Objective To summarise the current evidence on the effects of physical activity (PA)
interventions on cognitive and academic performance in children, and formulate research …

Background The relation among physical activity (PA), fitness, cognitive function, and
academic achievement in children is receiving considerable attention. The utility of PA to …

OBJECTIVE: The objective was twofold:(1) to assess the effect of PA interventions on
academic achievement and classroom behaviors in childhood and (2) to determine the …

Objective To describe the prospective relationship between physical activity and academic
performance. Data Sources Prospective studies were identified from searches in PubMed …

Objective: This experiment tested the hypothesis that exercise would improve executive
function. Design: Sedentary, overweight 7-to 11-year-old children (N= 171, 56% girls, 61 …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this review is to synthesize the scientific literature that has
examined the association between school-based physical activity (including physical …

BACKGROUND: There is increasing evidence for the association between physical activity,
cardiovascular fitness, fatness, and cognitive function during childhood and adolescence …

In Teaching with Poverty in Mind: What Being Poor Does to Kids' Brains and What Schools
Can Do About It, veteran educator and brain expert Eric Jensen takes an unflinching look at …

To analyze the effects of an intervention focused on increasing the time and intensity of
Physical Education (PE), on adolescents' cognitive performance and academic …

An emerging body of multidisciplinary literature has documented the beneficial influence of
physical activity engendered through aerobic exercise on selective aspects of brain function …