The role of aerobic fitness in cortical thickness and mathematics achievement in preadolescent children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Chaddock Heyman, Laura ^a   Erickson, Kirk I ^b   Kienzler, Caitlin ^a   King, Matthew ^a   Pontifex, Matthew B ^c   Raine, Lauren B ^a   Hillman, Charles H ^a   Kramer, Arthur F ^a  

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

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

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AEROBIC FITNESS; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); FEMALE; FITNESS; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL CORTEX; WIDE RANGE ACHIEVEMENT TEST; ACHIEVEMENT; BRAIN CORTEX; EXERCISE; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACHIEVEMENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; COGNITION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 84942891345     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134115     Document Type: Article

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