Effect of Physical Exercise in Real-World Settings on Executive Function of Typical Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review

Exercise types and working memory components during development

(2022) Sebastian Ludyga et al.   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES

The developmental trajectories of executive function from adolescence to old age

(2021) Heather J. Ferguson et al.   Scientific Reports

The role of prefrontal cortex in cognitive control and executive function

(2021) Naomi P. Friedman et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

The Effect of Structured Exercise on Short-Term Memory Subsystems: New Insight on Training Activities

(2021) Giovanni Ottoboni et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Efficacy of a 7-week dance (RCT) PE curriculum with different teaching pedagogies and levels of cognitive challenge to improve working memory capacity and motor competence in 8–10 years old children

(2020) Luca Oppici et al.   PSYCHOLOGY OF SPORT AND EXERCISE

Determining Whether Tennis Benefits the Updating Function in Young Children: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study

(2020) Yinghui Lai et al.   Applied Sciences-Basel

Which Type of Exercise Is More Beneficial for Cognitive Function? A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Open-Skill Exercise versus Closed-Skill Exercise among Children, Adults, and Elderly Populations

(2020) Hao Zhu et al.   Applied Sciences-Basel

The Effects of Aerobic Versus Cognitively Demanding Exercise Interventions on Executive Functioning in School-Aged Children: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

(2020) Anna Meijer et al.   JOURNAL OF SPORT & EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY

Motor Coordination and Executive Functions as Early Predictors of Reading and Spelling Acquisition

(2019) Eva Michel et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

Exercise, sports, and performance arts benefit cognition via a common process.

(2019) Phillip D. Tomporowski et al.   PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN

Can Movement Games Enhance Executive Function in Overweight Children? A Randomized Controlled Trial

(2019) Chien-Chih Chou et al.   JOURNAL OF TEACHING IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Head, Toes, Knees, SKIP! Improving Preschool Children’s Executive Function Through a Motor Competence Intervention

(2018) Kelly Lynn Mulvey et al.   JOURNAL OF SPORT & EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY

Effects of Childhood Gymnastics Program on Spatial Working Memory

(2017) SHU-SHIH HSIEH et al.   MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE

The Effects of Taekwondo Training on Peripheral Neuroplasticity-Related Growth Factors, Cerebral Blood Flow Velocity, and Cognitive Functions in Healthy Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial

(2017) Su-Youn Cho et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Sports training enhances visuo-spatial cognition regardless of open-closed typology

(2017) Ting-Yu Chueh et al.   PeerJ

Physical Activity and Cognitive Function in Middle-Aged and Older Adults

(2016) Philipe de Souto Barreto et al.   MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS

Effects of Motor versus Cardiovascular Exercise Training on Children’s Working Memory

(2016) FLORA KOUTSANDRÉOU et al.   MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE

Effects of a Cognitively Demanding Aerobic Intervention during Recess on Children’s Physical Fitness and Executive Functioning

(2016) Anneke G. van der Niet et al.   PEDIATRIC EXERCISE SCIENCE

Conclusions about interventions, programs, and approaches for improving executive functions that appear justified and those that, despite much hype, do not

(2016) Adele Diamond et al.   Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

A Bidirectional Relationship between Executive Function and Health Behavior: Evidence, Implications, and Future Directions

(2016) Julia L. Allan et al.   Frontiers in Neuroscience

Effects of Acute Exercise on Executive Function: A Study with a Tower of London Task

(2016) Yu-Kai Chang et al.   JOURNAL OF SPORT & EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY

Acute Exercise Enhances Preschoolers’ Ability to Sustain Attention

(2016) Kara K. Palmer et al.   JOURNAL OF SPORT & EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY

Efectos de la actividad física sobre las funciones ejecutivas en una muestra de adolescentes

(2015) Inmaculada Martín-Martínez et al.   Anales de Psicologia

Impacts of coordinative training on normal weight and overweight/obese children’s attentional performance

(2015) Maria Chiara Gallotta et al.   Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

When should we change our clinical practice based on the results of a clinical study? Searching for evidence: PICOS and PubMed

(2015) Giorgio Costantino et al.   Internal and Emergency Medicine

Cognitively Engaging Chronic Physical Activity, but Not Aerobic Exercise, Affects Executive Functions in Primary School Children: A Group-Randomized Controlled Trial

(2015) Mirko Schmidt et al.   JOURNAL OF SPORT & EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY

Dose–Response Relation between Exercise Duration and Cognition

(2015) Yu-Kai Chang et al.   MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE

The strength model of self-control revisited: Linking acute and chronic effects of exercise on executive functions

(2015) Michel Audiffren et al.   Journal of Sport and Health Science

Improved Frontoparietal White Matter Integrity in Overweight Children Is Associated with Attendance at an After-School Exercise Program

(2014) Cynthia E. Krafft et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE

Effects of the FITKids Randomized Controlled Trial on Executive Control and Brain Function

(2014) C. H. Hillman et al.   PEDIATRICS

Effects of acute aerobic exercise on multiple aspects of executive function in preadolescent children

(2014) Ai-Guo Chen et al.   PSYCHOLOGY OF SPORT AND EXERCISE

Acute physical activity and delayed attention in primary school students

(2014) M. C. Gallotta et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS

Cognitively challenging physical activity benefits executive function in overweight children

(2013) Claudia Crova et al.   JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCES

An 8-month randomized controlled exercise trial alters brain activation during cognitive tasks in overweight children

(2013) Cynthia E. Krafft et al.   Obesity

Effect of yoga or physical exercise on physical, cognitive and emotional measures in children: a randomized controlled trial

(2013) Shirley Telles et al.   Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

Executive Functions

(2012) Adele Diamond   Annual Review of Psychology

An examination of the relationship between motor coordination and executive functions in adolescents

(2012) DANIELA RIGOLI et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL MEDICINE AND CHILD NEUROLOGY

Executive functions and self-regulation

(2012) Wilhelm Hofmann et al.   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES

The impacts of coordinative exercise on executive function in kindergarten children: an ERP study

(2012) Yu-Kai Chang et al.   EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Effects of a physical education intervention on cognitive function in young children: randomized controlled pilot study

(2011) Abigail Fisher et al.   BMC Pediatrics

The association between aerobic fitness and executive function is mediated by prefrontal cortex volume

(2011) Andrea M. Weinstein et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY

Exercise improves executive function and achievement and alters brain activation in overweight children: A randomized, controlled trial.

(2011) Catherine L. Davis et al.   HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

Exercise and time-dependent benefits to learning and memory

(2010) N.C. Berchtold et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Enrich the environment to empower the brain

(2009) Alessandro Sale et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

Acute coordinative exercise improves attentional performance in adolescents

(2008) Henning Budde et al.   NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS