A functional MRI investigation of the association between childhood aerobic fitness and neurocognitive control

Biological Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 260-268

  Chaddock, Laura ^a   Erickson, Kirk I ^b   Prakash, Ruchika Shaurya ^c   Voss, Michelle W ^a   VanPatter, Matt ^a   Pontifex, Matthew B ^a   Hillman, Charles H ^a   Kramer, Arthur F ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Children; Cognition; Exercise; Flanker; FMRI; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FATIGUE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; COGNITION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 84155172497     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.10.017     Document Type: Article

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