ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Effects of Physical Activity Level on Attentional Networks in Young Adults.
Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Effects of different exercise types on craving in substance use disorder patients with drug dependence -network meta-analysis and dose-response relationships based on frequentist and Bayesian models.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2025Pooled it
- Association between football training experience and attentional networks in boys aged 7-11 years: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- The Impact of Exercise Interventions on Sustained Attention for Children and Adolescents With ADHD: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- User Experience With a Personalized mHealth Service for Physical Activity Promotion in University Students: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- The chain mediating effect of mindfulness and self-esteem in the relationship between leisure-time physical activity and academic burnout among college students.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Healthy Lifestyle Related to Executive Functions in Chilean University Students: A Pilot Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Executive functions scale for university students: UEF-1.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Improved response inhibition induced by attentional capture is associated with physical activity.PeerJ · 2022Article
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Abstract
Although physical activity is associated with better attentional functioning in elderly populations or in specific clinical populations, the association between physical activity level and attention has been less studied in young adult populations. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate whether the positive effects of physical activity on attentional networks extend to young adults. In total, 57 college students were recruited and assigned to one of three groups of physical activity levels (high, moderate, and low) based on their self-reported exercise. Each participant completed the Attention Network Test to evaluate the efficiency of three components of attention: alerting, orienting, and executive control. Compared with the low physical activity group, both the high and moderate physical activity groups exhibited better executive control. In addition, the efficiency of the executive control network was positively correlated with physical activity. By contrast, no statistically significant differences were detected among these three groups for the functioning of the alerting or orienting networks. These findings suggested that physical activity had a positive effect on attention in young adults, with the benefit primarily observed for the executive control component rather than for the alerting and orienting components of attention.
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