Modeling relationships between physical fitness, executive functioning, and academic achievement in primary school children

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 319-325

  Van der Niet, Anneke G ^a   Hartman, Esther ^a   Smith, Joanne ^a   Visscher, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognition; Exercise; Preadolescent; School performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897469447     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2014.02.010     Document Type: Article

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