Impact of acute aerobic exercise and cardiorespiratory fitness on visuospatial attention performance and serum BDNF levels

Tsai, Chia Liang; Chen, Fu Chen; Pan, Chien-Yu; Wang, Chun‐Hao; Huang, Tzuen-Hsi; Chen, Tzu Chi

doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.12.014

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“…1 Furthermore, it is uncertain as to why acute moderate-intensity exercise was associated with only one of the concentrationrelated parameters and not the other cognitive tests, particularly because other studies have reported beneficial effects of acute moderateintensity exercise on cognitive memory, 7 reasoning, 17 and attention. 39 Discrepancies between the present findings and those of other researchers may be a result of the population studied (young, healthy adults in the present study compared with other populations used in most other studies) or differences in the cognitive tests used. We also observed an inverse association between free-living self-reported sedentary behavior and Trail Making Test A scores, which suggests that prolonged sedentary behavior may be associated with lower levels of attention.…”

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confidence: 87%

Exercise and Cognitive Function

Loprinzi

Kane

2015

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

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Exercise and Cognitive Function

Loprinzi

Kane

2015

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

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“…For example, individuals with lower cardiovascular fitness levels or motor coordination skills may benefit from acute exercise to a lesser extent than individuals with higher fitness or motor skill levels. 58,59 Further examinations of these moderators are warranted to elucidate the complex relationship between acute exercise and executive function. Last, but not least, with the exception of shifting, the WCST involves many aspects of cognitive and executive processes, including working memory 55,60 and inhibition, 54 which may have confounded the interpretation of the relationship between acute exercise and the shifting component of executive function tapped by the WCST.…”

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Failure to identify an acute exercise effect on executive function assessed by the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

Wang

Shih

Pesce³

et al. 2015

Journal of Sport and Health Science

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Purpose: Acute exercise has been linked to the facilitation of executive function, but little is known regarding executive function assessed by the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST). The present research consisted of two experiments aimed to determine whether acute aerobic exercise influences successive WCST performance. Methods: In Study 1, 27 young adults were randomly assigned to the exercise or reading control group and then instructed to perform the WCST before and after assigned treatment. In exercise group, participants completed a single bout aerobic exercise with moderate intensity for 20 min on a stationary bike. A similar experimental protocol was replicated in Study 2 with 24 late middle-aged adults to look for age differences during adulthood and control for a potential ceiling effect at young adult age. Results: Although a significant time effect was observed in young adults, both studies revealed that there was no main effect for treatment or an interaction between treatment and time on any of the WCST indices. Conclusion: Acute aerobic exercise failed to influence executive function as assessed by the WCST, revealing that this classical neuropsychological test tapping executive function may not be sensitive to acute exercise. Our findings suggest that acute exercise does not broadly affect the entire family of executive functions, or its effect on a specific aspect of executive function may be task-dependent, as proposed by Etnier and Chang (2009).

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“…Tsai et al 39 used a between-subjects design to assess the effect of an acute 30-min bout of moderate intensity treadmill running on cognitive performance (i.e., reaction time on a visuospatial attention task) and underlying neuroelectric signals (i.e., P3 amplitude, contingent negative variation) as well as the relation between exercise-induced changes in serum pBDNF concentration and cognitive performance. The neuroelectric signals are interpreted as providing an indication of readiness to respond to stimuli (i.e., contingent negative variation) or increased attention (i.e., P3 amplitude).…”

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“…This becomes extremely relevant when we attempt to understand what these studies show regarding the relationship between changes in pBDNF and changes in cognitive performance. Although Griffin et al 16 and Tonoli et al 38 did not assess relationships between changes in BDNF and changes in cognitive performance, Ferris et al, 15 Lee et al, 36 Skriver et al, 37 Tsai et al, 39 and Winter et al 20 did explicitly test for correlations between cognition and exerciseinduced changes in pBDNF. Importantly, in studies in which a measure of memory was used, 20,36,37 significant correlations were reported.…”

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Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) as a potential mechanism of the effects of acute exercise on cognitive performance

Piepmeier

Etnier

2015

Journal of Sport and Health Science

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The literature shows that improvements in cognitive performance may be observed following an acute bout of exercise. However, evidence in support of the biological mechanisms of this effect is still limited. Findings from both rodent and human studies suggest brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) as a potential mechanism of the effect of acute exercise on memory. The molecular properties of BDNF allow this protein to be assessed in the periphery (pBDNF) (i.e., blood serum, blood plasma), making measurements of acute exercise-induced changes in BDNF concentration relatively accessible. Studies exploring the acute exerciseepBDNFecognitive performance relationship have had mixed findings, but this may be more reflective of methodological differences between studies than it is a statement about the role of BDNF. For example, significant associations have been observed between acute exercise-induced changes in pBDNF concentration and cognitive performance in studies assessing memory, and non-significant associations have been found in studies assessing non-memory cognitive domains. Three suggestions are made for future research aimed at understanding the role of BDNF as a biological mechanism of this relationship: 1) Assessments of cognitive performance may benefit from a focus on various types of memory (e.g., relational, spatial, long-term); 2) More finegrained measurements of pBDNF will allow for the assessment of concentrations of specific isoforms of the BDNF protein (i.e., immature, mature); 3) Statistical techniques designed to test the mediating role of pBDNF in the acute exercise-cognitive performance relationship should be utilized in order to make causal inferences.

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Impact of acute aerobic exercise and cardiorespiratory fitness on visuospatial attention performance and serum BDNF levels

Cited by 143 publications

References 48 publications

Exercise and Cognitive Function

Exercise and Cognitive Function

Failure to identify an acute exercise effect on executive function assessed by the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) as a potential mechanism of the effects of acute exercise on cognitive performance

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