AUTHOR=Pons Van Dijk Gaby , Huijts Marjolein , Lodder Jan TITLE=Cognition Improvement in Taekwondo Novices Over 40. Results from the SEKWONDO Study JOURNAL=Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience VOLUME=5 YEAR=2013 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/aging-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnagi.2013.00074 DOI=10.3389/fnagi.2013.00074 ISSN=1663-4365 ABSTRACT=
Age-related cognitive decline is associated with increased risk of disability, dementia, and death. Recent studies suggest improvement in cognitive speed, attention, and executive functioning with physical activity. However, whether such improvements are activity specific is unclear. Therefore, we aimed to study the effect of 1 year age-adapted Taekwondo training on several cognitive functions, including reaction/motor time, information processing speed, and working and executive memory, in 24 healthy volunteers over 40. Reaction and motor time decreased with 41.2 and 18.4 s (