Cognitive neuroscience paradigms and advances in physical activity and brain health in children:a scoping review
YE Lü
CHEN Yuelin
LIU Yufei
Abstract：Objective To review cognitive neuroscience paradigms and advances in physical activity and brain health in children.
Methods A systematic search of PubMed,Web of Science,Scopus,Cochrane Library,CNKI and Wanfang Data was con-ducted for randomized controlled trials,systematic review and meta-analysis investigating physical activity inter-vention for children's brain health,with publication during from inception to May,2024.Data extraction and scoping review were performed,with literature quality assessed using PEDro scale and AMSTAR 2.
Results A total of six studies were included,involving 1 363 healthy children aged five to 16.8 years from China,the United States,New Zealand and Australia.The primary outcome measures included brain structure,brain func-tion and neural network patterns assessed by magnetic resonance imaging(MRI),functional MRI,diffusion ten-sor imaging,and functional near-infrared spectroscopy.Long-term structured physical activity was effective on children's brain health,including enhancing the integrity of white matter microstructure,optimizing task-related activation patterns in brain regions and improving the organizational properties of functional brain networks.Children who received physical activity interventions exhibited more refined and optimized developmental trends in their cortical neural circuit patterns.
Conclusion Physical activity can improve structure and function of the brains of children.
Keywords：childrenphysical activityexercisebrain healthcognitive neuroscienceneuroimagingscoping review
Publication Date：2025-08-25
Online Publishing Date：2025-09-05(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：7( 889-895 )