Improved cognition while cycling in Parkinson’s disease patients and healthy adults

•Dual task effects on cognition may be facilitative during concurrent cycling.•Persons with Parkinson’s disease exhibit similar dual-task benefits as controls.•Facilitation arises in response times in visual tasks across cognitive domains.•Results suggest a mechanism other than described in the acut...

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Published in:Brain and cognition 2017-04, Vol.113, p.23-31
Main Authors: Hazamy, Audrey A., Altmann, Lori J.P., Stegemöller, Elizabeth, Bowers, Dawn, Lee, Hyo Keun, Wilson, Jonathan, Okun, Michael S., Hass, Chris J.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Balance
Bicycling - physiology
Cognition
Cognition & reasoning
Cognition - physiology
Cognitive ability
Cognitive-motor interference
Dual task
Executive function
Executive Function - physiology
Female
Humans
Information processing
Male
Middle Aged
Motor task performance
Movement disorders
Neurodegenerative diseases
Neuropsychological Tests
Parkinson Disease - physiopathology
Parkinson Disease - psychology
Parkinson's disease
Psychomotor Performance - physiology
Reaction Time - physiology
Short term memory
Task analysis
Task Performance and Analysis
Visual perception
Visual processing
Walking
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