Event Title
Location
Georgia Campus
Start Date
1-5-2013 2:00 PM
End Date
1-5-2013 4:00 PM
Description
Physical activity, lifestyle, and obesity play a role in cognitive maturation and function in developing children. Empirical studies on the cognitive benefits of exercise in pediatric morbidities and healthy children are numerous but lacking cohesion. The purpose of this review is to consolidate and translate recent exercise-cognition research into appropriate suggestions for exercise based on its cognitive effects in children. Articles were selected based on author-developed definitions for acuteness and chronicity of exercise, complexity of exercise, intensity, duration, and time period in which exercises were performed. It was concluded that acute and chronic exercise have initial short-term enhancement of cognitive function with chronic exercise regimens providing prolonged cognitive stimulation. Extent of cognitive benefit among individuals is variable but modifiable based on the duration and intensity of the exercise: 30 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity typically yielded the greatest cognitive benefits.
Included in
Exercise Enhances Cognitive Function in Children
Georgia Campus
Physical activity, lifestyle, and obesity play a role in cognitive maturation and function in developing children. Empirical studies on the cognitive benefits of exercise in pediatric morbidities and healthy children are numerous but lacking cohesion. The purpose of this review is to consolidate and translate recent exercise-cognition research into appropriate suggestions for exercise based on its cognitive effects in children. Articles were selected based on author-developed definitions for acuteness and chronicity of exercise, complexity of exercise, intensity, duration, and time period in which exercises were performed. It was concluded that acute and chronic exercise have initial short-term enhancement of cognitive function with chronic exercise regimens providing prolonged cognitive stimulation. Extent of cognitive benefit among individuals is variable but modifiable based on the duration and intensity of the exercise: 30 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity typically yielded the greatest cognitive benefits.