Badminton Experts Show Task-Specific Cognitive Edge, Not Broad Executive Advantage
A cross-sectional study of 96 Chinese university students found that high-level badminton players responded faster on a word-color matching task ...
Tag: working memory
Exercise May Sharpen Teen Executive Function, But Evidence Remains Weak
A meta-analysis of 22 randomized trials finds exercise programs of at least four weeks associated with better executive function task ...
Resistance, Aerobic and Mind-Body Exercise Show Exploratory Differences in Boosting Executive Function in Addiction Recovery
A network meta-analysis of 12 Chinese randomized trials finds exploratory evidence that resistance exercise may best support inhibitory control, mind-body ...
Exercise May Sharpen Self-Control in Children With ADHD, Review Finds
A new meta-analysis of 25 randomized controlled trials finds that physical exercise may improve inhibitory control and possibly internalizing symptoms ...
Eight Weeks of Footbike Exercise Lifts Mood and Sharpens Executive Function in University Students
A randomized controlled trial in 60 Chinese undergraduates found that an eight-week footbike program reduced anxiety and inhibition scores and ...
Muscle Strength Linked to Working Memory and Shifting in Chinese Teens
A cross-sectional study of 10,145 Chinese adolescents aged 13 to 18 links greater muscle strength to faster working-memory and shifting ...
Classic 1980s arcade game validated as a window into executive functions
A large pre-registered study shows the Space Fortress task has strong psychometric properties and that performance depends most on inhibition ...
Feeling Mentally Drained May Nudge How Young Adults Walk Downhill, Exploratory Study Finds
A randomized exploratory study of 40 healthy young adults found that a 40-minute working-memory task increased perceived mental fatigue but ...
Narrative Review Connects Understanding to Chunking Complex Knowledge
A narrative review integrates understanding into cognitive load theory, proposing that it emerges when highly interactive knowledge is chunked, stored ...
Blended preschool games show preliminary working-memory group difference
A quasi-experimental study of 76 preschoolers found an adjusted group difference on one working-memory updating measure after seven weeks of ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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