Daily Physical Activity, Sports Participation, and Executive Function in Children
Lu Yang, Eva Corpeleijn, Esther Hartman · 2024
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Lu Yang, Eva Corpeleijn, and Esther Hartman study activity and thinking skills in children in this 2024 paper. Executive function covers skills such as self-control and planning, and it matters for school success. Whether daily activity and sports in early childhood shape those skills later was unclear.
The team used a Dutch birth cohort with 880 children. Activity was measured by a motion sensor at ages 5 to 6, sports were reported at ages 10 to 11, and thinking skills were rated then as well. Moderate to hard activity in early years showed no link to later thinking skills. More light activity linked to slightly worse self-control scores. The paper weighs what such patterns mean for child health guidance.
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| CREATOR | Lu Yang, Eva Corpeleijn, Esther Hartman |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |