Acute Exercise and Cognitive Performance
Effects of Cognitive and Physical Load of Acute Exercise on Inhibitory Control and Prefrontal Cortex Hemodynamics in Children
Evidence suggests that acute exercise benefits inhibitory control…Read It
Acute Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Risky Decision Making and Reward Processing in Young Adults
Acute exercise is suggested to elicit benefits for cool executive function…Read It
Acute effect of aerobic exercise on inhibitory control and task-related heart rate variability in preadolescent children
Executive function summarizes cognitive control…Read It
Motor Skills and Executive Function
Exercise types and working memory components during development
Evidence showing that direct training of working memory (using cognitive approaches) does not necessarily promise transfer effects…Read It
Systematic review and meta-analysis investigating moderators of long-term effects of exercise on cognition in healthy individuals
As cognitive function is linked with academic achievement, career success and mental health…Read It
The association of motor competence and executive function across primary school years
Motor competence and executive function (i.e., top-down control of behavior) have been suggested to co-develop…Read It
Exercise and Neurodevelopment
Brain structural changes and the development of interference control in children with ADHD: The predictive value of physical activity and body mass index
Children with ADHD face deficits in interference control due to abnormalities in brain structure…Read It
Martial Arts and Cognitive Control in Children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Children Born Very Preterm: A Combined Analysis of Two Randomized Controlled Trials
Very preterm birth and…Read It
How children with neurodevelopmental disorders can benefit from the neurocognitive effects of exercise
Exercise is an integral part of children’s lives, and research in educational settings has found that…Read It
Physical Activity and Social-Cognitive Abilities
The Nervous System as a Pathway for Exercise to Improve Social Cognition
Specific nervous system functions and the regulating roles of oxytocin have evolved because of…Read It
A randomized cross-over trial investigating the neurocognitive effects of acute exercise on face recognition in children with autism spectrum disorder
Difficulties in face recognition contribute to social-cognitive problems…Read It
Acute Effect of Exercise with and without Cooperative Activities on Emotion Recognition in Preadolescent Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial
This study aimed to investigate the acute effect of exercise…Read It
Physical Activity and Stress
The Association of Physical Activity and Stress-induced Neurocognitive Impairments in Inhibitory Control in Children
Evaluation stress can impair inhibitory control…Read It
Does a Single Exercise Session Reduce the Reactivity to Acute Psychosocial Stress in Children?
Physical exercise has the potential to influence stress reactivity…Read It
Does Cardiorespiratory Fitness Predict the Physiological and Psychological Stress Response to a Mathematics Exam in Secondary High School Students?
School is widely recognized as one of the primary sources of stress…Read It
Our latest publications
Berger, M., Bruggisser, F., Schwarz, A., Leuenberger, R., Hanke, M., Gerber, M., & Ludyga, S. (2025). Acute effects of aerobic exercise on inhibitory control and task-related heart rate variability in preadolescent children.Physiology & Behavior.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2025.114820
Gerber, M., Cheval, B., Cody, R., Colledge, F., Hohberg, V., Klimentidis, Y.C., Lang, C., Looser, V.N., Ludyga, S., Stults-Kohlemainen, M., & Faude, O. (2025). Psycho-physiological foundations of human physical activity behavior and motivation: Theories, systems, mechanisms, evolution, and genetics. Physiological Reviews.https://doi.org/10.1152/physrev.00021.2024
Looser, V.N., Gerber, M., Ludyga, S. (in press). Cardiorespiratory fitness and neurophysiological indics of working memory maintenance in young adults. Psychophysiology.
Ludyga, S., Bruggisser, F., Leuenberger, R., Ishihara, T., Kamijo, K., Brotzmann, M., Trescher, S., Förster, M., & Gerber, M. (2024). Acute effects of exercise on gaze fixation and affective response inhibition in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: a randomized controlled trial. Autism Research, 17, 1934-1943. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.3224