Effects of the physical exercise on the attention: a review of last years

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Fernado Maureira Cid
Universidad Católica Silvia Henríquez
Elizabeth Flores Ferro
Laboratorio de Neurocognición y Educación Física

Abstract

The following work is a review of the research carried out on the chronic effects of physical exercise on sustained attention, based on: Physical-sports training in longitudinal studies; chronic effects of physical exercise on sustained attention; experimental situations and the relationship between physical activity levels and physical condition with sustained attention, carried out in cross-sectional studies. The search was conducted in the following databases: Dialnet, Scielo and Pubmed. A total of 119 ar-ticles were found, of which 28 met the criteria of inclusion (published between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2016, languages Spanish, English or Portuguese, research articles, studies carried out on human beings and healthy subject samples). Based this revision, more than 70 % give account of the positive effects of physical exercise on sustained attention, including one session training workouts or after several weeks/months of workouts. Furthermore, important relations were observed between the practice of physical activity and this cerebral activity. Some workouts, however, did not show any influence on the subjects after the training session, which makes it necessary to study this further in order to determine the right intensities and the best times for the workouts in order to boost sustained attention for different age groups.

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Published: Jun 29, 2017
Issue: Vol. 18 No. 1 (2017): Revista Ciencias de la Actividad Física UCM
Section: Theoretical Review
Keywords: Sustained attention, divided attention, attentional control, aerobic exercise, anaerobic exercise

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Effects of the physical exercise on the attention: a review of last years. (2017). Revista Ciencias De La Actividad Física UCM, 18(1), 73-83. http://enisibib.ucm.cl/index.php/revistacaf/article/view/110
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