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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Exercise Physiology

Background:

  • Preterm birth is linked to executive function deficits, especially cognitive flexibility.
  • Acute exercise benefits cognitive flexibility in full-term children, but effects in preterm children are unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate acute aerobic exercise effects on cognitive flexibility in preterm children.
  • To explore underlying neural mechanisms using EEG.
  • To compare outcomes between preterm and full-term children.

Main Methods:

  • 20 preterm and 22 full-term children (10-16 years) completed aerobic exercise and control sessions.
  • Cognitive flexibility assessed via task-switching paradigm post-session.
  • EEG recorded to measure P3b event-related potentials.

Main Results:

  • Aerobic exercise reduced response times and improved accuracy in switch conditions for both groups.
  • P3b amplitudes increased post-exercise, indicating enhanced attentional resource allocation.
  • No significant differences in behavioral or neural responses between preterm and full-term groups.

Conclusions:

  • A single aerobic exercise session may transiently boost cognitive processing in children.
  • No significant behavioral improvements in switching costs were observed.
  • EEG data suggest acute exercise enhances neural efficiency and attention allocation in both groups.