The cognitive difference between student groups with high and low level of physical activity
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https://doi.org/10.12775/MBS.2015.029Keywords
cognition, declarative memory, physical training, face/name association test, Stroop testAbstract
We examined the cognitive performance in two groups of young adults differentiated by level of their daily physical activity: high intensity group (HI, 43 male, aged 21.8 ±1.14) and low intensity group (LI, 25 male, aged 21.52 ±1.5). To evaluate the cognitive performance in the two groups we used face/name association test and Stroop test. In the face/name association test we observed statistically significant (p<0.005) differences between HI and LI groups. There were no statistical significant differences in the Stroop test results.References
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