Effects of an Acute Bout of Exercise on Cognitive Aspects of Stroop Performance

Autor:	Guy C. Le Masurier, Jennifer L. Etnier, Benjamin A. Sibley
Rok vydání:	2006
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Cognition Task (project management) Developmental psychology Improved performance Physical medicine and rehabilitation medicine Negative priming Aerobic exercise Effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance Treadmill Psychology Applied Psychology Stroop effect
Zdroj:	Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 28:285-299
ISSN:	1543-2904 0895-2779
DOI:	10.1123/jsep.28.3.285
Popis:	Recent reviews of the literature have demonstrated that exercise has a positive impact on cognitive performance. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of an acute bout of aerobic exercise on executive functioning in college-age adults. For the experimental intervention, the effects of 20 min of self-paced moderate-intensity exercise on a treadmill were compared to the effects of a 20-min sedentary control period. Executive functioning was assessed using Stroop color-word interference and negative priming tests. Results indicated that the bout of exercise led to improved performance on the Stroop color-word interference task but no change in performance on the negative priming task. This finding suggests that exercise may facilitate cognitive performance by improving the maintenance of goal-oriented processing in the brain.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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