Acute exercise facilitates brain function and cognition in children who need it most: An ERP study of individual differences in inhibitory control capacity

Highlights • Cognitive and ERP assessments were performed following exercise and seated rest.• The sample was bifurcated according to baseline inhibitory control performance.• Selective increases in accuracy and P3 amplitude were observed for lower-performers.• Generalized P3 latency and N2 amplitude changes were observed after exercise.

• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

• Publication date

  2013-11-16

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/j.dcn.2013.11.001PMID 24309300PMCID 6987893
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