The effects of single bouts of aerobic exercise, exergaming, and videogame play on cognitive control

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1518-1525

  O'Leary, Kevin C ^a   Pontifex, Matthew B ^a   Scudder, Mark R ^a   Brown, Michael L ^a   Hillman, Charles H ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aerobic exercise; Cognitive control; Exergames; Flanker; Videogames

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXERGAMING; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; REST; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN WAVES; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960276211     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.01.049     Document Type: Article

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