Acute exercise significantly improves cognitive flexibility in children and adolescents with a small effect size (SMD = −0.34)¶
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q3 i1 Acute exercises produce a significant small benefit for cognitive flexibility in children and adolescents (SMD = −0.34). → Liu S 2020
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Liu S 2020¶
Liu S, Yu Q, Li Z, Cunha PM, Zhang Y, Kong Z, Lin W, Chen S and Cai Y (2020) Effects of Acute and Chronic Exercises on Executive Function in Children and Adolescents: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis. Front. Psychol. 11:554915. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.554915
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Meta-analysis of 13 studies (14 pairwise comparisons) of acute exercise effects on cognitive flexibility measured by more-odd shifting and the Wisconsin card sorting test, showing "a significant benefit in favor of acu te exercises" with zero heterogeneity (I2 = 0%).
"The aggregated result showed a significant benefit in favor of acu te exercises on cognitive flexibility (SMD = − 0.34; 95% CI − 0.55 to − 0.14, I2 = 0%, p < 0.005)"
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Acute exercise significantly improves cognitive flexibility in children and adolescents with a small effect size (SMD = −0.34) |
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Acute exercise significantly improves cognitive flexibility in children and adolescents with a small effect size (SMD = −0.34) |
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