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Physical activity, brain, and cognition
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“Erickson etal. (2015) found that students need an unstructured, outdoor play experience to reset the brain for learning instead of simply taking short breaks in the classroom or changing of subject content.”
From The LiiNK Project®: Effects of Multiple Recesses and Character Curriculum on Classroom Behaviors and Listening Skills in Grades K–2 Children (2018) · cites this paper as Erickson et al., 2015
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“the student's inability to socialize with each other can lead to aggressive and disruptive interactions”
From The LiiNK Project®: Effects of Multiple Recesses and Character Curriculum on Classroom Behaviors and Listening Skills in Grades K–2 Children (2018) · cites this paper as Erickson et al., 2015
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“PA might also influence cognitive and brain health by modifying insulin/glucose signaling, oxidative stress, inflammatory pathways, hormonal regulation, or cerebrovasculature (2, 83).”
From Physical Activity, Cognition, and Brain Outcomes: A Review of the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines (2019) · cites this paper as [83]
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Exercise training increases size of hippocampus and improves memory
Erickson, K. I., Voss, M. W., Prakash, R. S., Basak, C., Szabo, A., Chaddock, L., Kim, J. S., Heo, S., Alves, H., White, S. M., et al. (2011) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1015950108 · Cited by 4,855
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Fitness Effects on the Cognitive Function of Older Adults: A Meta-Analytic Study
Colcombe, S., & Kramer, A. F. (2003) · Psychological Science · doi:10.1111/1467-9280.t01-1-01430 · Cited by 3,782
Self-citationBe smart, exercise your heart: Exercise effects on brain and cognition
Hillman, C. H., Erickson, K. I., & Kramer, A. F. (2008) · Nature Reviews Neuroscience · doi:10.1038/nrn2298 · Cited by 3,563
Self-citationAerobic Exercise Training Increases Brain Volume in Aging Humans
Colcombe, S. J., Erickson, K. I., Scalf, P. E., Kim, J. S., Prakash, R., McAuley, E., Elavsky, S., Marquez, D. X., Hu, L., & Kramer, A. F. (2006) · The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences · doi:10.1093/gerona/61.11.1166 · Cited by 2,134
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Cardiovascular fitness, cortical plasticity, and aging
Colcombe, S. J., Kramer, A. F., Erickson, K. I., Scalf, P., McAuley, E., Cohen, N. J., Webb, A., Jerome, G. J., Marquez, D. X., & Elavsky, S. (2004) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.0400266101 · Cited by 1,648
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The relationship between physical activity and cognition in children: a meta-analysis
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Metadata
- Authors
- Erickson, K. I., Hillman, C. H., & Kramer, A. F.
- Affiliations
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Corresponding author
- Erickson, Kirk I
- Venue
- Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2015-08
- Volume
- 4
- Pages
- 27-32
- ISSN
- 2352-1546 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2050233871
- Cited by
- 406
- References
- 55
- Citations by year
- 2026: 44 · 2025: 44 · 2024: 33 · 2023: 31 · 2022: 44 · 2021: 38 · 2020: 45 · 2019: 45 · 2018: 34 · 2017: 23 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 9
- FWCI
- 3.36
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (R01 DK095172, R01 HD069381, R37 AG025667)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Physical Activity and Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Children's Physical and Motor Development
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Keywords
- physical activity, physical fitness, brain, cognition, children, older adults, hippocampal volume, basal ganglia, white matter integrity, brain functional connectivity, executive function, memory, prefrontal cortex, academic performance, neuroplasticity
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