Fit and Vigilant: The Relationship between Poorer Aerobic Fitness and Failures in Sustained Attention during Preadolescence

摘要

With the growing trend toward engagement in sedentary behaviors during childhood, a greater understanding of the relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness and cognition during development is of increasing importance.ObjectiveThe aim of this investigation was to assess the extent to which failures in sustained attention may underlie deficits in cognition associated with poorer aerobic fitness.