Exercising during learning improves vocabulary acquisition: Behavioral and ERP evidence

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 482, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-44

  Schmidt Kassow, Maren ^a,b   Kulka, Anna ^b   Gunter, Thomas C ^b   Rothermich, Kathrin ^b   Kotz, Sonja A ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

N400; Physical activity; Verbal learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 77955552729     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.06.089     Document Type: Article

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