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The Effect of an enriched sport program on children's executive functions: the ESA program

2020

Purpose: The effects of physical exercise on executive functions (EFs) are well documented. EFs are involved in daily activities, and their development determines the quality of people’s future life, both in terms of mental health and quality of life. The purpose of the current paper is to evaluate the effects of a physical education program, elaborated within the Enriched Sports Activity Program (ESA Program), an Erasmus + Project, on EFs, namely, visuospatial working memory, inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, and task switching. Method: Data were collected on November 2017 (t1) and May 2018 (t2). At t1, a sample of 357 children from four European countries (Italy, Germany, Lithuan…

lcsh:BF1-990Applied psychologysport program050105 experimental psychologycognitive flexibilityworking memoryphysical education classTask (project management)03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineLietuva (Lithuania)Memory spanPsychology0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesTurkija (Turkey)Vokietija (Germany)General Psychologytraining programOriginal Researchhigh-order cognitive abilitieWorking memorySportas / Sport05 social sciencesCognitive flexibilitychildren’s executive functionphysical education claCognitionExecutive functionsCognitive testVaikai / Childreninhibitory controlESA programlcsh:PsychologyItalija (Italy)Fizinis ugdymas / Physical educationPsychologyhigh-order cognitive abilities030217 neurology & neurosurgeryStroop effect
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