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The study aims to evaluate how different types of chronic physical activity impact executive functions in primary school children.

December 1, 2015Journal of Sport and Exercise PsychologyOpen Access

Cognitively Engaging Chronic Physical Activity, But Not Aerobic Exercise, Affects Executive Functions in Primary School Children: A Group-Randomized Controlled Trial

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MSMirko SchmidtUniversity of Bern KJKatja JägerUniversity of Bern FEFabienne EggerUniversity of Bern

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Randomized trial shows improvement in executive functions in children through cognitively engaging activities, suggesting the importance of cognitive engagement in physical activity.

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The study aims to evaluate how different types of chronic physical activity impact executive functions in primary school children.
Group-randomized controlled trial with 181 children aged 10-12 years
Three intervention groups: team games, aerobic exercise, and control condition
Assessment of executive functions and aerobic fitness before and after 6 weeks of intervention.
Both team games and aerobic exercise improved aerobic fitness by 4-5% in estimated VO2max.
Only the team games intervention showed significant improvement in shifting performance.
No improvements in executive functions were noted for aerobic exercise or control condition.

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Schmidt et al. (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d8a693d2f7327e70ae3d14 https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2015-0069

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Randomized trial shows improvement in executive functions in children through cognitively engaging activities, suggesting the importance of cognitive engagement in physical activity.

Cognitively Engaging Chronic Physical Activity, But Not Aerobic Exercise, Affects Executive Functions in Primary School Children: A Group-Randomized Controlled Trial

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Cognitively Engaging Chronic Physical Activity, But Not Aerobic Exercise, Affects Executive Functions in Primary School Children: A Group-Randomized Controlled Trial

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