Exercise improves cognitive control: Evidence from the stop signal task

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 505-511

  Padilla, Concepcion ^a   Perez, Laura ^a   Andres, Pilar ^a   Parmentier, Fabrice B R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGING; ARTICLE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXERCISE; HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOP SIGNAL TASK;

EID: 84880775149     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.2929     Document Type: Article

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