Original scientific paper
Effects of Acute Physical Exercise on Mathematical Computation Depending on the Parts of the Training in Young Children
Gustav Bala
; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, Novi Sad, Serbia
Tatjana Adamović
; Life Activities Advancement Center, Belgrade, Serbia and Institute for Experimental Phonetics and Speech Pathology, Belgrade, Serbia
Dejan Madić
; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, Novi Sad, Se
Boris Popović
; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, Novi Sad, Se
Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine whether acute physical exercise may increase the ability to quickly solve basic
mathematical operations in young children. In this way, the children acquired the means to activate a larger area of the
brain when necessary. The research sample of 38 preschool and 18 schoolchildren was tested in basic mathematical operations
before and after physical exercise. The results showed that children’s computational performance was enhanced
signifi cantly during exercise and remained stable after relaxation part of their physical training.
Keywords
computational performance in children; cognitive abilities; physical exercise; training; neural networks
Hrčak ID:
147607
URI
Publication date:
14.7.2015.
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