Effects of the FITKids Randomized Controlled Trial on Executive Control and Brain Function

By Charles H. Hillman, Matthew B. Pontifex, Darla M. Castelli, Naiman A. Khan, L. Raine, Mark R. Scudder, E. Drollette, Robert D Moore, Chien-Ting Wu, K. Kamijo. Pediatrics, 2014

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology

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2016 European Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice (2017, positive): “Regular activity also improves cognitive competence for learning [513, 521].”
2016 European Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice (2016, background): “Regular activity also improves cognitive competence for learning.(513,521) This activity can be supplemented with active commuting to school and supervised walking routes to and from school, with less reliance on buses.”
2016 European Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice. (2016, background): “Regular activity also improves cognitive competence for learning.(513,521) This activity can be supplemented with active commuting to school and supervised walking routes to and from school, with less reliance on buses.”
Physical Activity, Fitness, Cognitive Function, and Academic Achievement in Children: A Systematic Review. (2016, background): “, [52,84]), many of the studies conducted thus far used small samples or correlational methodologies that cannot provide evidence on causation.”
Conclusions about Interventions, Programs, and Approaches for Improving Executive Functions that appear Justified and those that, despite much hype, do not (2015, background): “Results from Hillman et al. (2014) showing no difference in post-test perf ait-list Control Group pretest score, Wait-list Control Group post-test score. cores (on the Tower of London) than peers randomly assigned to hysical exercise.”