Acute psychosocial stress and working memory performance: the potential of physical activity to modulate cognitive functions in children

Acute psychosocial stress and working memory performance: the potential of physical activity to modulate cognitive functions in children

Abstract Background Research suggests that physical activity (PA) enhances cognitive performance and prevents stress-related impairments of higher order cognitive functions like working memory (WM) performance. The aim of the current study was to investigate the effect of PA on WM performance after...

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Main Authors: Kathrin Wunsch, Maria Meier, Lea Ueberholz, Jana Strahler, Nadine Kasten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:BMC Pediatrics
Subjects:
Stress-buffering effect
Cross-stressor adaption hypothesis
Working memory
Trier social stress test for children (TSST-C)
Ecological momentary assessment
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12887-019-1637-x

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