Acute Exercise Effects on Executive Function in Chinese Undergraduate Students

Chinese undergraduate students were recruited for a study examining the effects of acute exercise on executive function. The dataset, authored by Zhanshuang Bai and last updated in May 2026, contains results from cognitive tasks measuring inhibitory control, working memory, and cognitive flexibility before and after exercise interventions. It includes data from 44 participants across three groups: high-intensity interval training, moderate-intensity exercise, and a control group.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the effect of exercise intensity on cognitive flexibility based on the significant Time × Group interaction reported.
• Comparing pre- and post-intervention performance on inhibitory control tasks across different exercise conditions.
• Investigating the relationship between acute exercise and working memory performance in a student population.
• Replicating the study's analysis of selective associations between exercise and specific components of executive function.

Strengths

• Includes data from a controlled experiment with 44 participants.
• Measures three distinct components of executive function: inhibitory control, working memory, and cognitive flexibility.
• Compares three distinct intervention groups: HIIT, moderate-intensity exercise, and a control.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 43.0 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Experimental study with 44 undergraduate students randomly assigned to exercise or control groups.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 04:21:02; freshness should be verified.

Geography

China