Aerobic Fitness and Neurocognitive Function in Healthy Preadolescent Children
Medicine & Science in Sports & ExercisePublished 1 November 2005
Charles H. Hillman, Darla M. Castelli, Sarah Buck
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Fitness was positively associated with neuroelectric indices of attention and working memory, and response speed in children, and fitness was also associated with cognitive processing speed, but these findings were not age-specific.
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These findings suggest that fitness was positively associated with neuroelectric indices of attention and working memory, and response speed in children. Fitness was also associated with cognitive processing speed, but these findings were not age-specific. These data indicate that fitness may be related to better cognitive functioning in preadolescents and have implications for increasing cognitive health in children and adults.
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