Functioning of the attentional networks at rest vs. during acute bouts of aerobic exercise

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 649-665

  Huertas, Florentino ^a   Zahonero, Javier ^a   Sanabria, Daniel ^b   Lupiáñ, Juan ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALENCIA SAN VICENTE MÁRTIR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aerobic exercise; Alerting; Attention; Executive control; Orienting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856509471     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: 15432904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.33.5.649     Document Type: Article

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