Improvement of Processing Speed in Executive Function Immediately following an Increase in Cardiovascular Activity
Author
Source
Cardiovascular Psychiatry and Neurology
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-09-25
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This study aims to identify the acute effects of physical exercise on specific cognitive functions immediately following an increase in cardiovascular activity.
Stair-climbing exercise is used to increase the cardiovascular output of human subjects.
The color-naming Stroop Test was used to identify the cognitive improvements in executive function with respect to processing speed and error rate.
The study compared the Stroop results before and immediately after exercise and before and after nonexercise, as a control.
The results show that there is a significant increase in processing speed and a reduction in errors immediately after less than 30 min of aerobic exercise.
The improvements are greater for the incongruent than for the congruent color tests.
This suggests that physical exercise induces a better performance in a task that requires resolving conflict (or interference) than a task that does not.
There is no significant improvement for the nonexercise control trials.
This demonstrates that an increase in cardiovascular activity has significant acute effects on improving the executive function that requires conflict resolution (for the incongruent color tests) immediately following aerobic exercise more than similar executive functions that do not require conflict resolution or involve the attention-inhibition process (for the congruent color tests).
American Psychological Association (APA)
Tam, Nicoladie D.. 2013. Improvement of Processing Speed in Executive Function Immediately following an Increase in Cardiovascular Activity. Cardiovascular Psychiatry and Neurology،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-454955
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Tam, Nicoladie D.. Improvement of Processing Speed in Executive Function Immediately following an Increase in Cardiovascular Activity. Cardiovascular Psychiatry and Neurology No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-454955
American Medical Association (AMA)
Tam, Nicoladie D.. Improvement of Processing Speed in Executive Function Immediately following an Increase in Cardiovascular Activity. Cardiovascular Psychiatry and Neurology. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-454955
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-454955