Systematic review of physical activity and cognitive development in early childhood

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 573-578

  Carson, Valerie ^a   Hunter, Stephen ^a   Kuzik, Nicholas ^a   Wiebe, Sandra A ^a   Spence, John C ^a   Friedman, Alinda ^a   Tremblay, Mark S ^b,c   Slater, Linda ^a   Hinkley, Trina ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child preschool; Executive function; Growth development; Infant; Language; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DATA BASE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL STUDY; COGNITION; EXERCISE; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; COGNITION; EXERCISE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 84937144119     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: 18781861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2015.07.011     Document Type: Review

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