The effect of acute aerobic and resistance exercise on working memory

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 927-934

  Pontifex, Matthew B ^a   Hillman, Charles H ^a   Fernhall, Bo ^a   Thompson, Kelli M ^a   Valentini, Teresa A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cognition; Executive control; Reaction time; Sternberg task

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; COGNITION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; RESISTANCE EXERCISE; REST; STRENGTH; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

COGNITION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MEMORY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WEIGHT LIFTING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650089742     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181907d69     Document Type: Article

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