Long-term cardiovascular fitness is associated with auditory attentional control in old adults: neuro-behavioral evidence.

It has been shown that healthy aging affects the ability to focus attention on a given task and to ignore distractors. Here, we asked whether long-term physical activity is associated with lower susceptibility to distraction of auditory attention, and how physically active and inactive seniors may d...

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Main Authors: Stephan Getzmann, Michael Falkenstein, Patrick D Gajewski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3762815?pdf=render