The Effect of Physical Activity on Executive Function: A Brief Commentary on Definitions, Measurement Issues, and the Current State of the Literature
The Effect of Physical Activity on Executive Function: A Brief Commentary on Definitions, Measurement Issues, and the Current State of the Literature
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DOI：
10.1123/jsep.31.4.469
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发表时间：
2009-08-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Chang, Yu-Kai
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作者：
Etnier, Jennifer L.;Chang, Yu-Kai
本评论的目的是介绍与体力活动研究中执行功能的衡量有关的问题。介绍了执行功能的建议定义，并对神经心理学文献中常用的执行功能任务进行了介绍和简要描述。对现有的有关身体活动和认知的文献进行了讨论，并提出了与这类文献的局限性有关的问题。综上所述，关于体力活动对执行功能影响的研究还处于初级阶段。我们鼓励这一领域的研究者提供执行功能的明确定义，仔细考虑已发表的效应大小与他们自己的研究问题的相关性，并考虑在探索体力活动和执行功能之间的关系时，要么为他们选择特定的执行功能测量提供一个逻辑基础，要么使用执行功能的多种测量。
The purpose of the present commentary is to introduce relevant issues with respect to the measurement of executive function in physical activity studies. Suggested definitions of executive function are introduced, and executive function tasks that are commonly used in the neuropsychological literature are presented and briefly described. The extant literature on physical activity and cognition is discussed, and issues relative to the limitations of this body of this of literature are raised. In summary, research on the effect of physical activity on executive function is still in its infancy. We encourage researchers in this field to provide a clear definition of executive function, to carefully consider the relevance of published effect sizes to their own research questions, and to consider either providing a logical rationale for their selection of particular executive function measures or to use multiple measures of executive function when exploring relationships between physical activity and executive function.