Effects of the FITKids Randomized Controlled Trial on Executive Control and Brain Function
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Michigan State University · +3 more institutions
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Abstract
Objective
To assess the effect of a physical activity (PA) intervention on brain and behavioral indices of executive control in preadolescent children.
Methods
Two hundred twenty-one children (7-9 years) were randomly assigned to a 9-month afterschool PA program or a wait-list control. In addition to changes in fitness (maximal oxygen consumption), electrical activity in the brain (P3-ERP) and behavioral measures (accuracy, reaction time) of executive control were collected by using tasks that modulated attentional inhibition and cognitive flexibility.
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Keywords
- Cognitive flexibility
- Medicine
- Attendance
- Randomized controlled trial
- Executive functions
- Cognition
- Confidence interval
- Flexibility (engineering)
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Quality Education
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