Childhood aerobic fitness predicts cognitive performance one year later

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 421-430

  Chaddock, Laura ^a   Hillman, Charles H ^a   Pontifex, Matthew B ^a   Johnson, Christopher R ^a   Raine, Lauren B ^a   Kramer, Arthur F ^a  

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

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Brain; Cognition; Development; Exercise

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CHILD; COGNITION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

BASAL GANGLIA; CHILD; COGNITION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84863395195     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2011.647706     Document Type: Article

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