Zhou Junyi, Wang Lulu
School of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China.
Provincial University Key Laboratory of Sport and Health Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China.
Front Psychiatry. 2022 Mar 1;13:797780. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.797780. eCollection 2022.
Although many previous studies have shown that short-time moderate-intensity aerobic exercise can improve one's inhibitory control, some researchers suggested that its effect on inhibitory control is small. Meanwhile, some studies have shown that reading has a positive effect on inhibitory control. Since many studies examining the effect of exercise on inhibitory control used reading as a filler task, it is important to compare their effects. The present study used the antisaccade task as a tool to examine the differences in the effects of aerobic exercise and reading on inhibitory control of college students with mobile phone addiction. Thirty healthy college students with mobile phone addiction (range: 17-20 years, mean: 19.2 years) took part in the experiment. Participants were randomly assigned to an aerobic exercise group and a reading group. For the aerobic exercise group, participants were asked to perform moderate-intensity aerobic exercise for 15 min. For the reading group, participants were asked to sit quietly and read articles from newspapers for 15 min. Each participant's inhibitory control was examined pre- and post-intervention using the antisaccade task. In the antisaccade task, they have to direct their gaze toward the mirror image location of the target appearing parafoveally as quickly and as accurately as possible. The results showed significant main effects of Time (pre-test vs. post-test) on antisaccade latency and error rate. More importantly, a significant interaction of Time (pre-test vs. post-test) and Group (aerobic exercise vs. reading) was found on antisaccade latency. Specifically, the antisaccade latencies in the post-test were significantly shorter than those in the pre-test for the reading group, but the antisaccade latencies in the post-test and pre-test were comparable for the aerobic exercise group. The results of the present study imply that although both exercise and reading have effects on inhibitory control of college students with mobile phone addiction, the effect of reading may be somehow superior to exercise. Moreover, the current results also imply that researchers should be cautious when using reading as a filler task in future studies regarding the effect of aerobic exercise. The limitations of the present study were discussed.
尽管此前许多研究表明，短时间的中等强度有氧运动能够改善人的抑制控制能力，但一些研究人员认为其对抑制控制的影响较小。与此同时，一些研究表明阅读对抑制控制有积极作用。由于许多研究在考察运动对抑制控制的影响时将阅读用作填充任务，因此比较它们的效果很重要。本研究使用反扫视任务作为工具，来考察有氧运动和阅读对有手机成瘾问题的大学生抑制控制能力影响的差异。30名有手机成瘾问题的健康大学生（年龄范围：17 - 20岁，平均年龄：19.2岁）参与了该实验。参与者被随机分为有氧运动组和阅读组。对于有氧运动组，要求参与者进行15分钟的中等强度有氧运动。对于阅读组，要求参与者安静地坐着阅读报纸文章15分钟。在干预前后，使用反扫视任务对每位参与者的抑制控制能力进行检测。在反扫视任务中，他们必须尽可能快速且准确地将目光转向中央凹旁出现的目标的镜像位置。结果显示，时间（预测试与后测试）对反扫视潜伏期和错误率有显著的主效应。更重要的是，在反扫视潜伏期上发现了时间（预测试与后测试）和组（有氧运动组与阅读组）之间的显著交互作用。具体而言，阅读组后测试中的反扫视潜伏期显著短于预测试中的反扫视潜伏期，但有氧运动组后测试和预测试中的反扫视潜伏期相当。本研究结果表明，尽管运动和阅读对有手机成瘾问题的大学生的抑制控制能力都有影响，但阅读的效果可能在某种程度上优于运动。此外，当前结果还表明，在未来关于有氧运动效果的研究中，研究人员在将阅读用作填充任务时应谨慎。讨论了本研究的局限性。
