Aerobic fitness and intra-individual variability of neurocognition in preadolescent children

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-57

  Moore, Robert Davis ^a   Wu, Chien Ting ^b   Pontifex, Matthew B ^c   O'Leary, Kevin C ^a   Scudder, Mark R ^a   Raine, Lauren B ^a   Johnson, Christopher R ^b   Hillman, Charles H ^a  

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

^b Schreiner University   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Event related brain potential; Ex Gaussian; Exercise; Intelligence Quotient; P3

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

BRAIN; CHILD; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MAXIMAL VOLUNTARY VENTILATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84875234227     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2013.02.006     Document Type: Article

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