Acute Effects of Classroom Exercise Breaks on Executive Function and Math Performance: A Dose-Response Study

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 217-224

  Howie, Erin K ^a   Schatz, Jeffrey ^a   Pate, Russell R ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

academic achievement; children; cognition; school

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME FACTOR;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84940438202     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2015.1039892     Document Type: Review

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