A 30-Minute physical education program improves students' executive attention

Mind, Brain, and Education

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 235-242

  Kubesch, Sabine ^a   Walk, Laura ^a   Spitzer, Manfred ^a   Kammer, Thomas ^a   Lainburg, Alyona ^a   Heim, Rüdiger ^b   Hille, Katrin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 70649112432     PISSN: 17512271     EISSN: 1751228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-228X.2009.01076.x     Document Type: Article

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