Journal article
Aerobic fitness is associated with greater efficiency of the network underlying cognitive control in preadolescent children
Neuroscience, Vol.199, pp.166-176
12/29/2011
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.10.009
PMCID: PMC3237764
PMID: 22027235
Abstract
This study examined whether individual differences in aerobic fitness are associated with differences in activation of cognitive control brain networks in preadolescent children. As expected, children performed worse on a measure of cognitive control compared to a group of young adults. However, individual differences in aerobic fitness were associated with cognitive control performance among children. Lower-fit children had disproportionate performance cost in accuracy with increasing task difficulty, relative to higher-fit children. Brain activation was compared between performance-matched groups of lower- and higher-fit children. Fitness groups differed in brain activity for regions associated with response execution and inhibition, task set maintenance, and top-down regulation. Overall, differing activation patterns coupled with different patterns of brain-behavior correlations suggest an important role of aerobic fitness in modulating task strategy and the efficiency of neural networks that implement cognitive control in preadolescent children.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Aerobic fitness is associated with greater efficiency of the network underlying cognitive control in preadolescent children
- Creators
- Michelle W Voss - Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignLaura Chaddock - Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignJennifer S Kim - Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignMatt VanPatter - Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignMatthew B Pontifex - Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignLauren B Raine - Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignNeal J Cohen - Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignCharles H Hillman - Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignArthur F Kramer - Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Neuroscience, Vol.199, pp.166-176
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.10.009
- PMID
- 22027235
- PMCID
- PMC3237764
- NLM abbreviation
- Neuroscience
- ISSN
- 0306-4522
- eISSN
- 1873-7544
- Grant note
- R01 AG025032-04 || AG / National Institute on Aging : NIA
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/29/2011
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984002340202771
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