Journal
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 48, Issue 2, Pages 337-342Publisher
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/a0026938
Keywords
exergame; physical activity; executive function skills; competition; adolescents
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [T32 DK064584, P30 DK072476] Funding Source: Medline
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Exergames are videogames that require gross motor activity, thereby combining gaming with physical activity. This study examined the role of competitive versus cooperative exergame play on short-term changes in executive function skills, following a 10-week exergame training intervention. Fifty-four low-income overweight and obese African American adolescents were randomly assigned to a competitive exergame condition, a cooperative exergame condition, or a no-play control group. Youths in the competitive exergame condition improved in executive function skills more than did those in the cooperative exergame condition and the no-play control group. Weight loss during the intervention was also significantly positively correlated with improved executive function skills. The findings link competitive exergame play to beneficial cognitive outcomes for at-risk ethnic minority adolescents.
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