Acute effects of aerobic exercise on cognitive function in older adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 356-363

  Kamijo, Keita ^a   Hayashi, Yoichi ^b   Sakai, Tomoaki ^c   Yahiro, Tatsuhisa ^d   Tanaka, Kiyoji ^e   Nishihira, Yoshiaki ^e  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Master Program in Health and Physical Education

^e UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute aerobic exercise; Cognitive function; Event related brain potentials (ERPs); Older adults; P3

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; LIFESPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 65349121437     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbp030     Document Type: Article

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