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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Kean Poon, Mimi S. H. Ho, Kee-Lee Chou
Summary: This study found that the relationship between socioeconomic status and academic performance was fully mediated by cognitive flexibility and working memory. Working memory was a stronger mediator than cognitive flexibility, and may be related to childhood socioeconomic status and academic performance in Chinese children. Low-SES children showed poorer working memory and academic performance in all three subjects, but better cognitive flexibility than middle-high SES children.
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Thomas A. Deshayes, Nicolas Daigle, David Jeker, Martin Lamontagne-Lacasse, Maxime Perreault-Briere, Pascale Claveau, Ivan L. Simoneau, Estelle Chamoux, Eric D. B. Goulet
Summary: This study investigated the effect of repeated exposures to hypohydration on cognitive performance. The results showed that low to moderate levels of hypohydration had no significant negative impact on cognitive performance. Furthermore, repeated exposures to hypohydration did not result in any significant changes in cognitive responses.
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Education & Educational Research
Vagner Beserra, Miguel Nussbaum, Monica Navarrete, Danilo Alvares
Summary: This study examined the acceptability and feasibility of delivering physically active academic lessons through dance, finding a high level of interest among teachers in incorporating such lessons into the school routine. The study also identified main barriers to implementation and helped in constructing lesson plans.
TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION
(2021)
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Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Daniele Magistro, Simon B. Cooper, Fabio Carlevaro, Ilaria Marchetti, Francesca Magno, Giulia Bardaglio, Giovanni Musella
Summary: Research shows that incorporating physical activity into mathematics lessons can improve cognitive function and gross motor skill development in primary school children. The intervention of physically active mathematics lessons has synergistic benefits for cognitive and motor development, which are critical for optimal development in early childhood.
PSYCHOLOGY OF SPORT AND EXERCISE
(2022)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Maciej Chroboczek, Maciej Kostrzewa, Katarzyna Micielska, Tomasz Grzywacz, Radoslaw Laskowski
Summary: The study showed that executive functions deteriorate after acute normobaric hypoxia (NH) exposure among young physically active males, with the deterioration not being proportional to the stages of normobaric hypoxia exposure.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2021)
Review
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Sofiane Souissi, Karim Chamari, Tarek Bellaj
Summary: This article examines current theories and models of Executive Functions (EF) in children, discusses assessment tools, issues, and challenges, and explores their impact on children's development. The assessment of EF requires considering multiple factors and further research is needed to improve assessment methods and validity.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
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Education & Educational Research
Vagner Beserra, Miguel Nussbaum, Monica Navarrete, Norman Garrido
Summary: This study examines the perception of educators, students, and parents in the north of Chile about using online physically active academic lessons during COVID-19. The results show a positive evaluation of the experience, an increase in physical activity without reducing academic activities, and improvements in learning, social relationships, and enjoyment.
TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION
(2022)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Mika Paananen, Henrik Husberg, Heli Katajamaki, Tuija Aro
Summary: This study examined the effects of a school-based skill-training intervention on attention control and executive functions in students with hyperactivity-impulsivity (H-I) and cognitive control (CC) deficits. The results showed positive changes in CC but not in H-I. Conduct problems may diminish the response to intervention.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Catherine Gunzenhauser, Matthias Nueckles
Summary: The article focuses on the transfer of executive function training to academic performance, discussing possible sources of transfer problems and how domain-specific factors may influence the application of executive functions to learning. It suggests that training executive functions in young students in the school setting is promising for enhancing far transfer to academic achievement.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
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Psychology
Jamie A. Spiegel, J. Marc Goodrich, Brittany M. Morris, Colleen M. Osborne, Christopher J. Lonigan
Summary: This study aimed to examine developmental patterns of relations between executive function components and academic outcomes in elementary school-age children. Results showed that accounting for general EF resulted in weaker relations between EF and academics, although they remained significant. Working memory was consistently moderately associated with reading, math, and language, while the relationships between inhibitory control and shifting with academic outcomes varied based on the academic skill examined.
PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Isu Cho, Niki Hosseini-Kamkar, Hyun-joo Song, J. Bruce Morton
Summary: Although children of East Asian immigrants outperform native-born North American children academically, the specific social and cognitive factors underlying this difference are not well understood. This article explores the potential role of executive functions (EF), which develop more rapidly in East Asian cultures, in explaining the achievement gap. However, the existing evidence on cross-cultural differences in EF development is limited in several ways. The study proposes a new framework that integrates EF, culture, and academic achievement, and suggests avenues for future research in this area.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
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Education, Special
Leanne Tamm, Sydney M. Risley, Elizabeth Hamik, Angela Combs, Lauren B. Jones, Jamie Patronick, Tat Shing Yeung, Allison K. Zoromski, Amie Duncan
Summary: This study assessed the feasibility, satisfaction, and initial efficacy of the AIMS intervention in middle-school students with ASD. The results suggest that the intervention has promising effects on improving academic EF skills and behaviors.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
(2022)
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Sport Sciences
Chen Zheng, Xiao Yu Tian, Feng Hua Sun, Wendy Yajun Huang, Sinead Sheridan, Yalan Wu, Stephen Heung-Sang Wong
Summary: The study found that total sitting time and prolonged sedentary bouts were positively associated with several cardiometabolic biomarkers, with interruptions in sitting time potentially contributing to reduced cardiometabolic risk in physically active young male adults.
MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS & EXERCISE
(2021)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Francesca Latino, Francesco Tafuri
Summary: This brief review aims to summarize the literature on the impact of physical activity interventions on cognitive function and academic performance. The research included different physical activity settings and suggested that physical activity produces important changes in the brain, which mediate enhancements in cognitive performance and academic achievement. The purpose of this work is to analyze how physical activity can improve cognitive health and academic performance among school-age children.
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Economics
Nicolas de Roux, Evan Riehl
Summary: This paper investigates the impact of academic breaks after high school on individuals' college and labor market outcomes. The findings suggest that such breaks lead to a significant decrease in college enrollment for many students. Moreover, the breaks have a negative effect on the early-career earnings of high-achieving students, while the impact on less-prepared students is relatively small.
JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
(2022)
Article
Sport Sciences
Patricia Galvez-Fernandez, Manuel Herrador-Colmenero, Irene Esteban-Cornejo, Jose Castro-Pinero, Javier Molina-Garcia, Ana Queralt, Susana Aznar, Alberto Abarca-Sos, David Gonzalez-Cutre, Josep Vidal-Conti, Santiago Fernandez-Munoz, Jeronimo Vida, Alberto Ruiz-Ariza, Fernando Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Diego Moliner-Urdiales, Emilio Villa-Gonzalez, Yaira Barranco-Ruiz, Francisco Javier Huertas-Delgado, Sandra Mandic, Palma Chillon
Summary: This study examined the trends in active commuting to school in Spanish children and adolescents from 2010 to 2017. The study found that the rates remained stable at around 60% during this period, with no significant association with the economic crisis. Promoting further educational and policy strategies is important to continue encouraging this behavior in children and adolescents in the long term.
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS
(2021)
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Education & Educational Research
Emilio J. Martinez-Lopez, Sebastian Lopez-Serrano, Manuel De la Torre-Cruz, Alberto Ruiz-Ariza
Summary: The study aimed to analyze the impact of 8 weeks of Pokemon GO on physical fitness and fatness in Spanish adolescents aged 12-15. Results showed that playing Pokemon GO led to improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness and BMI, with inactive players showing significant increases in CRF and decreases in %BF compared to non-players. However, less than half of the participants felt that Pokemon GO improved their overall fitness and motivation for physical activity.
HEALTH EDUCATION JOURNAL
(2022)
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Rehabilitation
Alberto Ruiz-Ariza, Sebastian Lopez-Serrano, Sara Suarez-Manzano, Emilio J. Martinez-Lopez
Summary: The study aimed to analyze the impact of a 4-week programme integrating cognitive content in Physical Education (CogniPE) on the cognitive performance (CP) and emotional intelligence (EI) of adolescents. A randomized controlled trial compared a control group (CG) performing low-intensity physical exercises, an experimental group 1 (EG1) performing small-sided games of team sports, and an experimental group 2 (EG2) performing CogniPE. The results showed that both EG1 and EG2 had significant improvements in selective attention, concentration, and mathematical calculation compared to the CG. Additionally, EG1 and EG2 demonstrated improvements in well-being and sociability compared to the CG.
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Education & Educational Research
Alba Camara-Martinez, Sara Suarez-Manzano, Emilio J. Martinez-Lopez, Alberto Ruiz-Ariza
Summary: This study analyzed the effects of a 6-week integrated active-lessons program on vocabulary and narrative comprehension in children. The results showed significant improvements in vocabulary and narrative comprehension in the treatment group.
SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION
(2022)
Review
Education & Educational Research
Sebastian Lopez-Serrano, Alberto Ruiz-Ariza, Manuel De la Torre-Cruz, Emilio J. Martinez-Lopez
Summary: Recent studies and reviews have shown the positive effects of exergames on cognition in children and adolescents aged 6 to 18 years. These games demonstrate acute improvements in executive functions and chronic benefits in areas such as mathematical calculation and self-concept. While exergames are effective for improving cognition, confounders should also be considered in future research.
SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION
(2021)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Alberto Ruiz-Ariza, Sara Suarez-Manzano, Sebastian Lopez-Serrano, Emilio J. Martinez-Lopez
Summary: The importance of physical activity in the development of intelligence, particularly during adolescence, has been highlighted in recent neuroeducational advances. While numerous studies have explored the link between physical activity and intelligence, there is a need for more research focusing on theoretical and pedagogical approaches. Strategies such as increasing physical activity and utilizing physical education classes can be effective in cultivating intelligence in a school setting.
REVISTA ESPANOLA DE PEDAGOGIA
(2021)
Review
Education & Educational Research
Emilio J. Martinez-Lopez, Alberto Ruiz-Ariza, Manuel De La Torre-Cruz, Sara Suarez-Manzano
Summary: This review analyzes educational intervention studies on the effects of physical activity in school on schoolchildren's cognition. It shows that physical activity in school has both acute and chronic positive effects on children's cognition, improving cognitive performance in both the short-term and long-term. The study also highlights the importance of including physical activity programs in school timetables for enhancing students' cognitive abilities.
PSICOLOGIA EDUCATIVA
(2021)
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Alberto Ruiz-Ariza, Sebastian Lopez-Serrano, Alberto Mezcua-Hidalgo, Emilio J. Martinez-Lopez, Khader Abu-Helaiel
Summary: The study found that active breaks can improve memory, with low-intensity breaks having a significant effect on attention and concentration, while improvements in mathematical calculations were observed after both types of breaks, although not significant.
RETOS-NUEVAS TENDENCIAS EN EDUCACION FISICA DEPORTE Y RECREACION
(2021)
