The effects of an afterschool physical activity program on working memory in preadolescent children

Developmental Science

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1046-1058

  Kamijo, Keita ^a,b   Pontifex, Matthew B ^a   O'Leary, Kevin C ^a   Scudder, Mark R ^a   Wu, Chien Ting ^a   Castelli, Darla M ^c   Hillman, Charles H ^a  

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

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CHILD; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SCHOOLS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 80051936420     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2011.01054.x     Document Type: Article

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