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ArticleBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2025

The Effect of Free Weight Resistance Training on Cognitive Function Explored Through Eye Tracking: A Randomized Double-Blind Clinical Trial.

Cristián Mateluna-Núñez, Romualdo Ibáñez-Orellana, César Campos-Rojas, Andrea Santana-Covarrubias, Rodrigo Fuentes Figueroa, Ricardo Martínez-Flores

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Article in Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Cristián Mateluna-NúñezEscuela de Educación Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso 2340025, Chile.
Romualdo Ibáñez-OrellanaInstituto de Literatura y Ciencias del Lenguaje, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso 2340025, Chile.
César Campos-RojasInstituto de Literatura y Ciencias del Lenguaje, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso 2340025, Chile.ORCID 0000-0003-0181-6397
Andrea Santana-CovarrubiasInstituto de Literatura y Ciencias del Lenguaje, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso 2340025, Chile.ORCID 0009-0004-2779-1508
Rodrigo Fuentes FigueroaEscuela de Educación Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso 2340025, Chile.ORCID 0000-0001-5908-4243
Ricardo Martínez-FloresIRyS Group, Escuela de Educación Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso 2340025, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-8435-2710

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Abstract

In this study, we investigated the impact of a 10-week free weight resistance training (RT) program on cognitive function in healthy young adults. In this randomized controlled trial, 18 participants were assigned to either an experimental or control group. We assessed cognitive function by using eye-tracking (ET) technology during text processing tasks. First-pass reading times (FPRTs) and total reading times (TRTs) were measured. Results revealed a significant three-way interaction between group, moment, and syntactic complexity in FPRTs, demonstrating training effects on cognitive processing. The experimental group showed a distinctive shift in processing patterns: from longer times in low complexity pre-intervention to increased times in high complexity post-intervention, particularly in early processing measures (FPRTs). Complementary analyses of strength improvements showed that increased strength was associated with enhanced attention allocation to complex structures and improved processing efficiency for simpler texts, suggesting RT's potential to modulate cognitive function.

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cognitioncognitive functionexecutive functionexerciseeye trackingresistance trainingtext processing

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