ArticleFrontiers in psychology2021
The Differential Impact of Acute Exercise and Mindfulness Meditation on Executive Functioning and Psycho-Emotional Well-Being in Children and Youth With ADHD.
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- A multilevel meta-analysis of the effects of exercise interventions on inhibitory control in children with ADHD.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- The effect of exercise interventions on mental health in children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Mindfulness-based interventions in psychopedagogy for students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): a scoping review.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Intervention effect of a single exercise session on executive function in children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a three-level meta-analysis.BMC pediatrics · 2025Pooled it
- Optimal exercise intensity for improving executive function in patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: systematic review and network meta-analysis.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Exploring the impact of different types of exercise on working memory in children with ADHD: a network meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of physical exercise on anxiety depression and emotion regulation in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Pooled it
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- Cognitively engaging running enhances inhibitory control and prefrontal activation in children with ADHD: the moderating role of physical self-efficacy.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- A brief bout of moderate intensity physical activity improves preadolescent children's behavioral inhibition but does not change their energy intake.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2024Trial
- Digital Cognitive Training for Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.Journal of psycholinguistic research · 2023Trial
- Effects of Physical Activity Interventions on Cognitive Flexibility in Children with ADHD: A Systematic Review.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Effects of Different Physical Activity Approaches on Executive Functions in Primary School Children with ADHD: A Scoping Review with Methodological Reflections.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- A feasibility study of the effects of concurrent transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on mindfulness training in adults living with overweight or obesity: the MINDED trial protocol.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2026Article
- Examining Smartphone-assessed Executive Function Metrics and Intrinsic Resting-State Functional Connectivity in Depression.Research square · 2025Article
- Medication vs. Movement in ADHD: Interaction Between Medication and Physical Activity on Neurocognitive Functioning.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Perspectives on Physical Activity and Learning from Children With and Without ADHD.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Individual Differences in the Neurocognitive Effect of Movement During Executive Functioning in Children with ADHD: Impact of Subtype, Severity, and Gender.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Hyperactivity in ADHD: Friend or Foe?Brain sciences · 2024Article
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Abstract
This study investigated how acute exercise and mindfulness meditation impacts executive functioning and psycho-emotional well-being in 16 children and youth with ADHD aged 10-14 (male = 11; White = 80%). Participants completed three interventions: 10 min of exercise, 10 min of mindfulness meditation, and 10 min of reading (control). Before and after each intervention, executive functioning (inhibitory control, working memory, task-switching) and psycho-emotional well-being (mood, self-efficacy) were assessed. Mindfulness meditation increased performance on all executive functioning tasks whereas the other interventions did not (
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