Impact of short bouts of physical activity on attention-to-task in elementary school children

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Mahar, Matthew T ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHER; TIME; TRAINING;

ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITION; CURRICULUM; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EID: 79958045764     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.01.026     Document Type: Article

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