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  • Study links exercise intensity, attentional control in late-adolescent girls

    Feb 6, 2023 10:30 am by Diana YatesInsights
    U. of I. kinesiology and community health professor Dominika Pindus. Photo by Fred Zwicky

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    • U. of I. kinesiology and community health professor Dominika Pindus. Photo by Fred Zwicky

    Researchers found that girls ages 15-18 who engage in less moderate and vigorous physical activity are slower and less accurate than their peers on a measure of attentional control - they can be more impulsive and more easily distracted.