Effects of Physical Exercise Breaks on Executive Function in a Simulated Classroom Setting: Uncovering a Window into the Brain

Affiliations

• ¹ Body-Brain-Mind Laboratory, School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China.
• ² Faculty of Education, University of Macau, Macau, 999078, China.
• ³ Department of Sport, Exercise, and Health, University of Basel, Basel, 4052, Switzerland.
• ⁴ AdventHealth Research Institute, Neuroscience, Orlando, FL, 32101, USA.
• ⁵ Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, 15260, USA.
• ⁶ Department of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, Ecole Normale Supérieure Rennes, Bruz, 35170, France.
• ⁷ Laboratory VIPS2, University of Rennes, Rennes, 35042, France.
• ⁸ Department of Health and Kinesiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
• ⁹ Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
• ¹⁰ Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
• ¹¹ Center for Cognitive and Brain Health, Northeastern University Boston, MA, USA.
• ¹² Department of Physical Therapy, Movement, and Rehabilitation Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
• ¹³ Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
• ¹⁴ Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada.
• ¹⁵ Centre for Aging SMART at Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada.
• ¹⁶ Center for Social & Behavioral Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, 61820, USA.
• ¹⁷ Informatics Programs, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, 61820, USA.
• ¹⁸ Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Chukyo University, Nagoya, 466-8666, Japan.
• ¹⁹ Graduate School of Human Development and Environment, Kobe University, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.
• ²⁰ Human and Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA.
• ²¹ Department of Anthropology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA.
• ²² School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond St, London, ON, N6A 3K7, Canada.
• ²³ Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging, University of Western Ontario, 1201 Western Rd, London, ON, N6G 1H1, Canada.
• ²⁴ Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond St, London, ON, N6A 3K7, Canada.
• ²⁵ School of Psychology and Centre for Brain Research, University of Auckland, Auckland, 1030, New Zealand.
• ²⁶ Center for Epidemiological Research in Nutrition and Health, Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, 05508-070, Brazil.
• ²⁷ Research Group Degenerative and Chronic Diseases, Movement, Faculty of Health Sciences, Brandenburg, University of Potsdam, 14476, Potsdam, Germany.