Physical Exercise during the Morning School-Break Improves Basic Cognitive Functions

Autor/inn/en	Tilp, Markus; Scharf, Carina; Payer, Gerald; Presker, Maximilian; Fink, Andreas
Titel	Physical Exercise during the Morning School-Break Improves Basic Cognitive Functions
Quelle	In: Mind, Brain, and Education, 14 (2020) 1, S.24-31 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Fink, Andreas)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1751-2271
DOI	10.1111/mbe.12228
Schlagwörter	Physical Activities; Intervention; Exercise; Academic Achievement; Attention; Creativity; Early Adolescents; Mathematics Skills; Arithmetic; Cognitive Ability + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Übung; Schulleistung; Aufmerksamkeit; Kreativität; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Addition; Arithmetik; Arithmetikunterricht; Rechnen; Denkfähigkeit
Abstract	Physical activity has not only been associated with increased physical and mental health, but also with beneficial effects on various cognitive and brain functions. This study investigated the effects of a motor and coordination oriented exercise intervention on academic achievements, attention/concentration ability, and on different facets of creative potential in a sample of school-aged children between 11 and 14 years. The intervention was conducted during the morning school-break over a time period of 4 weeks (5 units per week). The intervention was associated with beneficial effects on attention/concentration ability, basic arithmetic competence, and the fluency facet of creative potential. The finding that regular physical exercise during the morning break improves some basic academic and cognitive functions may motivate efforts to implement physical activity programs as promising and effective tools in the everyday school-routine of the children to stimulate basic neurocognitive functions. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01