Acute exercise improves motor memory consolidation in preadolescent children

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Lundbye Jensen, Jesper ^a   Skriver, Kasper ^a   Nielsen, Jens B ^a   Roig, Marc ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b JEWISH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Consolidation; Exercise; Learning; Motor memory; Retention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE INTENSITY; EYE TRACKING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; RUNNING; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 85018310739     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00182     Document Type: Article

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