Physical Activity

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Brasure, M., Desai, P., Davila, H., Nelson, V. A., Calvert, C., Jutkowitz, E., Butler, M., Fink, H. A., Ratner, E., Hemmy, L., McCarten, J. R., Barclay, T. R., & Kane, R. L. (2018). Physical activity interventions in preventing cognitive decline and Alzheimer-type dementia: a systematic review. Annals of Internal Medicine, 168(1), 30-38. https://doi.org/10.7326/M17-1528

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Den Heijer, A. E., Groen, Y., Tucha, L., Fuermaier, A. B., Koerts, J., Lange, K. W., ... & Tucha, O. (2017). Sweat it out? The effects of physical exercise on cognition and behavior in children and adults with ADHD: a systematic literature review. Journal of Neural Transmission, 124(1), 3-26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00702-016-1593-7

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Erickson, K. I., Donofry, S. D., Sewell, K. R., Brown, B. M., & Stillman, C. M. (2022). Cognitive aging and the promise of physical activity. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 18, 417-442. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-072720-014213

Erickson, K. I., Hillman, C., Stillman, C. M., Ballard, R. M., Bloodgood, B., Conroy, D. E., Macko, R., Marquez, D. X., Petruzzello, S.J., & Powell, K. E. (2019). Physical activity, cognition, and brain outcomes: a review of the 2018 physical activity guidelines. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 51(6), 1242-1251. https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0000000000001936

Erickson, K.I., Voss, M.W., Prakash, R.S., Basak, C., Szabo, A., et al., (2011). Exercise training increases size of hippocampus and improves memory.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108, 3017–3022. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1015950108

Fernandes, J., Arida, R. M., & Gomez-Pinilla, F. (2017). Physical exercise as an epigenetic modulator of brain plasticity and cognition. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 80, 443-456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.06.012

Golden, P., et al. (2013). MBSR vs. aerobix exercise in social anxiety: fMRI of emotion regulation of negative self-beliefs. Scan, 8, 65-72. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nss054

Hillman, C. H., Logan, N. E., & Shigeta, T. T. (2019). A review of acute physical activity effects on brain and cognition in children. Translational Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine, 4(17), 132-136. https://doi.org/10.1249/TJX.0000000000000101

Ho, R. T., Fong, T. C., Chan, W. C., Kwan, J. S., Chiu, P. K., Yau, J. C., & Lam, L. C. (2020). Psychophysiological effects of dance movement therapy and physical exercise on older adults with mild dementia: a randomized controlled trial. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 75(3), 560-570. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gby145

Jonasson, L. S., Nyberg, L., Kramer, A. F., Lundquist, A., Riklund, K., & Boraxbekk, C. J. (2017). Aerobic exercise intervention, cognitive performance, and brain structure: results from the physical influences on brain in aging (PHIBRA) study. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 8, 336. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2016.00336

Junco, B., Tiozzo, E., Flothmann, M., Lages, L., Yu, A., Chang, N., ... & Koch, S. (2018). Abstract WP142: Baseline and Demographic Factors Associated With Improvements in Physical Activity, Cognition and Mood: Preliminary Data from the Bugher Foundation’s Stroke and Exercise Study. Stroke, 49(Suppl_1), AWP142-AWP142. https://doi.org/10.1161/str.49.suppl_1.WP142

Kennedy, G., Hardman, R. J., Macpherson, H., Scholey, A. B., & Pipingas, A. (2017). How does exercise reduce the rate of age-associated cognitive decline? A review of potential mechanisms. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 55(1), 1-18. 10.3233/JAD-160665

Kou, X., Chen, D., & Chen, N. (2019). Physical activity alleviates cognitive dysfunction of alzheimer’s disease through regulating the mtor signaling pathway. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 20(7), 1591. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20071591

Kulinna, P. H., Stylianou, M., Dyson, B., Banville, D., Dryden, C., & Colby, R. (2018). The effect of an authentic acute physical education session of dance on elementary students’ selective attention. BioMed Research International, 2018, 790283. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/8790283

Lloyd, B. A., Hake, H. S., Ishiwata, T., Farmer, C. E., Loetz, E. C., Fleshner, M., ... & Greenwood, B. N. (2017). Exercise increases mTOR signaling in brain regions involved in cognition and emotional behavior. Behavioural Brain Research, 323, 56-67.

Malagoni, A. M., & Maffessanti, F. (2023). “A healthy mind in a healthy body”: An overview on the effects of physical activity on the brain. In V. Demarin, L., Battistin, H. Budinčević’s (eds) Mind, Brain and Education, (pp. 79-82). Springer, Cham. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33013-1_9

Mandolesi, L., Polverino, A., Montuori, S., Foti, F., Ferraioli, G., Sorrentino, P., & Sorrentino, G. (2018). Effects of physical exercise on cognitive functioning and wellbeing: Biological and psychological benefits.  Frontiers in Psychology, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00509

Marques, A., Santos, D. A., Hillman, C. H., & Sardinha, L. B. (2018). How does academic achievement relate to cardiorespiratory fitness, self-reported physical activity and objectively reported physical activity: a systematic review in children and adolescents aged 6–18 years. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 52(16), 1039-1039. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2016-097361

Mehren, A., Reichert, M., Coghill, D., Müller, H. H., Braun, N., & Philipsen, A. (2020). Physical exercise in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder–evidence and implications for the treatment of borderline personality disorder. Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation, 7(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40479-019-0115-2

Müllers, P., Taubert, M., & Müller, N. G. (2019). Physical exercise as personalized medicine for dementia prevention? Frontiers in Physiology, 10, 672. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2019.00672

