{"id":22413,"date":"2025-05-07T10:17:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T02:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.csr.ntnu.edu.tw\/?p=22413"},"modified":"2025-05-07T10:32:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T02:32:52","slug":"sharpening-the-brain-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.csr.ntnu.edu.tw\/index.php\/en\/2025\/05\/07\/sharpening-the-brain-study\/","title":{"rendered":"\u3010Academic\u3011NTNU\u2019s \u201cSharpening the Brain\u201d Study Published in Leading International Psychology Journal: Groundbreaking Evidence on the Benefits of a Single Bout of Exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE\uff1a\u672c\u6821\u516c\u5171\u4e8b\u52d9\u4e2d\u5fc3<\/a><\/p>

Want to boost your brain’s cognitive function? Just one single workout might do the trick! Professor Yu-Kai Chang<\/strong> from the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences at National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU)<\/strong>, along with Professor Jennifer Etnier<\/strong> from the Department of Kinesiology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro<\/strong>, recently published a groundbreaking study in Psychological Bulletin<\/em>\u2014providing integrated, pioneering evidence on the cognitive benefits of a single session of exercise<\/strong>.<\/p>

Psychological Bulletin<\/em>, founded in 1904, is one of the earliest academic journals in psychology. It is the flagship journal<\/strong> of the American Psychological Association and is considered a top-tier publication in the field of psychology worldwide.<\/p>

NTNU held a press conference on March 4th to announce this academic achievement. The event was hosted by Vice President Yao-Ting Sung<\/strong>, with Research and Development Director Ying-Ru Hsu<\/strong>, Dean of the College of Sports and Recreation Ho-Sen Wang<\/strong>, Director of the Center for Social-Emotional Development Hsueh-Chih Chen<\/strong>, Professor Tsung-Min Hung<\/strong>, and Professor Yu-Kai Chang<\/strong> (who is also department chair) all in attendance.<\/p>

As early as 2012, Professor Chang\u2019s team published a meta-analysis in Brain Research<\/em> that integrated 79 independent studies, revealing that even a single session of exercise can improve cognitive function<\/strong>. That study has since been cited over 2,400 times and was included in the U.S. Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee Scientific Report<\/strong>.<\/p>

However, with the increasing number, quality, and methodology of recent studies, there was a need to update and integrate existing evidence. Thus, Professor Chang collaborated with an international team to revisit the topic\u2014this time using an advanced umbrella review<\/strong> (also known as a meta-review<\/strong>), summarizing 30 meta-analyses<\/strong> covering 383 independent studies,<\/strong> and 18,347 participants were involved<\/strong>. This makes it the largest and most comprehensive synthesis<\/strong> on this topic to date.<\/p>

The study found that even a single bout of exercise produces significant cognitive benefits<\/strong>. Not only does it validate the findings from 2012, but it also provides subgroup analyses<\/strong> exploring the effects on different cognitive domains, participant backgrounds, and exercise parameters.<\/p>

Cognitive Function:<\/strong><\/p>