Cardiorespiratory fitness (VO2max) is the physical fitness measure most strongly correlated with cognitive functioning in adolescents¶

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q3 i? Maximum oxygen consumption correlated significantly with all cognitive measures and was the fitness measure that best correlated with cognitive functioning. → Reigal 2020

Evidence¶

Reigal 2020¶

Reigal, R. E., Hernández-Mendo, A., Juárez-Ruiz de Mier, R., and Morales-Sánchez, V. (2020). Physical Exercise and Fitness Level Are Related to Cognitive and Psychosocial Functioning in Adolescents. Front. Psychol. 11:1777. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01777

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Pearson and Spearman correlation analyses (Table 4) among 208 adolescents related fitness measures to D2 and WISC-IV scores; the text states "Maximum oxygen consumption was the measure of physical fitness that best correlated with the measures of cognitive functioning." Correlation coefficients are printed in Table 4 but not in this sentence.

"There were significant relationships among them. Maximum oxygen consumption was the measure of physical fitness that best correlated with the measures of cognitive functioning."

Discussion¶

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