Effects of Sport Training on Cognition in Young Adulthood

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dc.contributor.authorOczkowski, Veronica
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorGibb, Robbin L.
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-10T21:41:23Z
dc.date.available2019-09-10T21:41:23Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractBrain and behaviour are heavily impacted by our environment. This study examines how a positive experience, exercise, impacts brain development in adolescence and how that relates to brain and behavioural changes in young adulthood. A rat model was used to determine the impact of exercise, specifically complex exercise, such as sport and multi-sports, has on brain development. Adolescent rats were grouped and subjected to either, no exercise, exercise in the form of wheel running, training on one of three single complex motor tasks (“sports”), or training on all three complex motor tasks, for 3 weeks. Following training, rats completed a battery of behavioural tests during young adulthood and their brains examined. Findings include increased anxiety-like behaviour, changes in memory, attentional control and decision making, reduced cortical thickness and spine density, and finally increased thalamic area. Exercise and sport training in adolescence was found to positively impact cognition in young adulthood.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5557
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.proquest.subjectNeurosciences [0317]en_US
dc.proquest.subjectBehavioral psychology [0384]en_US
dc.proquest.subjectBehavioral sciences [0602]en_US
dc.proquestyesNoen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Neuroscienceen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Neuroscienceen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectTeenagersen_US
dc.subjectSportsen_US
dc.subjectExerciseen_US
dc.subjectCognitive scienceen_US
dc.titleEffects of Sport Training on Cognition in Young Adulthooden_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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