| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立陽明大學 === 醫學工程研究所 === 102 === It is well accepted that a person’s cognitive function is at its peak at his/her 20’s, then will fall down year by year. Cognitive ability is the most important function for daily living and quality of life. Recent researches have suggested that aerobic exercise have a positive effect on cognitive functions.
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between moderate-intensity aerobic exercises and cognitive functions. Participants were asked to complete the Wisconsin card sorting test (WCST), Tower of Hanoi and N-back test before and after the moderate-intensity aerobic exercise which they were asked to play for thirty minutes. Finally the score changes in the Wisconsin card sorting test, Tower of Hanoi and N-back test in the control groups (before moderate-intensity aerobic exercise will be compared to that in the experiment groups after moderate-intensity aerobic exercise).
This study recruited fifty-six participants with a mean age of 23 years. The results indicated that there was a significant positive exercise effect on the Wisconsin card sorting test, Tower of Hanoi and N-back test in terms of the planning, inhibition, scheduling and working memory. We only found a little variation in Tower of Hanoi and nonperseverative errors of the WCST between genders.
The results also indicated that female’s scheduling ability was better than male’s, but male was better than female in inhibition ability.
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