Meta-regression identifies exercise type, age, and study quality as significant moderators of chronic exercise effects on executive function¶
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q2 i? Open motor skill interventions (β = 0.451645, p = 0.007) and age (β = −0.608123, p = 0.029) are significantly associated with inhibitory control effects. → Liu S 2020
q2 i? Exercise type (β = −0.375588, p = 0.024), study quality (β = −0.555877, p = 0.001), and age (β = 0.293404, p = 0.033) significantly influence working memory effects. → Liu S 2020 (2)
Evidence¶
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-regression of chronic exercise studies on inhibitory control across seven variables, showing open motor skill interventions and age were significant; composite interventions were not (p = 0.064).
"Regression results showed that open motor skill interventions ( β = 0.451645, Q = 1.82, df = 1, p = 0.007) and age ( β = − 0.608123, Q = 2.51, df = 1, p = 0.029) were significantly associated with inhibitory control."
Liu S 2020 (2)¶
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-regression of chronic exercise studies on working memory, showing type and study quality significantly influenced the effect size, and age also moderated it significantly (p = 0.033).
"both type (β = − 0.375588, Q = 3.57, df = 1, p = 0.024) and study quality ( β = -0.555877, Q = 5.28, df = 1, p = 0.001) influenced the ES"
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Related Claims¶
- Exergaming fosters small but significant improvements in quality of life for people living with chronic diseases, and structured programs associate with executive functioning gains — related
- Age moderates exercise effects in opposite directions: adolescents benefit more for inhibitory control, younger children more for working memory — related
- Open-skill exercises yield larger executive function benefits than closed-skill exercises for inhibitory control and working memory — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
- Aerobic exercise improves executive functioning, most notably inhibitory control, in typically developing children, though evidence is tentative and one week-long study found no main effect — related
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Meta-regression identifies exercise type, age, and study quality as significant moderators of chronic exercise effects on executive function |
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Meta-regression identifies exercise type, age, and study quality as significant moderators of chronic exercise effects on executive function |
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