Do not underestimate the cognitive benefits of exercise

Olivier Dupuy^#^{1

2}, Sebastian Ludyga^#³, Francisco B Ortega^{4

5

6}, Charles H Hillman^{7

8}, Kirk I Erickson^{9

10}, Fabian Herold¹¹, Keita Kamijo¹², Chun-Hao Wang^{13

14}, Timothy P Morris⁸, Belinda Brown^{15

16}, Irene Esteban-Cornejo^{4

5

17}, Patricio Solis-Urra^{4

18}, Laurent Bosquet¹, Markus Gerber¹⁹, Said Mekari^{20

21}, Nicolas Berryman^{22

23

24}, Louis Bherer²⁵, Ben Rattray²⁶, Teresa Liu-Ambrose^{27

28

29}, Claudia Voelcker-Rehage³⁰, Boris Cheval^{31

32

33}

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory MOVE, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Poitiers, Poitiers, France.
² School of Kinesiology and Physical Activity Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
³ Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. Sebastian.ludyga@unibas.ch.
⁴ Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Sport and Health University Research Institute (iMUDS), University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
⁵ Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
⁶ Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.
⁷ Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
⁸ Department of Physical Therapy, Movement, and Rehabilitation Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
⁹ AdventHealth Research Institute, Neuroscience, Orlando, FL, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
¹¹ Faculty of Health Sciences Brandenburg, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.
¹² Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Chukyo University, Nagoya, Japan.
¹³ Institute of Physical Education, Health and Leisure Studies, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan (R.O.C.).
¹⁴ Department of Psychology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan (R.O.C.).
¹⁵ Centre for Healthy Ageing, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.
¹⁶ Centre for Precision Health, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.
¹⁷ Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, Granada, Spain.
¹⁸ Faculty of Education and Social Sciences, Universidad Andres Bello, Viña del Mar, Chile.
¹⁹ Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
²⁰ Department of Family Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
²¹ Centre de Formation Médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick, Université de Sherbrooke, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
²² Département des Sciences de l'Activité Physique, Faculté des Sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
²³ Centre de recherche de l'institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal, Montreal, Canada.
²⁴ Institut National du Sport du Québec, Quebec, Canada.
²⁵ Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal and Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
²⁶ Research Institute for Sport and Exercise, Faculty of Health, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
²⁷ Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
²⁸ Centre for Aging SMART, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
²⁹ Department of Physical Therapy, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
³⁰ Department of Neuromotor Behavior and Exercise, Institute of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
³¹ Department of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Rennes, Bruz, France.
³² University of Rennes, Rennes, France.
³³ Laboratory VIPS2, University of Rennes, Rennes, France.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 39164416
DOI: 10.1038/s41562-024-01949-x

Do not underestimate the cognitive benefits of exercise

Olivier Dupuy et al. Nat Hum Behav. 2024 Aug.

. 2024 Aug;8(8):1460-1463.

doi: 10.1038/s41562-024-01949-x. Epub 2024 Aug 20.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory MOVE, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Poitiers, Poitiers, France.
² School of Kinesiology and Physical Activity Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
³ Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. Sebastian.ludyga@unibas.ch.
⁴ Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Sport and Health University Research Institute (iMUDS), University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
⁵ Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
⁶ Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.
⁷ Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
⁸ Department of Physical Therapy, Movement, and Rehabilitation Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
⁹ AdventHealth Research Institute, Neuroscience, Orlando, FL, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
¹¹ Faculty of Health Sciences Brandenburg, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.
¹² Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Chukyo University, Nagoya, Japan.
¹³ Institute of Physical Education, Health and Leisure Studies, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan (R.O.C.).
¹⁴ Department of Psychology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan (R.O.C.).
¹⁵ Centre for Healthy Ageing, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.
¹⁶ Centre for Precision Health, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.
¹⁷ Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, Granada, Spain.
¹⁸ Faculty of Education and Social Sciences, Universidad Andres Bello, Viña del Mar, Chile.
¹⁹ Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
²⁰ Department of Family Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
²¹ Centre de Formation Médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick, Université de Sherbrooke, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
²² Département des Sciences de l'Activité Physique, Faculté des Sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
²³ Centre de recherche de l'institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal, Montreal, Canada.
²⁴ Institut National du Sport du Québec, Quebec, Canada.
²⁵ Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal and Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
²⁶ Research Institute for Sport and Exercise, Faculty of Health, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
²⁷ Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
²⁸ Centre for Aging SMART, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
²⁹ Department of Physical Therapy, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
³⁰ Department of Neuromotor Behavior and Exercise, Institute of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
³¹ Department of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Rennes, Bruz, France.
³² University of Rennes, Rennes, France.
³³ Laboratory VIPS2, University of Rennes, Rennes, France.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 39164416
DOI: 10.1038/s41562-024-01949-x

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