ArticleFrontiers in behavioral neuroscience2022
Changes in working memory performance and cortical activity during acute aerobic exercise in young adults.
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- Acute effect of low-intensity aerobic exercise on eliciting enhanced parietal activation and promoting executive function performance more than moderate-intensity exercise.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Comparative effectiveness of open and closed skill exercises on cognitive function in young adults: a fNIRS study.Scientific reports · 2024Observational
- A systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis provide evidence for an effect of acute physical activity on cognition in young adults.Communications psychology · 2024Article
- Acute combined effects of concurrent physical activities on autonomic nervous activation during cognitive tasks.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- Enhancement of prefrontal functional connectivity under the influence of concurrent physical load during mental tasks.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2024Article
- Runners with better cardiorespiratory fitness had higher prefrontal cortex activity during both single and exercise-executive function dual tasks: an fNIRS study.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
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Abstract
This study aimed to examine the concurrent performance of working memory and cortical activity during acute aerobic exercise in young adults. In a crossover study design, 27 young adults (mean age = 22.7 ± 3.4 years, 15 women) participated in two experimental conditions in a randomized order: (1) sitting condition (without exercise) and (2) cycling condition (moderate-intensity exercise). Working memory was measured with a modified version of the n-back task. A functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) was used to measure cortex activation. In the cycling condition, response time (RT) for the n-back task was significantly faster (
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