Fitness and ERP Indices of Cognitive Control Mode during Task Preparation in Preadolescent Children.

ABSTRACT: A growing number of studies conducted over the past decade have demonstrated that greater aerobic fitness is associated with superior cognitive control in preadolescent children. Several studies have suggested that the relationship between fitness and cognitive control may be attributed to differential reliance on proactive vs. reactive cognitive control modes. However, this contention has remained speculative, and further studies are needed to better elucidate this relationship. We designed the present study to test the hypothesis that use of cognitive control modes would differ as a function of childhood fitness. We compared performance of lower-fit and higher-fit children on a modified AX-continuous performance task, commonly used to examine shifts in the use of proactive and reactive c

SUBMITTER: Kamijo K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5003924 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature