Impact of physical fitness on strategy development in decision-making tasks.
Data from 30 female subjects indicated that a 17.3% increase in a physical fitness index improved by 12% to 68% the information processing and decision-making capabilities of the subjects. The changes in physical fitness did not affect the performance on a variety of other tasks.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D003657:Decision Making / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D010809:Physical Fitness; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D012309:Risk-Taking