Age and fitness effects on EEG, ERPs, visual sensitivity, and cognition

Dustman, Robert E.; Emmerson, Rita Y.; Ruhling, Robert O.; Shearer, Donald E.; Steinhaus, Laurel Ann; Johnson, Stephen C.; Bonekat, H. William; Shigeoka, John W.

doi:10.1016/0197-4580(90)90545-b

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“…In one study, expert dancers produced more alpha during mental imagination of creative dance than novices (Fink et al 2009), whereas there were no significant differences in the EEG during imagination of waltz dancing between the groups (Belardinelli et al 2008). In previous studies, increased alpha power was found for high-fit relative to low-fit subjects (Dustman et al 1990). Lardon and Polich reported that compared with controls young adult exercise subjects produced less baseline delta but greater spectral power in alpha, theta, and beta bands (Lardon and Polich 1996).…”

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Brain electrical activities of dancers and fast ball sports athletes are different

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Exercise training has been shown not only to influence physical fitness positively but also cognition in healthy and impaired populations. However, some particular exercise types, even though comparable based on physical efforts, have distinct cognitive and sensorimotor features. In this study, the effects of different types of exercise, such as fast ball sports and dance training, on brain electrical activity were investigated. Electroencephalography (EEG) scans were recorded in professional dancer, professional fast ball sports athlete (FBSA) and healthy control volunteer groups consisting of twelve subjects each. In FBSA, power of delta and theta frequency activities of EEG was significantly higher than those of the dancers and the controls. Conversely, dancers had significantly higher amplitudes in alpha and beta bands compared to FBSA and significantly higher amplitudes in the alpha band in comparison with controls. The results suggest that cognitive features of physical training can be reflected in resting brain electrical oscillations. The differences in resting brain electrical oscillations between the dancers and the FBSA can be the result of innate network differences determining the talents and/or plastic changes induced by physical training.

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Brain electrical activities of dancers and fast ball sports athletes are different

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“…On the other hand (Colcombe et al, 2004,2006) they do verify that greater neuronal activity to a task requiring attention but it was not found to make significant differences in cognitive ability (MMSE). Finally, (Dutsman et al, 1990;Hilman et al, 2003) an increased cerebral blood flow was observed in zones related directly to verbal learning and memory. These benefits extended to Alzheimer´s patients to a to a greater aerobic capacity in those that have less brain atrophy than subjects who are not in shape (Burns et al, 2008;Heyn et al, 2004).…”

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Effect of a combined program of physical activity and intellectual activity in the cognitive functioning of the elderly

Vidal

Martínez

Pereira

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Martínez-Vidal A, Prada A, Díaz MP, Martínez-Patiño MJ. Effect of a combined program of physical activity and intellectual activity in the cognitive functioning of the elderly. J. Hum. Sport Exerc. Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 462-473, 2011. Aerobic exercise done in an enriched environment with intellectual activity seems to improve cognitive performance associated with the aging process of humans, although the results can sometimes be contradictory. The objective of the present study was to ascertain to what degree the practice of combined aerobic exercise and memory strategies improve the cognitive functioning, in general, and to a more concrete measure in the cognitive memory domain of the elderly. Sixteen subjects, the majority of which were women with only two of which were men, participated in the investigation. The average age of all participants was 71. A prospective, longitudinal, and intra-subject design was to evaluate the cognitive abilities before and after the intervention, using a modified Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) as the instrument of measure. The intervention lasted over a period of eight months and consisted in a physical activity program based upon various abilities of displacement as well as association, sequential, and imagination memory strategies. The recall differential variable presented statistical differences significant at the 95% confidence interval to the degree pre and post intervention (t= -4.842; sig = 0.000; with the limits at -1.71028 y -0.66472) while the other cognitive domains showed general improvement in the post-intervention measures although no reaching significant levels. On the other hand, it was demonstrated by Cochran´s Q test that after the intervention, an overall incremental improvement existed in the number of subjects that responded correctly to all items in each cognitive domain, being most prominent and the only significant percent of subjects that after the program responded correctly to all of the items in the recall (0.011). No significant improvements were shown in the terms of age group nor in terms of initial cognitive function (U of Mann Whitley), however, the subjects who initially had the lowest cognitive level are among those that benefited the most from the program.

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“…A poor score on tests such as walking speed, [70][71][72] or poor results on the timed chair-stand test, standing balance, or grip-strength tests, 72 are associated with higher rates of cognitive decline and dementia. In cross-sectional studies, cardiovascular fitness was associated with attention and executive function 73,74 or visuospatial function. 75 In the Sydney Older Person Study, participants with cognitive impairment and slow gait were most likely to progress to dementia during a 6-year period.…”

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Healthy Brain Aging: Role of Exercise and Physical Activity

Rolland¹,

Kan²,

Vellas³

2010

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

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Age and fitness effects on EEG, ERPs, visual sensitivity, and cognition

Cited by 201 publications

References 40 publications

Brain electrical activities of dancers and fast ball sports athletes are different

Brain electrical activities of dancers and fast ball sports athletes are different

Effect of a combined program of physical activity and intellectual activity in the cognitive functioning of the elderly

Healthy Brain Aging: Role of Exercise and Physical Activity

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