Executive function during and after acute moderate aerobic exercise in adolescents

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 16, Issue P3, 2015, Pages 7-17

  Soga, Keishi ^a   Shishido, Takayuki ^b   Nagatomi, Ryoichi ^c  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Faculty of Education Osaka Kyoiku University Tennoji Campus   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cognition; Inhibitory control; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907829230     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2014.08.010     Document Type: Article

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