Associations between daily physical activity and executive functioning in primary school-aged children

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 673-677

  van der Niet, Anneke G ^a   Smith, Joanne ^a   Scherder, Erik J A ^a,b   Oosterlaan, Jaap ^b   Hartman, Esther ^a   Visscher, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child; Cognition; Exercise; Neuropsychological tests

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; WORKING MEMORY; ACCELEROMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STROOP TEST; TRAIL MAKING TEST;

ACCELEROMETRY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; STROOP TEST; TRAIL MAKING TEST;

EID: 84943383146     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: 18781861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2014.09.006     Document Type: Article

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