在COVID-19封锁期间减少体力活动预测了安全措施结束几个月后认知表现的个体差异
Manuela Macedonia1, Brian Mathias2, Claudia Rodella3
1Department of Information Engineering, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria.
Acta psychologica
|September 22, 2024
概括
在COVID-19封锁期间减少体力活动 (PA) 对记忆和注意力等认知功能产生了负面影响. 保持PA对认知健康至关重要,特别是在压力较大的时期.
科学领域:
- 认知神经科学 认知神经科学
- 行为科学 行为科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 在COVID-19封锁期间减少体力活动 (PA) 对身体和心理健康产生了影响.
- 锁定诱导的PA变化和认知功能之间的关系仍未得到充分探索.
研究的目的:
- 调查COVID-19封锁期间和之后PA的变化是否预测年轻人的认知表现.
- 检查PA降低与认知控制,工作记忆和短期记忆的测量之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 在318名年轻成年人中评估了PA水平 (在封锁之前,期间和之后).
- 在封锁后进行的认知测试 (去/不去,n-back).
- 测量了与大流行有关的压力和失眠.
主要成果:
- 在封锁期间,PA的参与度下降,之后恢复.
- 锁定期间更大的PA减少与较低的认知控制和工作记忆性能相关.
- 锁定后增加的PA与更好的认知得分有关.
结论:
- 锁定期间减少体力活动预测认知表现较差.
- 保持体力活动对于维护认知功能至关重要,尤其是在流行病等危机期间.
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