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Aerobic fitness and the attentional blink in preadolescent children

Wu, Chien Ting

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Title
Aerobic fitness and the attentional blink in preadolescent children
Author(s)
Wu, Chien Ting
Issue Date
2012-09-18T21:14:01Z
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Hillman, Charles H.
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Hillman, Charles H.
Committee Member(s)
  • Cohen, Neal J.
  • McAuley, Edward
  • Petruzzello, Steven J.
Department of Study
Kinesiology & Community Health
Discipline
Kinesiology
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Date of Ingest
2012-09-18T21:14:01Z
Keyword(s)
  • Aerobic Fitness
  • Attentional-blink
  • P3
  • Event-related Potentials
  • Temporal attention
  • Children
Abstract
Given the growing concern that children in today's industrialized and technologically advanced society are becoming more sedentary and less fit, a greater understanding of the extent to which aerobic fitness relates to brain health and cognition during development is of increasing importance. Given that temporal dynamics has not been examined to link the relation of aerobic fitness with cognition in preadolescent children, this study sought to employ neuroelectric and behavioral measures under the attentional blink task to examine this relationship. Using a cross-sectional design, response accuracy and event-related brain potentials were assessed for preadolescent children with different levels of aerobic fitness. Results indicated that higher-fit children exhibited greater response accuracy and enhanced attentional resources distribution compared to lower-fit children. These findings indicate that aerobic fitness may benefit cognitive health in particular with temporal dynamics during preadolescent maturation.
Graduation Semester
2012-08
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Copyright 2012 Chien Ting Wu

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