Exercise and Cognitive Function

Focuses on the relationship between physical exercise and cognition, a very timely and important topic with major theoretical and practical implications for a number of areas including ageing, neurorehabilitation, depression and dementia.

This textbook brings together a wide range of analytical approaches and experimental results to provide a very useful overview and synthesis of this growing field of study.

The book is divided into three parts:

• Part I covers the conceptual, theoretical and methodological underpinnings and issues.
• Part II focuses on advances in exercise and cognition research, with appropriate sub-sections on ‘acute’ and ‘chronic’ exercise and cognition.
• Part III presents an overview of the area and makes suggestions for the direction of future research.

This text provides a cutting-edge examination of this increasingly important area written by leading experts from around the world. The book will prove invaluable to researchers and practitioners in a number of fields, including exercise science, cognitive science, neuroscience and clinical medicine.

Key features include:

• Unique in-depth investigation of the relationship between physical exercise and brain function
• Covers theoretical approaches and experimental results and includes chapters on the latest developments in research design
• Examines the effects of both acute and chronic exercise on brain function
• International list of contributors, who are leading researchers in their field

Platform:

OvidSP

Publisher:

Wiley

Product Type:

Book

Author:

McMorris, Terry; Tomporowski, Philip; Audiffren, Michael

ISBN:

978-0-47-051660-7

Specialty:

• Neuroscience

Language:

English

Edition:

1st

Pages:

386

Publication Year:

2009