Tracking the relationship between children's aerobic fitness and cognitive control

Health Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 967-978

  Scudder, Mark R ^a   Drollette, Eric S ^a   Lambourne, Kate ^b   Donnelly, Joseph E ^c   Szabo Reed, Amanda N ^c   Fenton, Cameron I ^a   Hillman, Charles H ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Inhibitory control; n back; PACER; Physical activity; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHILD; ENDURANCE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODULATION; N-BACK TEST; PSYCINFO; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPRING; WORKING MEMORY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

CHILD; COGNITION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84963894704     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/hea0000343     Document Type: Article

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