The effects of physical activity on functional MRI activation associated with cognitive control in children: a randomized controlled intervention
This study used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine the influence of a 9-month physical activity program on task-evoked brain activation during childhood. The results demonstrated that 8- to 9-year-old children who participated in 60+ minutes of physical activity, 5 days per wee...
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| author | Laura eChaddock-Heyman Kirk I Erickson Michelle eVoss Anya eKnecht Matthew B. Pontifex Darla eCastelli Charles eHillman Arthur eKramer |
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| description | This study used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine the influence of a 9-month physical activity program on task-evoked brain activation during childhood. The results demonstrated that 8- to 9-year-old children who participated in 60+ minutes of physical activity, 5 days per week, for 9 months, showed decreases in fMRI brain activation in the right anterior prefrontal cortex coupled with within-group improvements in performance on a task of attentional and interference control. Children assigned to a wait list control group did not show changes in brain function. Furthermore, at post-test, children in the physical activity group showed similar anterior frontal brain patterns and incongruent accuracy rates to a group of college-aged young adults. Children in the wait list control group still differed from the young adults in terms of anterior prefrontal activation and performance at post-test. There were no significant changes in fMRI activation in the anterior cingulate cortex for either group. These results suggest that physical activity during childhood may enhance specific elements of prefrontal cortex function involved in cognitive control. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1218cdb0d9c7495dbad848391b4aecc02022-12-22T01:06:47ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Human Neuroscience1662-51612013-03-01710.3389/fnhum.2013.0007244718The effects of physical activity on functional MRI activation associated with cognitive control in children: a randomized controlled interventionLaura eChaddock-Heyman0Kirk I Erickson1Michelle eVoss2Anya eKnecht3Matthew B. Pontifex4Darla eCastelli5Charles eHillman6Arthur eKramer7University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUniversity of PittsburghUniversity of IowaUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignMichigan StateThe University of Texas at AustinUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignThis study used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine the influence of a 9-month physical activity program on task-evoked brain activation during childhood. The results demonstrated that 8- to 9-year-old children who participated in 60+ minutes of physical activity, 5 days per week, for 9 months, showed decreases in fMRI brain activation in the right anterior prefrontal cortex coupled with within-group improvements in performance on a task of attentional and interference control. Children assigned to a wait list control group did not show changes in brain function. Furthermore, at post-test, children in the physical activity group showed similar anterior frontal brain patterns and incongruent accuracy rates to a group of college-aged young adults. Children in the wait list control group still differed from the young adults in terms of anterior prefrontal activation and performance at post-test. There were no significant changes in fMRI activation in the anterior cingulate cortex for either group. These results suggest that physical activity during childhood may enhance specific elements of prefrontal cortex function involved in cognitive control.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00072/fullBrainfMRIphysical activityChildrenactivationfitness |
| spellingShingle | Laura eChaddock-Heyman Kirk I Erickson Michelle eVoss Anya eKnecht Matthew B. Pontifex Darla eCastelli Charles eHillman Arthur eKramer The effects of physical activity on functional MRI activation associated with cognitive control in children: a randomized controlled intervention Frontiers in Human Neuroscience Brain fMRI physical activity Children activation fitness |
| title | The effects of physical activity on functional MRI activation associated with cognitive control in children: a randomized controlled intervention |
| title_full | The effects of physical activity on functional MRI activation associated with cognitive control in children: a randomized controlled intervention |
| title_fullStr | The effects of physical activity on functional MRI activation associated with cognitive control in children: a randomized controlled intervention |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effects of physical activity on functional MRI activation associated with cognitive control in children: a randomized controlled intervention |
| title_short | The effects of physical activity on functional MRI activation associated with cognitive control in children: a randomized controlled intervention |
| title_sort | effects of physical activity on functional mri activation associated with cognitive control in children a randomized controlled intervention |
| topic | Brain fMRI physical activity Children activation fitness |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00072/full |
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