Aerobic capacity and cognitive control in elementary school-age children

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1025-1035

  Scudder, Mark R ^a   Lambourne, Kate ^b   Drollette, Eric S ^a   Herrmann, Stephen D ^c   Washburn, Richard A ^b   Donnelly, Joseph E ^b   Hillman, Charles H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c AUGUSTANA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

academic achievement; aerobic fitness; inhibitory control; Pacer; working memory

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CHILD; COGNITION; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ACHIEVEMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD; COGNITION; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84899510247     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000199     Document Type: Article

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