Introduction
What is the Hypothesis
What is PA levels during adulthood have a positive relationship with cognitive function in senior years
What were the three search engines used?
What is PubMed, Google Scholar, Web of Science?
How many studies were used
What is 23?
Did the hypothesis prove to be true?
What is yes?
Define cognitive function
What is the ability to perform mental processes?
What are the focuses of previous studies
What is the effect of long term PA levels in adulthood
What age does the study consider adulthood
What is 18+ years old?
Name 2 domain specific functions that were tested
What is attention, Memory, working memory or executive functions?
Was information validity available for assessments available?
What is no?
What does global cognitive function test?
What is the specific field of research
What is cognitive function specific to seniors?
What age does the study consider "old" in order to measure cognitive function?
What is 60+ years old?
Was the Minnesota leisure time activity questionnaire used
What is yes
What type of participants should be used when considering future studies?
What is inactive participants?
Define neurodegeneration
What is a progressive loss in neuron function in the brain?
What field takes away interest in studying the decline in cognition of seniors?
What is the mental health field?
In order to be a participant in this study, seniors have to be free of what type of impairments/illnesses?
What is cognitive impairments/illnesses?
How many studies used invalid PA questionnaires?
What is 14 studies
What intensity of physical activity needs to be further anazlyed in future studies?
What is light-intensity physical activity?
Define executive functions
What is a set of cognitive functions that determine an individual's behaviour?
What is the research question?
What is does PA in early adulthood play a role in maintaining cognitive function resulting in delayed decline of cognitive function in elderly years?
What type of physical activity was used in this study?
What is free time/leisure physical activity?
How many articles were originally screened?
What is 14,294 articles?
What type of questionnaires were used that limited the study?
What is self-developed questionnaires?
What are some specific domains of cognitive function?
What is learning & memory, motorfunction & visuospacial, attention/concentration, language, social cognition/emotions, and executive functions?