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The Influence of Sports on Cognitive Task Performance – A Critical Overview

Pavel Dietz

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Point (typography)Potential effectCognitionEffects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performanceDuration (project management)PsychologyTask (project management)Cognitive psychology

description

The potential effect of different methods on cognitive performance is of great interest to scientific researchers. In addition to drugs, nutrition and sleeping behavior, extensive research has focused on different kinds of sports and exercise and their potential to enhance cognitive task performance. In this chapter, I will give the reader an overview of studies dealing with athletic activities of healthy people and their effects on cognitive task performance. Furthermore, I present and discuss limitations and problems found in these studies. One problem that I point out that makes the comparison of the study results difficult is the heterogeneous study design regarding mode, duration and intensity of the exercise as well as the type and the setting in which a specific cognitive task is applied among the different studies.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2013-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6253-4_7