Effect of Acute Exercise on Cognitive Control Required during an Eriksen Flanker Task

摘要: This study aimed to determine how cognitive control, engaged in a task requiring selective inhibition, is affected by acute steady-state exercise. An adapted version of the Eriksen flanker task, involving three types trials that varied according their level congruency (congruent trials, stimulus-incongruent and response-incongruent trials) was performed during 2 periods 20-min cycling at carefully controlled intensity (50% maximal aerobic power). The results indicated moderate exercise improves reaction time (RT) performance on task. facilitating effect appeared be neither dependent nature interference (stimulus conflict vs. response conflict) nor amount control incongruent trials). Distributional RT analyses did not highlight any sign impairment efficiency control.