The relationship between acute aerobic exercise and inhibitory control in college students: The impact of physical and cognitive engagement.

IF 2.4 3区医学 Q2 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Physiology & Behavior Pub Date : 2024-12-10 DOI:10.1016/j.physbeh.2024.114779

Zongyu Yang, Li Zhu, Qinghua He, Xuanling Li, Jiaxi Zhang, Yi Tang

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Abstract

Objective: Evidence suggests that acute exercise is an effective way for improving inhibition control, however, the effect of different types of Acute Aerobic Exercise and Inhibitory Control (IC) remains unclear.

Method: Using a crossover design, 25 participants (M = 20.20year, SD=0.91) completed 20 min of interventions at 1) moderate intensity exercise, 2) moderate intensity exercise with high cognitive demand (high cognitive-demand exercise), 3) moderate intensity exercise with high physical demand (high physical-demand exercise), and 4) rest condition (low physical and cognitive demand) in a counterbalanced way. Flanker task was completed before and after each intervention to evaluate their inhibitory control ability.

Results: The four interventions significantly reduce reaction times for both congruent and incongruent trials with Flanker task (all P < 0.05). Compared to acute moderate intensity exercise, high physical-demand exercise induced a greater reduction in reaction times for both trial types, whereas high cognitive-demand exercise led to faster reaction times in incongruent trials.

Conclusion: Although each intervention effectively enhanced inhibitory control, the exercise demanding high cognitive and physical effort contributed to a more pronounced improvement in inhibitory control performance. This indicates that both increased physical and cognitive engagement can significantly improve the level of inhibitory control in young adults.

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大学生急性有氧运动与抑制控制之间的关系：身体和认知参与的影响

目的：有证据表明，急性运动是改善抑制控制的有效方法：有证据表明，急性运动是改善抑制控制的有效方法，然而，不同类型的急性有氧运动和抑制控制（IC）的效果仍不清楚：采用交叉设计，25 名参与者（中=20.20 岁，标差=0.91）以平衡的方式完成了 20 分钟的干预：1）中等强度运动；2）中等强度且认知需求高的运动（认知需求高的运动）；3）中等强度且体力需求高的运动（体力需求高的运动）；4）休息状态（体力和认知需求低）。在每次干预前后都要完成侧手任务，以评估他们的抑制控制能力：结果：四种干预措施都明显缩短了同位和不同位试题在 Flanker 任务中的反应时间（均为 PC）：虽然每种干预措施都能有效增强抑制控制能力，但对认知和体力要求较高的运动对抑制控制能力的改善更为明显。这表明，增加体力和认知参与都能显著提高青壮年的抑制控制水平。

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Physiology & Behavior 医学-行为科学

CiteScore

5.70

自引率

3.40%

发文量

274

审稿时长

47 days

期刊介绍： Physiology & Behavior is aimed at the causal physiological mechanisms of behavior and its modulation by environmental factors. The journal invites original reports in the broad area of behavioral and cognitive neuroscience, in which at least one variable is physiological and the primary emphasis and theoretical context are behavioral. The range of subjects includes behavioral neuroendocrinology, psychoneuroimmunology, learning and memory, ingestion, social behavior, and studies related to the mechanisms of psychopathology. Contemporary reviews and theoretical articles are welcomed and the Editors invite such proposals from interested authors.