Exploring the cognitive benefits of physical activity in young people

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Comparative effects of different exercise modalities on executive function in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Acute Effects of a Single Recess Physical Activity Session on Sustained Attention Among Junior High School Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial Based on In-Class Task Performance

The Impact of Physical Activity on Academic Performance in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis

The development and assessment of a movement-based coaching program on executive function skills: an exploratory quality improvement study

Chain mediation of sports cognition and moderate to vigorous physical activity in the socioeconomic status-physical quality relationship among Macao adults

Optimal exercise modalities and dose for enhancing intelligence in children and adolescents: a Bayesian network meta-analysis

Effects of physical activity on executive function and its subdomains in children aged 5–6

The reciprocal relationship between physical activity and prosocial behavior among rural left-behind children: a cross-lagged mediation analysis of psychological resilience

Relationship between parental physical activity and adolescents’ exercise cognition: the mediating role of family activity support

Multilevel meta-analysis of the effect of exercise intervention on inhibitory control in children with ASD

Multidisciplinary correlates of table tennis participation in children: a concept mapping study

The effect of CHIN-SKIP sports game intervention on motor ability in preschool children aged 5–6 years

Frontiers in Cognition

Cognition and Movement

Other participating journals

Frontiers in Psychology

Educational Psychology

Movement Science

The effect of CHIN-SKIP sports game intervention on motor ability in preschool children aged 5–6 years