Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA.
J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2011 Nov;17(6):975-85. doi: 10.1017/S1355617711000567.
A growing number of schools have increasingly de-emphasized the importance of providing physical activity opportunities during the school day, despite emerging research that illustrates the deleterious relationship between low levels of aerobic fitness and neurocognition in children. Accordingly, a brief review of studies that link fitness-related differences in brain structure and brain function to cognitive abilities is provided herein. Overall, the extant literature suggests that childhood aerobic fitness is associated with higher levels of cognition and differences in regional brain structure and function. Indeed, it has recently been found that aerobic fitness level even predicts cognition over time. Given the paucity of work in this area, several avenues for future investigations are also highlighted.
越来越多的学校逐渐降低了在学校日间提供身体活动机会的重要性，尽管新的研究表明，儿童的有氧健身水平低与神经认知能力之间存在有害关系。因此，本文简要回顾了将与健康相关的大脑结构和功能差异与认知能力联系起来的研究。总体而言，现有文献表明，儿童的有氧健身与更高的认知水平以及大脑结构和功能的区域差异有关。实际上，最近发现有氧健身水平甚至可以预测随着时间的推移的认知能力。鉴于该领域的工作很少，还强调了未来研究的几个方向。
