The immediate and sustained effects of acute exercise on planning aspect of executive function

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 728-736

  Hung, Tsung Min ^a   Tsai, Chia Liang ^b   Chen, Feng Tzu ^c   Wang, Chun Chih ^c   Chang, Yu Kai ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN SPORT UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Inhibition; Physical activity; Tower of London task; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879356169     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

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