La vigilancia como función cognitiva clave en la relación entre el ejercicio físico puntual y la cognición

Francisco Tomás González-Fernández

doi:10.24310/riccafd.2019.v8i1.5762

Authors

Francisco Tomás González-Fernández Universidad Internacional de Valencia Spain

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24310/riccafd.2019.v8i1.5762

Keywords:

sustained attention, acute exercise, cognition

Abstract

The last two decades, there have been numerous studies that have shown the beneficial effects of physical activity on health (Biddle, Fox y Boutcher, 2003; Lee y Skerritt, 2001). Far from believing that physical activity only prevented physical disorders [e.g., cardiovascular disease (Haskell et al., 2007)], the scientific literature argues that it also prevents mental disorders [e.g., depression and stress reduction (Dunn et al., 2001) or anxiety (Paluska y Schwenk, 2000)]. In addition, organizations of global relevance such as World Health Organization (WHO), Centers for disease Control and Prevention (CDC), American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) or the American Heart Association (AHA), have positively related physical activity to general health and contemplate physical activity as essential and indispensable to preserve health. The present work aimed to investigate the effects of acute exercise on cognitive functioning (vigilance and perception) and suggest that moderate-light effort increment general activation and improve the speed of response in sustained attention tasks independently of target stimulus relevance.

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Francisco Tomás González-Fernández, Universidad Internacional de Valencia

Doctor Internacional en Biomedicina. Profesor e Investigador. Universidad Internacional de Valencia

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