Acute Resistance Exercise Facilitates Attention Control in Adult Males Without an Age-Moderating Effect
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The current study examined the effects of acute resistance exercise (RE) on adult males’ attention control. Eighteen younger males (23.9 ± 2.3 years) and 17 older males (66.4 ± 1.2 years) were recruited. Participants underwent a RE session and a reading session in a counterbalanced order. RE protocol required individuals to perform two sets of 10 repetitions of eight exercises using weights set at 70% of 10-repetition maximum. Attention control was assessed by go/no-go SART with intraindividual variability in reaction times (IIV in RT), in addition to reaction time and accuracy, employed as measures of attention control. Results indicated that IIV in RT was smaller following RE sessions than after reading sessions for both age groups. In addition, RTs were shorter after the exercise session. These findings suggest that RE enhances attention control in adult males and that the size of this effect is not moderated by age.
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RE had more competitive advantages in attention control facilitation than other exercise interventions.
“One explanation for this effect was that RE had more competitive advantages in attention control facilitation than other exercise interventions [184]”
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- Authors
- Hsieh, S.-S., Chang, Y.-K., Fang, C.-L., & Hung, T.-M.
- Affiliations
- National Taiwan Normal University (TW)
- National Taiwan Sport University (TW)
- Venue
- Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics
- Published
- 2016-06
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 247-254
- ISSN
- 0895-2779 (ISSN-L)
- 1543-2904
- OpenAlex
- W2464695058
- Cited by
- 34
- References
- 15
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 6
- FWCI
- 2.69
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Repository (Kingston University London) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Sport Psychology and Performance
- Keywords
- acute resistance exercise, attentional control, aging, older adults, go/no-go task, reaction time, age moderation, cognitive performance
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Attention, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Neuropsychological Tests, Reaction Time, Resistance Training, Young Adult
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