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Effects of physical fitness on attention, memory and decision making in children.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Effects of physical fitness on attention, memory and decision making in children./
作者:	Mokgothu, Comfort Jazzman.
面頁冊數:	141 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-01, Section: A, page: 0159.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International69-01A.
標題:	Education, Educational Psychology. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3300530
ISBN:	9780549452621

Effects of physical fitness on attention, memory and decision making in children.
Mokgothu, Comfort Jazzman.

Effects of physical fitness on attention, memory and decision making in children. - 141 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-01, Section: A, page: 0159.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Pittsburgh, 2007.

The aim of this study was to determine whether there was a relationship between level of fitness and the information processing components of attention, memory and decision making in children. Based on existing evidence from studies on adults, it was predicted that higher-fit children would perform better on attention, memory and decision making tasks than their low-fit counterparts. It was predicted that higher-fit subjects would perform better than their lower-fit counterparts on: (i) attention (dual task-tracking and discrete simple reaction time tasks), (ii) memory (numeric vigilance and probed memory tasks), (iii) decision making (discrete-6 choice reaction time tasks, and (iv) executive function (Tower of Hanoi). Forty-seven male children from a local middle school were selected for the study. Based upon a cycle ergometer test, the top twenty receiving the highest fitness scores and the twenty with the lowest scores were selected to complete the cognitive tests. Subjects were required to perform six cognitive tests on a computer. Fitness level (higher-fit and lower-fit) was the main independent variable while the dependent variables were VO2 max, fat percentage, resting heart rate and the measures from the cognitive tests. First, a fitness level ANOVA with predicted VO2 max indicated that the groups did differ on the level of fitness. A group x memory capacity (8, 10) with repeated measures on memory length and a group x duration (80,100) with repeated measures on time were computed. The remaining dependent variables were analyzed by a fitness group ANOVA. The fitness level did not differentiate the subjects on attention, memory or decision making. There was a trend for the higher-fit to perform better than the lower-fit on simple and choice movement times, memory capacity and duration tests. Thus, the effects of aerobic fitness level on attention and memory capacity displayed a trend for higher-fit children to be slightly better than lower-fit children; however, these differences were not significant. Further studies need to continue to explore whether aerobic fitness levels have an impact on the components of children's information processing.

ISBN: 9780549452621Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017560
Education, Educational Psychology.

Effects of physical fitness on attention, memory and decision making in children.
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