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Effect of acute exercise on cognitive control required during an Eriksen flanker task.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20016112     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This study aimed to determine how cognitive control, engaged in a task requiring selective inhibition, is affected by acute steady-state exercise. An adapted version of the Eriksen flanker task, involving three types of trials that varied according to their level of congruency (congruent trials, stimulus-incongruent trials, and response-incongruent trials) was performed during 2 periods of 20-min cycling at a carefully controlled intensity (50% of maximal aerobic power). The results indicated that moderate exercise improves reaction time (RT) performance on the Eriksen flanker task. This facilitating effect appeared to be neither dependent on the nature of the interference (stimulus level conflict vs. response level conflict) nor on the amount of cognitive control engaged in the task (congruent vs. incongruent trials). Distributional RT analyses did not highlight any sign of impairment in the efficiency of cognitive control.
Authors:
Karen Davranche; Ben Hall; Terry McMorris
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of sport & exercise psychology     Volume:  31     ISSN:  0895-2779     ISO Abbreviation:  J Sport Exerc Psychol     Publication Date:  2009 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-12-17     Completed Date:  2010-02-01     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8809258     Medline TA:  J Sport Exerc Psychol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  628-39     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Sport, Exercise, and Health Sciences Department, University of Chichester, Chichester, United Kingdom.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Attention*
Bicycling / psychology
Cognition*
Color Perception*
Decision Making
Discrimination (Psychology)
Exercise / psychology*
Female
Functional Laterality
Humans
Inhibition (Psychology)*
Male
Neuropsychological Tests*
Orientation*
Pattern Recognition, Visual*
Psychomotor Performance
Reaction Time
Young Adult

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