ArticleBrain sciences2021
Pupillometry Reveals the Role of Arousal in a Postexercise Benefit to Executive Function.
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- Look into my eyes: What can eye-based measures tell us about the relationship between physical activity and cognitive performance?Journal of sport and health science · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of Acute Resistance Exercise on Executive Function: A Systematic Review of the Moderating Role of Intensity and Executive Function Domain.Sports medicine - open · 2022Pooled it
- Pupil dynamics reveal preparatory processes in the generation of pro-saccades and anti-saccades in open skill sports athletes.Biology of sport · 2026Article
- A Single Bout of Intermittent Hypoxia Increases Cerebral Blood Flow and Supports an Executive Function Benefit.Psychophysiology · 2025Article
- Pupil Dynamics Predict Exercise Brain Stimulation: An Overview of Exercise Pupillometry.Advances in neurobiology · 2025Review
- Pupil Dynamics, Salivary Alpha-Amylase, and Prefrontal Haemodynamics in Response to Very Light Exercise.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2024Article
- Pupil dynamics during very light exercise predict benefits to prefrontal cognition.NeuroImage · 2023Article
- A single bout of passive exercise mitigates a mental fatigue-induced inhibitory control deficit.Experimental brain research · 2023Article
- Dysregulated noradrenergic response is associated with symptom severity in individuals with schizophrenia.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Acute stress imparts a transient benefit to task-switching that is not modulated following a single bout of exercise.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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Abstract
A single bout of aerobic exercise improves executive function; however, the mechanism(s) underlying this improvement remains unclear. Here, we employed a 20-min bout of aerobic exercise, and at pre- and immediate post-exercise sessions examined executive function via pro- (i.e., saccade to veridical target location) and anti-saccade (i.e., saccade mirror symmetrical to a target) performance and pupillometry metrics. Notably, tonic and phasic pupillometry responses in oculomotor control provided a framework to determine the degree that arousal and/or executive resource recruitment influence behavior. Results demonstrated a pre- to post-exercise decrease in pro- and anti-saccade reaction times (
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