Institute of Physical Education, Huzhou University, Huzhou 313000, China.
Department of Physical Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Apr 28;19(9):5374. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19095374.
Although physical activity is associated with better attentional functioning in elderly populations or in specific clinical populations, the association between physical activity level and attention has been less studied in young adult populations. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate whether the positive effects of physical activity on attentional networks extend to young adults. In total, 57 college students were recruited and assigned to one of three groups of physical activity levels (high, moderate, and low) based on their self-reported exercise. Each participant completed the Attention Network Test to evaluate the efficiency of three components of attention: alerting, orienting, and executive control. Compared with the low physical activity group, both the high and moderate physical activity groups exhibited better executive control. In addition, the efficiency of the executive control network was positively correlated with physical activity. By contrast, no statistically significant differences were detected among these three groups for the functioning of the alerting or orienting networks. These findings suggested that physical activity had a positive effect on attention in young adults, with the benefit primarily observed for the executive control component rather than for the alerting and orienting components of attention.
尽管体育活动与老年人或特定临床人群的注意力功能改善有关，但在年轻成年人中，体育活动水平与注意力之间的关系研究较少。因此，本研究旨在探讨体育活动对注意力网络的积极影响是否扩展到年轻成年人。共有 57 名大学生被招募，并根据他们的自我报告的运动情况分配到三个不同的体育活动水平组（高、中、低）。每个参与者都完成了注意力网络测试，以评估注意力的三个组成部分的效率：警觉、定向和执行控制。与低体育活动组相比，高和中体育活动组的执行控制效率均更高。此外，执行控制网络的效率与体育活动呈正相关。相比之下，这三个组之间在警觉或定向网络的功能方面没有发现统计学上的显著差异。这些发现表明，体育活动对年轻成年人的注意力有积极影响，其益处主要体现在执行控制成分上，而不是警觉和定向成分上。
