Aerobic fitness predicts relational memory but not item memory performance in healthy young adults

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2645-2652

  Baym, Carol L ^a   Khan, Naiman A ^a   Pence, Ari ^a   Raine, Lauren B ^a   Hillman, Charles H ^a   Cohen, Neal J ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; BRAIN FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEART RATE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROSCIENCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; UNDERWEIGHT; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCULOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907452197     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00667     Document Type: Article

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