Aerobic fitness and the attentional blink in preadolescent children

Wu, Chien Ting

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Title

Aerobic fitness and the attentional blink in preadolescent children

Author(s)

Wu, Chien Ting

Issue Date

2012-09-18T21:14:01Z

Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)

Hillman, Charles H.

Doctoral Committee Chair(s)

Hillman, Charles H.

Committee Member(s)

• Cohen, Neal J.
• McAuley, Edward
• Petruzzello, Steven J.

Department of Study

Kinesiology & Community Health

Discipline

Kinesiology

Degree Granting Institution

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Degree Name

Ph.D.

Degree Level

Dissertation

Keyword(s)

• Aerobic Fitness
• Attentional-blink
• P3
• Event-related Potentials
• Temporal attention
• Children

Abstract

Given the growing concern that children in today's industrialized and technologically advanced society are becoming more sedentary and less fit, a greater understanding of the extent to which aerobic fitness relates to brain health and cognition during development is of increasing importance. Given that temporal dynamics has not been examined to link the relation of aerobic fitness with cognition in preadolescent children, this study sought to employ neuroelectric and behavioral measures under the attentional blink task to examine this relationship. Using a cross-sectional design, response accuracy and event-related brain potentials were assessed for preadolescent children with different levels of aerobic fitness. Results indicated that higher-fit children exhibited greater response accuracy and enhanced attentional resources distribution compared to lower-fit children. These findings indicate that aerobic fitness may benefit cognitive health in particular with temporal dynamics during preadolescent maturation.

Graduation Semester

2012-08

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Copyright 2012 Chien Ting Wu

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