A single bout of physical exercise does not affect young adults’ executive functions

Gentile Ambra; Thomas Ewan; Feka Kaltrina; Di Vincenzo Anita; Restifo Marco; Amata Valentina; Alesi Marianna; Drid Patrik; Maksimovic Nebojsa; Bianco Antonino; Boca Stefano

doi:10.2478/bhk-2020-0029

Biomedical Human Kinetics (Jan 2020)

A single bout of physical exercise does not affect young adults’ executive functions

Gentile Ambra,
Thomas Ewan,
Feka Kaltrina,
Di Vincenzo Anita,
Restifo Marco,
Amata Valentina,
Alesi Marianna,
Drid Patrik,
Maksimovic Nebojsa,
Bianco Antonino,
Boca Stefano

Affiliations

Gentile Ambra: Department of Psychological, Pedagogical, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Thomas Ewan: Department of Psychological, Pedagogical, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Feka Kaltrina: Department of Psychological, Pedagogical, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Di Vincenzo Anita: Department of Psychological, Pedagogical, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Restifo Marco: Department of Psychological, Pedagogical, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Amata Valentina: Department of Psychological, Pedagogical, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Alesi Marianna: Department of Psychological, Pedagogical, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Drid Patrik: Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
Maksimovic Nebojsa: Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
Bianco Antonino: Department of Psychological, Pedagogical, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Boca Stefano: Department of Psychological, Pedagogical, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bhk-2020-0029
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 226 – 235

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Study aim. The purpose of the current study is to determine the impact of single bouts of physical exercise of different duration and intensity on young adults’ executive functions.

Published in Biomedical Human Kinetics

ISSN: 2080-2234 (Online)
Publisher: Sciendo
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Special situations and conditions: Sports medicine; Science: Physiology
Website: https://sciendo.com/journal/BHK

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