Murray, D. K., Sacheli, M. A., Eng, J. J., & Stoessl, A. J. (2014). The effects of exercise on cognition in Parkinson’s disease: a systematic review. Translational Neurodegeneration, 3(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.1186/2047-9158-3-5

Nazlieva, N., Mavilidi, M. F., Baars, M., & Paas, F. (2020). Establishing a scientific consensus on the cognitive benefits of physical activity. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(1), 29. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010029

Paolucci, E. M., Loukov, D., Bowdish, D. M., & Heisz, J. J. (2018). Exercise reduces depression and inflammation but intensity matters. Biological Psychology, 133, 79-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2018.01.015

Raichlen, D. A., & Alexander, G. E. (2017). Adaptive capacity: an evolutionary neuroscience model linking exercise, cognition, and brain health. Trends in Neurosciences, 40(7), 408-421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2017.05.001

Ratey, J. & Loehr, J.E. (2011). Positive impact of physical activity on cognition during adulthood: a review of underlying mechanisms, evidence and recommendations. Reviews Neuroscience, 22(2), 171-185.

Rodriguez-Ayllon, M., Derks, I. P., van den Dries, M. A., Esteban-Cornejo, I., Labrecque, J. A., Yang-Huang, J., Raat, H., Vernooij, M. W., White, T., Ortega, F. B., Tiemeier, H., & Tiemeier, H. (2020). Associations of physical activity and screen time with white matter microstructure in children from the general population. NeuroImage, 205, 116258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116258

Roever, L., & Bennett, D. A. (2016). Cardiorespiratory fitness and cognition in the elderly Can you outrun cognitive impairment? Neurology, 86(5). https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000002341

Ruotsalainen, I., Renvall, V., Gorbach, T., Syväoja, H. J., Tammelin, T. H., Karvanen, J., & Parviainen, T. (2019). Aerobic fitness, but not physical activity, is associated with grey matter volume in adolescents. Behavioural Brain Research, 362, 122-130. https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.bbr.2018.12.041

Sharma, B., Allison, D., Tucker, P., Mabbott, D., & Timmons, B. W. (2020). Cognitive and neural effects of exercise following traumatic brain injury: A systematic review of randomized and controlled clinical trials. Brain Injury, 34(2), 149-159. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2019.1683892

Singh, A. S., Saliasi, E., Van Den Berg, V., Uijtdewilligen, L., De Groot, R. H., Jolles, J., ... & Ericsson, I. (2019). Effects of physical activity interventions on cognitive and academic performance in children and adolescents: a novel combination of a systematic review and recommendations from an expert panel. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 53(10), 640-647. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2017-098136

Singh, A., Uijtdewilligen, L., Twisk, J. W., Van Mechelen, W., & Chinapaw, M. J. (2012). Physical activity and performance at school: a systematic review of the literature including a methodological quality assessment. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 166(1), 49-55. https://doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.716

Strömmer, J. M., Davis, S. W., Henson, R. N., Tyler, L. K., & Campbell, K. L. (2020). Physical activity predicts population-level age-related differences in frontal white matter. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, 75(2), 236-243. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/gly220

Sullivan, A. N., & Lachman, M. E. (2017). Behavior change with fitness technology in sedentary adults: a review of the evidence for increasing physical activity. Frontiers in Public Health, 4, 289. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2016.00289

Suwabe, K., Byun, K., Hyodo, K., Reagh, Z. M., Roberts, J. M., Matsushita, A., Saotome, K., Ochi, G., Fukuie, T., Suzuki, K., Sankai, Y., Yaasa, M. A., & Soya, H. (2018). Rapid stimulation of human dentate gyrus function with acute mild exercise. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(41), 10487-10492. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1805668115

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Tilp, M., Scharf, C., Payer, G., Presker, M., & Fink, A. (2020). Physical exercise during the morning school‐break improves basic cognitive functions. Mind, Brain, and Education, 14(1), 24-31.

Tomporowski, P. D., McCullick, B., Pendleton, D. M., & Pesce, C. (2015). Exercise and children's cognition: the role of exercise characteristics and a place for metacognition. Journal of Sport and Health Science, 4(1), 47-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2014.09.003

Trigiani, L. J., Lacalle‐Aurioles, M., Bourourou, M., Li, L., Greenhalgh, A. D., Zarruk, J. G., ... & Hamel, E. (2020). Benefits of physical exercise on cognition and glial white matter pathology in a mouse model of vascular cognitive impairment and dementia. Glia. 68, 1925-1940. https://doi.org/10.1002/glia.23815

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Voss, M. W., Weng, T. B., Burzynska, A. Z., Wong, C. N., Cooke, G. E., Clark, R., Fanning, J., Awick, E., Gothe, N. P., Olson, E. A., McAuley, E., & Kramer, A. F. (2015). Fitness, but not physical activity, is related to functional integrity of brain networks associated with aging. NeuroImage, 131, 113-125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.10.044

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Brigham & Women's Hospital Public Affairs. (2012 November 6). How much exercise is enough? Harvard Gazette. 

Demystifying Medicine. (2018 November 20).Exercise and executive function. [Video] (3:49 minutes). YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoiLBdtbyIg

Kost, D. (2021 January 6). Unexpected Exercise Advice for the Super Busy: Ditch the Rigid Routine. Harvard Business School: Working Knowledge. https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/unexpected-exercise-advice-for-the-super-busy-ditch-the-rigid-routine

Pillay, S. (2016 March 28). How simply moving benefits your health. Harvard Health Publications: Harvard Medical School. https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/how-simply-moving-benefits-your-mental-health-201603289350

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