ArticleFrontiers in psychology2023
Effects of a games-based physical education lesson on cognitive function in adolescents.
Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2023. 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 football training on cognitive performance in children and adolescents: a meta-analytic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Physical education exercise improves physical fitness and working memory function: a randomized controlled trial study of Uyghur adolescents in Xinjiang, China.BMC pediatrics · 2025Trial
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- Effects of imagery training on cognitive function among collegiate athletes: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in cognition · 2026Article
- Enhancing Visuospatial Working Memory and Motor Skills Through School-Based Coordination Training.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Chronological age and biological maturity are separately positively associated with inhibitory control and working memory in boys and girls.Frontiers in cognition · 2025Article
- Revision and validation of the "Motivational Climate in Physical Education Scale" (MCPES) in Chinese educational context.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Improvements in 4th graders' task behavior after physical activity: mediation by inhibition?Frontiers in cognition · 2024Article
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Abstract
Despite the importance of physical education (PE) lessons for physical activity in adolescents, the acute cognitive responses to PE lessons have not been explored; a gap in the literature that this study addresses. Following familiarisation, 76 (39 female) adolescents (12.2 ± 0.4 y) completed two trials (60 min games-based PE lesson and 60 min academic lesson) separated by 7-d in a counterbalanced, crossover design. Attention, executive function, working memory, and perception were assessed 30 min before, immediately post, and 45 min post-lesson in both trials. Participants were split into high-and low-fit groups based on a gender-specific median split of distance run on the multi-stage fitness test. Furthermore, participants were split into high and low MVPA groups based on a gender-specific median split of MVPA time (time spent >64% HR max) during the PE lesson. Overall, a 60 min games-based PE lesson had no effect on perception, working memory, attention, or executive function in adolescents (all
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