Physical Activity and Academic Performance in School-Age Children: A Systematic Review

Francesca Latino () and Francesco Tafuri
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Francesca Latino: Faculty of Human Sciences, Pegaso University, 80143 Napoli, Italy
Francesco Tafuri: Heracle Lab Research in Educational Neuroscience, Niccolò Cusano University, 00166 Roma, Italy

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 8, 1-18

Abstract: This brief review aims to empirically summarize the expansive and ever-growing literature about the impact of physical activity interventions on cognitive function and academic performance. To better understand these relationships, this overview included research from different physical activity settings, such as school-based physical education, classroom-based physical activity and extracurricular physical activity. Given the findings adduced from the literature on this field, it could be argued that physical activity produces important changes in the brain, which mediate enhancements in cognitive performance as well as academic achievement. Therefore, the aim of this work is to analyze how physical activity may provide different pathways to improve cognitive health and academic performance among school-age children.

Keywords: physical education; cognitive functions; academic achievement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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