Author : William H. DuPont
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (111 download)
Book Synopsis The Effects of Resistance Exercise Training on Cognition and Brain Function in Healthy Older Adult Women by : William H. DuPont
Download or read book The Effects of Resistance Exercise Training on Cognition and Brain Function in Healthy Older Adult Women written by William H. DuPont and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eight healthy older adult females between 52-62 years of age were enrolled and completed the study. Participants completed two familiarization visits, a one repetition maximum test visit, and a cognitive/electroencephalogram test visit before beginning a resistance exercise training intervention. Then they completed six weeks of resistance exercise training, three sessions per week over six weeks for a total of eighteen training sessions. Following the six weeks of training, participants completed another one repetition maximum and another cognitive/electroencephalogram test visit. This study shows that as little as six weeks of resistance exercise training significantly increased: upper and lower body strength; mental and motor processing speeds, sustained attention; the ability to divide attention and focus on relevant stimuli; the ability to acquire and learn new information; short term memory recognition; working memory capacity and retention; the ability to retain, recall, and manipulate visuospatial information; and the ability to plan and strategize. It is suspected that these significant increases in cognition and brain function is due to a combination of increases in neurogenesis, synaptic density and plasticity, functional connectivity, neurotransmitter strength and concentration, and cognitive reserve.