Task switching in overweight children: Effects of acute exercise and age

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 497-511

  Tomporowski, Philip D ^a   Davis, Catherine L ^b   Lambourne, Kate ^a   Gregoski, Mathew ^a   Tkacz, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Exercise psychology; Information processing; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349141935     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: 15432904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.30.5.497     Document Type: Article

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