The interactive effects of physical fitness and acute aerobic exercise on electrophysiological coherence and cognitive performance in adolescents

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 229, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-96

  Hogan, Michael ^a   Kiefer, Markus ^b   Kubesch, Sabine ^b,c   Collins, Peter ^a   Kilmartin, Liam ^a   Brosnan, Méadhbh ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c Institute Education plus   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive performance; Coherence; EEG; Exercise; Fitness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEISURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST;

ADOLESCENT; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84880921574     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-013-3595-0     Document Type: Article

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