- Title
- An acute bout of exercise improves the cognitive performance of older adults
- Creator
- Johnson, Liam; Addamo, Patricia; Selva Raj, Isaac; Borkoles, Erika; Wyckelsma, Victoria; Cyarto, Elizabeth; Polman, Remco
- Date
- 2016
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/198236
- Identifier
- vital:19009
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1123/japa.2015-0097
- Identifier
- ISSN:1063-8652
- Abstract
- There is evidence that an acute bout of exercise confers cognitive benefits, but it is largely unknown what the optimal mode and duration of exercise is and how cognitive performance changes over time after exercise. We compared the cognitive performance of 31 older adults using the Stroop test before, immediately after, and at 30 and 60 min after a 10 and 30 min aerobic or resistance exercise session. Heart rate and feelings of arousal were also measured before, during, and after exercise. We found that, independent of mode or duration of exercise, the participants improved in the Stroop Inhibition task immediately postexercise. We did not find that exercise influenced the performance of the Stroop Color or Stroop Word Interference tasks. Our findings suggest that an acute bout of exercise can improve cognitive performance and, in particular, the more complex executive functioning of older adults.
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics
- Relation
- Journal of Aging and Physical Activity Vol. 24, no. 4 (2016), p. 591-598
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- © Human Kinetics
- Subject
- Human beings; Independent Living; Female; Male; Older people; Heart beat; Executive Function; Exercise; 4206 Public health; 4207 Sports science and exercise
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