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Ment Health Phys Act. 2013 Oct;6(3):139-153. doi: 10.1016/j.mhpa.2013.06.008.

Impact of aerobic exercise on neurobehavioral outcomes.

Mental health and physical activity

Patrick J Smith, Guy G Potter, Molly E McLaren, James A Blumenthal

Affiliations

  1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.

PMID: 25674157 PMCID: PMC4321747 DOI: 10.1016/j.mhpa.2013.06.008

Abstract

Numerous studies have examined the relationship between physical activity and cognitive function, demonstrating that greater physical activity is associated with lower incidence of cognitive impairment in later life. Due to an increasingly large number of older adults at risk for cognitive impairment, the relationship between physical activity and cognition has garnered increasing public health relevance and multiple randomized trials have demonstrated that exercise interventions among sedentary adults improve cognitive performance in multiple domains of function. This article will examine the relationship between physical activity and cognitive function by reviewing several different areas of literature, including the prevalence of cognitive impairment, assessment methods, observational studies examining physical activity and cognition, and intervention studies. The present review is intended to provide a historical tutorial of existing literature linking physical activity, exercise, and cognitive function among both healthy and clinical populations.

Keywords: Aerobic exercise; Neurocognition; Physical activity

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