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Exercise and Cognitive Function.

This textbook focuses on the relationship between physical exercise and cognition, a very timely and important topic with major theoretical and practical implications for a number of areas including ageing, neurorehabilitation, depression and dementia. It brings together a wide range of analytical a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McMorris, Terry
Otros Autores: Tomporowski, Phillip, Audiffren, Michel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Exercise and Cognitive Function; Contents; Preface; Contributors; PART 1 THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES; 1 Acute exercise and psychological functions: a cognitive-energetic approach; 2 Exercise and cognitive function: a neuroendocrinological explanation; 3 The transient hypofrontality theory and its implications for emotion and cognition; 4 Methodological issues: research approaches, research design, and task selection; PART 2 ACUTE EXERCISE AND COGNITION; 5 Exercise, dehydration and cognitive function; 6 Exercise, nutrition and cognition.
  • 7 A chronometric and electromyographic approach to the effect of exercise on reaction time8 Acute aerobic exercise effects on event-related brain potentials; 9 Exercise and decision-making in team games; 10 Blood glucose and brain metabolism in exercise; PART 3 CHRONIC EXERCISE AND COGNITION; 11 An integrated approach to the effect of acute and chronic exercise on cognition: the linked role of individual and task constraints; 12 Chronic exercise and cognitio.