ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Sports, Executive Functions and Academic Performance: A Comparison between Martial Arts, Team Sports, and Sedentary Children.
Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.
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- Neurophysiological mechanisms of embodied empathy in martial arts.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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- Implementing martial arts education in Chinese schools: teachers' perspectives on the school martial arts program.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Football training vs. martial arts training: How are they related to executive function skills in 5-6-year-old boys?Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The Impact of the Interactive Floor Device and Aerobic Training on Executive Functions in Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- The prospective associations of 24-hour movement behaviors and domain-specific activities with executive function and academic achievement among school-aged children in Singapore.Frontiers in public health · 2024Observational
- Household Income and Early Adolescents' Executive Function: The Different Roles of Perceived Discrimination and Shift-and-Persist.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2023Article
- Relationship between cognitive functioning and physical fitness in regard to age and sex.BMC pediatrics · 2023Article
- Using Inertial and Physiological Sensors to Investigate the Effects of a High-Intensity Interval Training and Plyometric Program on the Performance of Young Judokas.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- What Types of Exercise Are Best for Emotional Intelligence and Logical Thinking?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Children's Involvement in Different Sport Types Differentiates Their Motor Competence but Not Their Executive Functions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Effects of the Type of Sports Practice on the Executive Functions of Schoolchildren.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
It is well known that curricular physical activity benefits children's executive functions and academic performance. Therefore, this study aimed to determine whether there is an influence of extracurricular sports on executive functions and academic performance. However, it is less known which specific types of the sport better enhance executive functions in children; to investigate this issue, this study compared the performance on executive functions tasks and academic performance in one hundred and two boys and girls with an average age of 11.84 years recruited from Italian schools and gyms (
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