Association between tennis training experience and executive function in children aged 8–12
Cognitively engaging activities have been shown to facilitate the improvement of executive functions in children. However, a limited number of studies have investigated whether the relationship between dose parameters of physical activities and executive functions, and heterogeneity exists. In the p...
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| author | Yue Xu Wanxia Zhang Hanfeng Zhang Hanfeng Zhang Lijuan Wang Yanlin Luo Guoxin Ni |
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| description | Cognitively engaging activities have been shown to facilitate the improvement of executive functions in children. However, a limited number of studies have investigated whether the relationship between dose parameters of physical activities and executive functions, and heterogeneity exists. In the present study, we aim to explore the association between tennis training experience and executive functions in children. Sixty children between the ages of 8 and 12 were recruited in this study and were allocated to the short-term (ST) group (<12 months, n = 30) and the long-term (LT) group (more than 12 months, n = 30). The abilities of inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, and working memory were measured by the Stop-signal task, Switching task, and N-back task, respectively. There was no significant group difference in either the accuracy or reaction time of the Stop-signal task. No significant difference between the groups' accuracy in the Switching task was observed. However, the LT group presented a shorter reaction time than the ST group (731.69 ± 149.23 ms vs. 857.15 ± 157.99 ms, P < 0.01) in the Switching task. Additionally, training experience was positively associated with the reaction time of the Switching task. As for the N-back task, in comparison with the LT group, the ST group showed a longer reaction time (711.37 ± 168.14 ms vs. 164.75 ± 635.88 ms, P < 0.05). Moreover, training experience was also positively associated with the reaction time of the N-back task. But there was no significant group difference in the accuracy of the N-back task. In conclusion, children trained for over 1 year have better performance in cognitive flexibility and working memory than those trained in <1 year; thus, tennis experience is positively associated with executive functions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-370c9c97ec1f4078b55c9cc4d612bd112022-12-22T02:33:20ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Human Neuroscience1662-51612022-08-011610.3389/fnhum.2022.924809924809Association between tennis training experience and executive function in children aged 8–12Yue Xu0Wanxia Zhang1Hanfeng Zhang2Hanfeng Zhang3Lijuan Wang4Yanlin Luo5Guoxin Ni6School of Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, ChinaSports Education Department, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Neurobiology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, ChinaCognitively engaging activities have been shown to facilitate the improvement of executive functions in children. However, a limited number of studies have investigated whether the relationship between dose parameters of physical activities and executive functions, and heterogeneity exists. In the present study, we aim to explore the association between tennis training experience and executive functions in children. Sixty children between the ages of 8 and 12 were recruited in this study and were allocated to the short-term (ST) group (<12 months, n = 30) and the long-term (LT) group (more than 12 months, n = 30). The abilities of inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, and working memory were measured by the Stop-signal task, Switching task, and N-back task, respectively. There was no significant group difference in either the accuracy or reaction time of the Stop-signal task. No significant difference between the groups' accuracy in the Switching task was observed. However, the LT group presented a shorter reaction time than the ST group (731.69 ± 149.23 ms vs. 857.15 ± 157.99 ms, P < 0.01) in the Switching task. Additionally, training experience was positively associated with the reaction time of the Switching task. As for the N-back task, in comparison with the LT group, the ST group showed a longer reaction time (711.37 ± 168.14 ms vs. 164.75 ± 635.88 ms, P < 0.05). Moreover, training experience was also positively associated with the reaction time of the N-back task. But there was no significant group difference in the accuracy of the N-back task. In conclusion, children trained for over 1 year have better performance in cognitive flexibility and working memory than those trained in <1 year; thus, tennis experience is positively associated with executive functions.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2022.924809/fulltennisphysical activitytraining experienceexecutive functionchildren |
| spellingShingle | Yue Xu Wanxia Zhang Hanfeng Zhang Hanfeng Zhang Lijuan Wang Yanlin Luo Guoxin Ni Association between tennis training experience and executive function in children aged 8–12 Frontiers in Human Neuroscience tennis physical activity training experience executive function children |
| title | Association between tennis training experience and executive function in children aged 8–12 |
| title_full | Association between tennis training experience and executive function in children aged 8–12 |
| title_fullStr | Association between tennis training experience and executive function in children aged 8–12 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Association between tennis training experience and executive function in children aged 8–12 |
| title_short | Association between tennis training experience and executive function in children aged 8–12 |
| title_sort | association between tennis training experience and executive function in children aged 8 12 |
| topic | tennis physical activity training experience executive function children |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2022.924809/full |
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