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Direct linkDietrich, Arne; Sparling, Phillip B. – Brain and Cognition, 2004
Two experiments are reported that examine the possibility that exercise selectively influences different types of cognition. To our knowledge, these experiments represent the first attempt to study higher-cognitive processes during exercise. Theoretical thinking was guided by the transient hypofrontality hypothesis. In both experiments, athletes…
Descriptors: Experiments, Cognitive Processes, Hypothesis Testing, Neuropsychology
