Cardiorespiratory fitness and attentional control in the aging brain

A growing body of literature provides evidence for the prophylactic influence of cardiorespiratory fitness on cognitive decline in older adults. This study examined the association between cardiorespiratory fitness and recruitment of the neural circuits involved in an attentional control task in a g...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Main Authors:	Ruchika S Prakash, Michelle W Voss, Kirk I Erickson, Jason Lewis, Laura Chaddock, Edward Malkowski, Heloisa Alves, Jennifer S Kim, Amanda Szabo, Siobham White, Thomas Wojcicki, Arthur F Kramer, Emily L Mailey, Edward McAuley
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-01-01
Subjects:	Aging Frontal Lobe Cognitive plasticity neural plasticity Top-down control attentional
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2010.00229/full