Aerobic fitness and the attentional blink in preadolescent children

Aerobic Fitness;Attentional-blink;P3;Event-related Potentials;Temporal attention;Children

Wu, Chien Ting

关键词: Aerobic Fitness;    Attentional-blink;    P3;    Event-related Potentials;    Temporal attention;    Children;   

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【 摘 要 】

Given the growing concern that children in today's industrialized and technologicallyadvanced society are becoming more sedentary and less fit, a greater understanding of theextent to which aerobic fitness relates to brain health and cognition during development is ofincreasing importance. Given that temporal dynamics has not been examined to link therelation of aerobic fitness with cognition in preadolescent children, this study sought toemploy neuroelectric and behavioral measures under the attentional blink task to examinethis relationship. Using a cross-sectional design, response accuracy and event-related brainpotentials were assessed for preadolescent children with different levels of aerobic fitness.Results indicated that higher-fit children exhibited greater response accuracy and enhancedattentional resources distribution compared to lower-fit children. These findings indicate thataerobic fitness may benefit cognitive health in particular with temporal dynamics duringpreadolescent maturation.