What is cognitive function and what are some of the ways it is measured?
What happens to the human brain, in terms of brain structure, as it ages?
What two brain regions have received the most research attention in the exercise and neurocognitive function literature?
What kinds of cognitive processes seem to improve to the greatest extent as a result of chronic exercise interventions?
Who is credited with performing the first contemporary studies of physical fitness and physical activity and cognitive function?
What was the overall effect size of fitness and exercise on cognitive performance from the Etnier et al. (1997) meta-analysis?
What were the 5 limitations or problematic issues with early and even more contemporary studies of exercise and cognitive function?
What were the findings of the Colcombe and Kramer (2003) meta-analysis of exercise and cognitive function?
What are commonly believed to be the three core domains of executive function?
What are event-related brain potentials, and what is the most commonly cited virtue of the ERP technique (relative to other neuroimaging techniques such as functional MRI)?
What was the primary finding of the Erickson et al. (2011) exercise intervention study among older adults?
What seems to be the relationship between cognitive processing and physical fitness in children?
What is the main argument of the selective improvement hypothesis?
What is BDNF?
List and describe at least 3 plausible psychological or physiological mechanisms through which physical activity may enhance cognitive function.