The Effects of Chronic Exercise on Attentional Networks

The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that chronic physical exercise improves attentional control in young healthy participants. To do this, we compared the performance of physically active and passive participants in the Attentional Network Task, which allows for the assessment of the ex...

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Autores principales: Pérez, Laura, Padilla, Concepción, Parmentier, Fabrice B. R., Andrés, Pilar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4092018/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25010057
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0101478
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description The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that chronic physical exercise improves attentional control in young healthy participants. To do this, we compared the performance of physically active and passive participants in the Attentional Network Task, which allows for the assessment of the executive, orienting and alerting networks. The results showed a selective positive effect of exercise on the executive network. These results extend the evidence gathered in children, older adults and certain clinical populations suggesting that exercise can also improve attentional control in healthy young adults.
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spelling pubmed-40920182014-07-18 The Effects of Chronic Exercise on Attentional Networks Pérez, Laura Padilla, Concepción Parmentier, Fabrice B. R. Andrés, Pilar PLoS One Research Article The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that chronic physical exercise improves attentional control in young healthy participants. To do this, we compared the performance of physically active and passive participants in the Attentional Network Task, which allows for the assessment of the executive, orienting and alerting networks. The results showed a selective positive effect of exercise on the executive network. These results extend the evidence gathered in children, older adults and certain clinical populations suggesting that exercise can also improve attentional control in healthy young adults. Public Library of Science 2014-07-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4092018/ /pubmed/25010057 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0101478 Text en © 2014 Pérez et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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