Differences in sustained attention capacity as a function of aerobic fitness

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 887-895

  Luque Casado, Antonio ^a   Perakakis, Pandelis ^a   Hillman, Charles H ^b   Kao, Shih Chun ^b   Llorens, Francesc ^c,d   Guerra, Pedro ^a   Sanabria, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

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

^c UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALENCIA SAN VICENTE MÁRTIR   (Spain)

^d VALENCIAN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

COGNITION; ERP; EXERCISE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REACTION TIME; VIGILANCE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; CASE REPORT; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FITNESS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84951335191     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000857     Document Type: Article

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