Aerobic-Exercise and resistance-training interventions have been among the least effective ways to improve executive functions of any method tried thus far

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Electronic address: adele.diamond@ubc.ca.
² Department of Psychiatry, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Comment

Adele Diamond et al. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2019 Jun.

. 2019 Jun:37:100572.

doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2018.05.001. Epub 2018 Jun 14.

¹ Department of Psychiatry, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Electronic address: adele.diamond@ubc.ca.
² Department of Psychiatry, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

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Conclusions about interventions, programs, and approaches for improving executive functions that appear justified and those that, despite much hype, do not.
Diamond A, Ling DS. Diamond A, et al. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2016 Apr;18:34-48. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2015.11.005. Epub 2015 Dec 7. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2016. PMID: 26749076 Free PMC article. Review.
On mindful and mindless physical activity and executive function: A response to Diamond and Ling (2016).
Hillman CH, McAuley E, Erickson KI, Liu-Ambrose T, Kramer AF. Hillman CH, et al. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2019 Jun;37:100529. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2018.01.006. Epub 2018 Oct 12. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2019. PMID: 30318345 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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