A research published in the BMC Pediatrics analysed relationship of aerobic fitness and motor skills with memory and attention in preschoolers over 9 months period. The results indicated the following:
• Aerobic fitness was associated with better attention.
• A shorter time in the agility test was independently associated with a better performance both in working memory (r=-0.17, p=0.01) and in attention (r=-0.20, p=0.01).
• Aerobic fitness was independently related to improvements in attention (r=0.16, p=0.03).
• Dynamic balance was associated with improvements in working memory (r=0.15, p=0.04).
Conclusions
In young children, higher baseline aerobic fitness and motor skills were related to a better spatial working memory and/or attention at baseline, and to some extent also to their future improvements over the following 9 months.
Reference: Iris Niederer et al. Relationship of aerobic fitness and motor skills with memory and attention in preschoolers (Ballabeina): A cross-sectional and longitudinal study. BMC Pediatrics 2011, 11:34 doi:10.1186/1471-2431-11-34
Read the complete study http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2431-11-34.pdf
• Aerobic fitness was associated with better attention.
• A shorter time in the agility test was independently associated with a better performance both in working memory (r=-0.17, p=0.01) and in attention (r=-0.20, p=0.01).
• Aerobic fitness was independently related to improvements in attention (r=0.16, p=0.03).
• Dynamic balance was associated with improvements in working memory (r=0.15, p=0.04).
Conclusions
In young children, higher baseline aerobic fitness and motor skills were related to a better spatial working memory and/or attention at baseline, and to some extent also to their future improvements over the following 9 months.
Reference: Iris Niederer et al. Relationship of aerobic fitness and motor skills with memory and attention in preschoolers (Ballabeina): A cross-sectional and longitudinal study. BMC Pediatrics 2011, 11:34 doi:10.1186/1471-2431-11-34
Read the complete study http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2431-11-34.pdf
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