Physical activity, brain, and cognition

Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue , 2015, Pages 27-32

  Erickson, Kirk I ^a   Hillman, Charles H ^b   Kramer, Arthur F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULTHOOD; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FITNESS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MEMORY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84921466994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23521546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2015.01.005     Document Type: Review

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