Aerobic Fitness and Response Variability in Preadolescent Children Performing a Cognitive Control Task

Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 333-341

  Wu, Chien Ting ^a   Pontifex, Matthew B ^a   Raine, Lauren B ^a   Chaddock, Laura ^a   Voss, Michelle W ^a   Kramer, Arthur F ^a   Hillman, Charles H ^a  

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

Author keywords

Coefficient of variation; Executive control; Physical activity; Reaction time; Standard deviation

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 79955775774     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022167     Document Type: Article

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