Utjecaj neposrednog aerobnog vježbanja na rezultate u igrama pamćenja kod djece u šestoj godini

Abstract

Physical activity (PA) is important for improvement of the cardiovascular, muscular and skeletal health, however the influence of PA on cognitive functions is also established. PA is particularly important in early childhood because of pronounced neuroplasticity in that develomental stage. Considering that numerous research conducted on adults, has shown positive impact on working memory, i. e. ability to maintain and manipulate the information, the goal of the current research was to establish the influence of acute bouts of aerobic exercise on memory games in preschool children. Forty children 6-year-old, divided into experimental and control groups, were included. Experimental group was involved in moderate-to-high aerobic exercise immeadiately before the memory game, while control group does not exercise before the game. In one-month experiment four measurements were conducted. Outcome variables were defined by game scores acquired and time needed to complete the game. The results showed no statistically significant differences between the groups in points acquired, but statistically significant main effect of time was obtained (F(1.97, 74.85)=17.89, p=.000, partial eta squared = .32).