The relation of aerobic fitness to stroop task performance in preadolescent children

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 166-172

  Buck, Sarah M ^a   Hillman, Charles H ^a   Castelli, Darla M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Development; Executive control; Exercise; Maturation; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COLOR VISION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; COGNITION; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEXUAL MATURATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 38049047573     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e318159b035     Document Type: Article

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