ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Brain Structure, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, and Executive Control Changes after a 9-Week Exercise Intervention in Young Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
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- Alexa, let's train now! - A systematic review and classification approach to digital and home-based physical training interventions aiming to support healthy cognitive aging.Journal of sport and health science · 2024Pooled it
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- Hippocampal subfield plasticity is associated with improved spatial memory.Communications biology · 2024Trial
- Effects on Children's Physical and Mental Well-Being of a Physical-Activity-Based School Intervention Program: A Randomized Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Trial
- Independent and joint associations of a body shape index and cardiorespiratory fitness with executive function in adolescents: a cross-sectional study in China.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Fitness and exercise effects on brain age: A randomized clinical trial.Journal of sport and health science · 2025Article
- Psychometric evaluation of the exercise-related cognitive errors questionnaire among Chinese emerging adults.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Greater physical fitness (Acta physiologica (Oxford, England) · 2024Article
- Temporal Interactions between Maintenance of Cerebral Cortex Thickness and Physical Activity from an Individual Person Micro-Longitudinal Perspective and Implications for Precision Medicine.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Article
- Effects of Mind-Body Qigong Exercise on Overall Health, Fatigue/Sleep, and Cognition in Older Chinese Immigrants in the US: An Intervention Study with Control.Journal of aging research · 2024Article
- Greater physical fitness (Vo2Max) in healthy older adults associated with increased integrity of the Locus Coeruleus-Noradrenergic system.Research square · 2023Article
- Exploring the Relationship between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Executive Functioning in Adults with ADHD.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Cardiorespiratory fitness as a mediator between body fat rate and executive function in college students.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- Association Between Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption and Executive Function Among Chinese Tibetan Adolescents at High Altitude.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Regional cortical perfusion increases induced by a 6-month endurance training in young sedentary adults.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2022Article
- Is there a relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness and executive performance as function of mental workload in young adults?Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- The Potential Advantages of Tai Chi Chuan in Promoting Inhibitory Control and Spontaneous Neural Activity in Young Adults.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2021Article
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Abstract
Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is assumed to exert beneficial effects on brain structure and executive control (EC) performance. However, empirical evidence of exercise-induced cognitive enhancement is not conclusive, and the role of CRF in younger adults is not fully understood. Here, we conducted a study in which healthy young adults took part in a moderate aerobic exercise intervention program for 9 weeks (exercise group; n = 48), or control condition of non-aerobic exercise intervention (waitlist control group; n = 72). Before and after the intervention period maximal oxygen uptake (VO
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