ArticleInternational journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology2021
Acute exercise effects on inhibitory control and the pupillary response in young adults.
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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
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- Improvement of mnemonic discrimination with acute light exercise is mediated by pupil-linked arousal in healthy older adults.Neurobiology of aging · 2024Trial
- Short playful interactions improve executive functions in children.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Acute Exercise Effects on Executive Function: Exploring the Relationship and Moderating Factors Through the 3W+1H Framework.Advances in neurobiology · 2025Review
- Evaluating the effectiveness of quantitative pupillometry in assessing dynamic aerobic training intensity.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Acute effect of complexity in basketball on cognitive capacity.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Pupil dynamics during very light exercise predict benefits to prefrontal cognition.NeuroImage · 2023Article
- The relationship between health belief and sleep quality of Chinese college students: The mediating role of physical activity and moderating effect of mobile phone addiction.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Slow running benefits: Boosts in mood and facilitation of prefrontal cortex function even at very light intensity.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.)Article
- Cortical hemodynamics and inhibitory processing in preadolescent children with low and high physical activity.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHPArticle
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Abstract
Previous research has established an impact of acute exercise on cognitive performance, which has inspired investigations into neurobiological mechanisms that may underlie the observed benefits. Pupillary responses have been posited to reflect activation of such underlying neurobiological mechanisms. The current study recruited healthy young adults to investigate the effects of a single bout of moderate-to-vigorous intensity aerobic exercise on subsequent performance and pupillary responses during an inhibitory control task. Results showed that an acute bout of exercise was related to shorter reaction times and increased tonic pupil dilation during an inhibitory control task. Although pupillary responses did not mediate the acute exercise effect on inhibitory control, higher cardiorespiratory fitness was associated with greater phasic pupil dilation following exercise relative to seated rest. The current study supported the plausibility of the pupillary response as a marker of LC-NE system activation that is sensitive to acute exercise. Whether pupillary responses could account for transient benefits of acute exercise on brain and cognition remains unclear.
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