Associations between executive attention and objectively measured physical activity in adolescence: Findings from ALSPAC, a UK cohort

The relationship of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity to cognitive processing in adolescents: findings from the ALSPAC birth cohort

“…Given 420 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 and task switching) in 11 years old adolescents from ALSPAC. The discrepancy between our 437 findings and those of Booth et al's (2013) may be attributed to differences in task 438 characteristics and cognitive maturation between the two samples. Booth et al (2013) utilized 439 a cognitive task that was normalized for use in adolescents of similar age (Test of Everyday 440 Attention, TEA-Ch; Manly et al 2001).…”

“…The discrepancy between our 437 findings and those of Booth et al's (2013) may be attributed to differences in task 438 characteristics and cognitive maturation between the two samples. Booth et al (2013) utilized 439 a cognitive task that was normalized for use in adolescents of similar age (Test of Everyday 440 Attention, TEA-Ch; Manly et al 2001). In contrast, our results suggest that the mean RT on 441 the go trials within the stop-signal condition did not differentiate between higher and lower 442 active adolescents due to issues in the experimental manipulation as indicated by high rates of 443 response inhibition and substantially longer RTs on go trials on the stop-signal relative to the 444 go condition.…”

Intervención en Funciones Ejecutivas en Educación Infantil

“…La actividad física es bien conocida por ser beneficiosa para la salud física. Sin embargo, la evidencia también sugiere que está relacionada con la salud mental, incluyendo la función cognitiva, en poblaciones con y sin dificultades psicológicas (Booth et al, 2013).…”

Acute Effects of Aerobic Physical Activities on Attention and Concentration in School-aged Children

“…A growing body of studies has shown positive effects of physical activity (PA) on attention and concentration in school-aged children [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. Attention is defined as the ability to resist distractions and concentration is referred to the ability to stay focused [5,10,11].…”

“…To address this critical issue, investigating the acute effects of PA on increasing attention and concentration in school-aged children has been of great interest in school settings. Empirical studies have examined the acute effects of a single bout of different types, durations, and intensities of PA on attention and concentration performance in school-aged children [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. In a systematic review of 12 studies in acute effects of a single bout of PA on children's attention in the laboratory and the school settings, four out of seven studies showed that aerobic PA was positively associated with attention and concentration [11].…”