Intermittent Maximal Exercise Improves Attentional Performance Only in Physically Active Students

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 125-131

  Budde, Henning ^a   Brunelli, Andrea ^b   Machado, Sergio ^c,d,e   Velasques, Bruna ^c   Ribeiro, Pedro ^c   Arias Carrión, Oscar ^f   Voelcker Rehage, Claudia ^g  

^a REYKJAVIK UNIVERSITY   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d National Institute of Science and Technology (INCT EM)   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^f PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^g JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognitive processes; Intermittent exercise; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMITTENT MAXIMAL EXERCISE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EXERCISE; HUMANS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84860613870     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: 18735487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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