Summary of the article
Summary of the article: The influence of exercise-induced fatigue on cognitive function
Exercise induced fatigue which is a common experience has now been linked with degradation of performance and human cognition. This linked with an affectation of both the peripheral and central nervous system. There is another study linked with the affectation of the executive function and simple reaction time in relations to exercise. There is also the part with the connection to the exercise induced delay in relations to the stimulus classification speed.
Methods
This involves the use of 30 percent of 15 males and 15 females. It involves two laboratory sessions during a two day period. Participants were taken through different tests and experimental procedure which involves visual discrimination test and working memory vigilance test done before and after the exercise. Participants were also made to complete certain questionnaires to ensure their compliance with the procedure.
Results
Two male performances were unable to complete the exercise. The performance done which is categorized into simple or complex had obvious results showing no major differences during the simple performance test between the sexes. In case of the complex performance there are significant differences between the participants. In case of vigilance performance, exercised participants were noted to have significantly longer response compared to others. The performance test results show findings that conform to the predictions simply because of the complex performance version of the perceptual-discrimination test. However, the magnitude of the reduction is yet to be ascertained.
Conclusion
The finding of the study supported the predictions. However, it is yet not certain if the findings will be generalized to individual characteristics. Since it is known that mentally challenging vigilance test promote the symptoms of mental fatigue with reduction in mental energy symptoms while strenuous exercise increase physical fatigue.
References
Moore et al. The influence of exercise-induced fatigue on cognitive function. Journal of Sport Sciences, May 2012; 30(9): 841-850.
