Luisa Bodensohn, Angelika Maurer, Marcel Daamen, Neeraj Upadhyay, Judith Werkhausen, Marvin Lohaus, Ursula Manunzio, Christian Manunzio, Alexander Radbruch, Ulrike Attenberger, Henning Boecker
Acute physical activity influences cognitive performance. However, the relationship between exercise intensity, neural network activity, and cognitive performance remains poorly understood. This study examined the effects of different exercise intensities on resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) and cognitive performance. Twenty male athletes (27.3 ± 3.6 years) underwent cycling exercises of different intensities (high, low, rest/control) on different days in randomized order. Before and after, subjects performed resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging and a behavioral Attention Network Test (ANT)...
April 12, 2024: Brain and Cognition