Chronic exercise keeps working memory and inhibitory capacities fit

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  Padilla, Concepción ^a,b   Pérez, Laura ^a,b   Andrés, Pilar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE BALEARIC ISLANDS IDISBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aerobic exercise; Inhibition control; Working memory; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHIBITORY ABILITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; SITTING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WALKING; WORKING MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896929882     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00049     Document Type: Article

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