Fit and vigilant: The relationship between poorer aerobic fitness and failures in sustained attention during preadolescence

Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 407-413

  Pontifex, Matthew B ^a   Scudder, Mark R ^a   Drollette, Eric S ^a   Hillman, Charles H ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cardiorespiratory fitness; Cognition; Development; Vigilance decrement

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CHILD; COGNITION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; AROUSAL; CALORIMETRY; FITNESS; INTELLIGENCE TEST; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AROUSAL; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CALORIMETRY, INDIRECT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84871705472     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028795     Document Type: Article

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