A bidirectional relationship between physical activity and executive function in older adults

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JAN, 2015, Pages

  Daly, Michael ^a   McMinn, David ^b   Allan, Julia L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability; Executive function; Health behavior; Longitudinal design; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBALIZATION;

EID: 84933673483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.01044     Document Type: Article

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