Abstract

This study was conducted with 120 subjects in their teens to investigate changes in their cognitive processes after exercise. The result showed differences between the two test groups in all tasks. Changes in working memory were positiv regardless of sex in the group which exercised than in the one which did not; in other tasks such as the labyrinth test, sequence test, and arithmetic test changes were positive only in the male group. Therefore it was concluded that a proper amount of exercise can facilitate cognitive processes: working memory, perception, and reasoning and that the effects of exercise can be variable depending on the personal state of the subjects including his attitude toward exercise and depending on the intensity and duration of exercise. Verf.-Referat