to a TCC group (
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