@article{b7e0b88103854b85a16a788948acbe6e,
title = "Resting state networks mediate the association between both cardiovascular fitness and gross motor skills with neurocognitive functioning",
abstract = "Recent evidence suggests that cardiovascular fitness and gross motor skill performance are related to neurocognitive functioning by influencing brain structure and functioning. This study investigates the role of resting-state networks (RSNs) in the relation of cardiovascular fitness and gross motor skills with neurocognitive functioning in healthy 8- to 11-year-old children (n = 90, 45 girls, 10% migration background). Cardiovascular fitness and gross motor skills were related to brain activity in RSNs. Furthermore, brain activity in RSNs mediated the relation of both cardiovascular fitness (Frontoparietal network and Somatomotor network) and gross motor skills (Somatomotor network) with neurocognitive functioning. The results indicate that brain functioning may contribute to the relation between both cardiovascular fitness and gross motor skills with neurocognitive functioning.",
keywords = "brain functioning, cognition, Children, physical fitness, resting-state fMRI, PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY, CONNECTIVITY, OVERWEIGHT, ADOLESCENCE, COMPETENCE, CHILDREN, SYSTEMS, CORTEX, VOLUME",
author = "Anna Meijer and Marsh Konigs and Pouwels, {Petra J. W.} and Joanne Smith and Chris Visscher and Bosker, {Roel J.} and Esther Hartman and Jaap Oosterlaan",
note = "Funding Information: The authors thank all participating children and their parents and Ton Schweigmann for his help with performing the MRI scans. The authors also want to acknowledge the financial support provided by the Netherlands Initiative for Education Research under Grant 405‐15‐410 and the Dutch Brain Foundation under Grant GH 2015‐3‐01. The funding sources were not involved in the conduction of the research and preparation of the manuscript. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 The Authors. Child Development published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society for Research in Child Development.",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1111/cdev.13759",
language = "English",
volume = "93",
pages = "e412--e426",
journal = "Child Development",
issn = "0009-3920",
publisher = "Wiley",
number = "4",
}