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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2021

Tai Chi Chuan Alters Brain Functional Network Plasticity and Promotes Cognitive Flexibility.

Lei Cui, Sha Tao, Heng-Chan Yin, Qi-Qi Shen, Yuan Wang, Li-Na Zhu, Xiu-Juan Li

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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38citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lei CuiCollege of P.E. and Sports, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
Sha TaoState Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
Heng-Chan YinCollege of P.E. and Sports, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
Qi-Qi ShenCollege of P.E. and Sports, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
Yuan WangCollege of P.E. and Sports, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
Li-Na ZhuCollege of P.E. and Sports, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
Xiu-Juan LiPE Department, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China.
Beijing Normal University · CNRenmin University of China · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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brain plasticityexercise interventionfunctional magnetic resonance imagingfunctional networksTai Chi Chuan

Identifiers

PMID34267705
PMCPMC8275936
OpenAlexW3175686272

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