| Acute and chronic exercise effects on attentional control in older road cyclists. | |
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PMID: 20453491 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Background: Research on visual attention control of older road cyclists, who represent a subgroup of traffic participants, is still scarce and studies on their attentional performance while cycling are completely lacking. Objective: The present study assessed whether attention control performance of older individuals with a history of participation in road cycling is affected by concomitant cycling exercise. Acute exercise effects were also analyzed in co-aged aerobically trained and sedentary noncyclists to assess whether the acute exercise-cognition relationship is moderated by individual differences induced by chronic sport practice versus sedentary lifestyle. Methods: Sixteen 60- to 80-year-old cyclists and 32 age-matched noncyclists (16 endurance athletes and 16 sedentary individuals) performed a go/no-go reaction time task in which visual attention was cued by means of spatial cues of different sizes followed by compound stimuli with local and global target features. Results: Older cyclists showed commonalities with and differences from other aerobically trained athletes. Both trained groups, when compared to sedentary individuals, showed shorter reaction time (RT) during physical exercise and a smaller RT disadvantage for unexpected local targets at short stimulus-onset asynchrony (SOA). This expectancy-driven RT effect was stable across SOAs only in the case of cyclists. Conclusions: Results suggest that chronic long-term aerobic training may lead to favorable conditions for the occurrence of a facilitation effect during acute exercise and for a more efficient use of available resources on attentional tasks involving executive control. These results highlight the importance of considering the effects of aerobic exercise for supporting safe on-road behavior. |
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Caterina Pesce; Lucio Cereatti; Roberta Forte; Claudia Crova; Rita Casella |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-05-10 |
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Title: Gerontology Volume: 57 ISSN: 1423-0003 ISO Abbreviation: Gerontology Publication Date: 2011 |
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Created Date: 2011-02-10 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7601655 Medline TA: Gerontology Country: Switzerland |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 121-8 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright © 2010 S. Karger AG, Basel. |
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Department of Human Motion and Sport Science, Rome University 'Foro Italico', Rome, Italy. |
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