Voluntary aerobic exercise increases the cognitive enhancing effects of working memory training

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 256, Issue , 2013, Pages 626-635

  Smith, Andrew M ^a   Spiegler, Kevin M ^a   Sauce, Bruno ^a   Wass, Christopher D ^a   Sturzoiu, Tudor ^a   Matzel, Louis D ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic exercise; Attention; Cognitive training; Intelligence; Learning; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKING MEMORY;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE TRAINING; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MICE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RUNNING;

EID: 84884954201     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.09.012     Document Type: Article

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