Active commuting to school shows a positive association with at least one cognitive measure in a majority of reviewed studies, though findings are inconsistent across measures¶
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q3 i? Among studies of active commuting and cognition, more found a positive association with at least one cognitive measure than found none, but several cognitive measures showed no significant association. → Phansikar 2019
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Phansikar 2019¶
Phansikar, M.; Ashrafi, S.A.; Khan, N.A.; Massey, W.V.; Mullen, S.P. (2019). Active Commute in Relation to Cognition and Academic Achievement in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Future Recommendations. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16245103
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Systematic review synthesis of studies measuring ACS and cognition among adolescents. The review reports that "three studies found a positive association with at least one cognitive measure" while two found no significant association with any cognitive variable and one was mixed across measures.
"Overall, three studies found a positive association with at least one cognitive measure [42,45,47]. Two studies did not find any significant association with any of the cognitive variables [48,53], and one study found no associations with some cognitive variables but not others [42]."
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Related Claims¶
- Longer duration of active commuting relates to better cognitive performance in a dose–response pattern among girls
- Active commuting to school shows a positive association with at least one academic achievement measure in a majority of reviewed adolescent studies
- Among younger children, active commuting shows negative associations with grades and reading comprehension in some studies — related
- Active commuting to school is associated with better cognitive performance among girls but not boys in two reviewed studies — related
- Active commuting to and from school is not significantly associated with cognitive performance in children and adolescents (pooled ES = −0.02) — reports the opposite
- Within included studies, ACS was positively associated with cognitive performance and academic achievement in adolescent girls but not adolescent boys — related
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