Can exercise shape your brain? A review of aerobic exercise effects on cognitive function and neuro-physiological underpinning mechanisms.

animals brain children cognition learning neuro-physiological mechanisms physical activity school exercise-intervention workplace exercise-intervention young adults

Journal

AIMS neuroscience
ISSN: 2373-7972
Titre abrégé: AIMS Neurosci
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101665668

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2022
Historique:
received: 08 04 2021
revised: 11 03 2022
accepted: 22 03 2022
entrez: 21 7 2022
pubmed: 22 7 2022
medline: 22 7 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

It is widely accepted that physical exercise can be used as a tool for the prevention and treatment of various diseases or disorders. In addition, in the recent years, exercise has also been successfully used to enhance people's cognition. There is a large amount of research that has supported the benefits of physical exercise on human cognition, both in children and adults. Among these studies, some have focused on the acute or transitory effects of exercise on cognition, while others have focused on the effects of regular physical exercise. However, the relation between exercise and cognition is complex and we still have limited knowledge about the moderators and mechanisms underlying this relation. Most of human studies have focused on the behavioral aspects of exercise-effects on cognition, while animal studies have deepened in its possible neuro-physiological mechanisms. Even so, thanks to advances in neuroimaging techniques, there is a growing body of evidence that provides valuable information regarding these mechanisms in the human population. This review aims to analyze the effects of regular and acute aerobic exercise on cognition. The exercise-cognition relationship will be reviewed both from the behavioral perspective and from the neurophysiological mechanisms. The effects of exercise on animals, adult humans, and infant humans will be analyzed separately. Finally, physical exercise intervention programs aiming to increase cognitive performance in scholar and workplace environments will be reviewed.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35860684
doi: 10.3934/Neuroscience.2022009
pii: neurosci-09-02-009
pmc: PMC9256523
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Pagination

150-174

Informations de copyright

© 2022 the Author(s), licensee AIMS Press.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Conflict of interest: All authors declare no conflicts of interest in this paper.

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Auteurs

Blai Ferrer-Uris (B)

Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya (INEFC), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain.

Maria Angeles Ramos (MA)

Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya (INEFC), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain.

Albert Busquets (A)

Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya (INEFC), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain.

Rosa Angulo-Barroso (R)

Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya (INEFC), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain.
Department of Kinesiology, California State University, Northridge, CA, United States.

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