TY - JOUR
T1 - Physical activity and executive control
T2 - Implications for increased cognitive health during older adulthood
AU - Hillman, Charles H.
AU - Belopolsky, Artem V.
AU - Snook, Erin M.
AU - Kramer, Arthur F.
AU - McAuley, Edward
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by a University ofIllinois Research Board Award to the first author. Please address all correspondence concerning this article to Charles H. Hillman, Department of Kinesiology, University ofIllinois at Urbana-Champaign, 213 Freer Hall, 906 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL61801.
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PY - 2004/6
Y1 - 2004/6
N2 - Electrocortical and behavioral responses of low, moderate, and high physically active older adults where compared with a younger control group on neutral and incompatible conditions of a flankers task. Compared to younger adults, high and moderate active older adults exhibited increased event-related potentials component P3 amplitude for the incompatible condition at the frontal electrode site. For the neutral condition, only low active older adults exhibited decreased amplitude at the central-parietal site, compared to younger adults. P3 latency revealed the longest latencies for low active older adults, followed by moderate active, high active, and younger adults, respectively. Reaction time (RT) data revealed that younger adults exhibited faster RT compared to all three older groups. Results suggest that physical activity may improve executive control function in older adults by affecting the distribution of P3 amplitude, which has been related to memory and attentional processes, and by decreasing P3 latency, which relates to the speed of cognitive processing.
AB - Electrocortical and behavioral responses of low, moderate, and high physically active older adults where compared with a younger control group on neutral and incompatible conditions of a flankers task. Compared to younger adults, high and moderate active older adults exhibited increased event-related potentials component P3 amplitude for the incompatible condition at the frontal electrode site. For the neutral condition, only low active older adults exhibited decreased amplitude at the central-parietal site, compared to younger adults. P3 latency revealed the longest latencies for low active older adults, followed by moderate active, high active, and younger adults, respectively. Reaction time (RT) data revealed that younger adults exhibited faster RT compared to all three older groups. Results suggest that physical activity may improve executive control function in older adults by affecting the distribution of P3 amplitude, which has been related to memory and attentional processes, and by decreasing P3 latency, which relates to the speed of cognitive processing.
KW - Aging
KW - Cognitive function
KW - Event-related potentials
KW - P3
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U2 - 10.1080/02701367.2004.10609149
DO - 10.1080/02701367.2004.10609149
M3 - Article
C2 - 15209336
AN - SCOPUS:4143151030
SN - 0270-1367
VL - 75
SP - 176
EP - 185
JO - Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
JF - Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
IS - 2
ER -