The unique relation of physical activity to executive function in older men and women

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1408-1416

  Bixby, Walter R ^a   Spalding, Thomas W ^b   Haufler, Amy J ^a   Deeny, Sean P ^c   Mahlow, Pamela T ^d   Zimmerman, Jo B ^a   Hatfield, Bradley D ^a,e,f  

^a ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Exercise; Stroop test

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548314644     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e31806ad708     Document Type: Article

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