Publications

Publications

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2025

Manci, E., Herold, F., Özdalyan, F., Demir Benli, M., Bozkurt, Ç, Gençtürk, U., Gebel, A., Güdücü, Ç, Günay, E., Bediz, C., Pontifex, M. B., & Muller, N. G. (2025). Determining cognitive performance in athletes: A systematic review focused on methodology of applying cognitive tests. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology.

McGowan, A. L., Ellison, O., Ham, M. S., Chandler, M. C., & Pontifex, M. B. (2025). Aerobic fitness modulates arithmetic strategy use in college-aged young adults. Trends in Neuroscience and Education.

2024

Chandler, M. C., Ellison, O. K., McGowan, A. L., Fenn, K. M., & Pontifex, M. B. (2024). Physical activity and sleep moderate the relationship between stress and screen time in college-aged adults. Journal of American College Health, 72(5), 1401-1411.

Coffman, C. A., Bullard, L. E., & Pontifex, M. B. (2024). Effects of repeated administration of an inhibitory control task in the absence of an intervention. Journal of Cognitive Enhancement, 9, 1-9.

Coffman, C. A., Covassin, T., & Pontifex, M. B. (2024). More than a bump to the head: An overview of the long-term effects of concussion. Psychology of Learning and Motivation, 81.

Ellison, O. K., Bullard, L. E., Lee, G. K., Vazou, S., Pfeiffer, K. A., Baez, S. E., & Pontifex, M. B. (2024). Examining efficacy and potential mechanisms of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for anxiety and stress reduction among college students in a cluster-randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 24, 100514.

Henning, D. A., Ellison, O. K., Hauck, J. L., Paneth, N., Pfeiffer, K. A., & Pontifex, M. B. (2024). Aspects of physical activity and quality of life in adults with Cerebral Palsy. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 95, 601-608.

Hsieh, S. S., Kao, S. C., Raine, L. B., McDonald, K. M., Pontifex, M. B., & Hillman, C. H. (2024). Acute bouts of aerobic exercise do not modulate task-evoked midfrontal theta oscillations in school-age children. Journal of Cognitive Enhancement. 8, 9-20.

Hsieh, S. S., McGowan, A. L., Chandler, M. C., & Pontifex, M. B. (2024). Acute moderate-intensity aerobic exercise facilitates processing speed involving inhibitory control but not neuroelectric index of control process and cognitive integration. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology.

Ligeza, T. S., Raine, L. B., Pontifex, M. B., Wyczesany, M., Kramer, A. F., & Hillman, C. H. (2024). Cognitive benefits of higher cardiorespiratory fitness in preadolescent children are associated with increased connectivity within the cingulo-opercular network. Scientific Reports, 14, 21193.

Jung, M., Pontifex, M. B., Hillman, C. H., Kang, M., Voss, M. W., Erickson, K. I., & Loprinzi, P. D. (2024). A mechanistic understanding of cognitive performance deficits concurrent with vigorous intensity exercise. Brain and Cognition, 180, 106208.

2023

Coffman, C. A., Gunn, B. S., Pasquina, P. F., McCrea, M. A., McAllister, T. W., Broglio, S. P., Moore, R. D., & Pontifex, M. B. (2023). Concussion risk and recovery in athletes with psychostimulant-treated Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Findings from the NCAA-DOD CARE consortium. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 45(6), 337-346.

Lou, X., Herold, F., Ludyga, S., Gerber, M., Kamijo K., Pontifex, M. B., Hillman, C. H., Alderman, B. L., Müller, N. G., Kramer, A. F., Ishihara, T., Song, W., & Zou, L. (2023). Association of physical activity and fitness with executive function among preschoolers. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 23(4), 100400.

McGowan, A. L., Gerde, H. K., Pfeiffer, K. A., & Pontifex, M. B. (2023). Meeting 24-hour movement behavior guidelines in young children: Improved quantity estimation and self-regulation. Early Education and Development, 34(3), 762-789.

Moore, R. D., Kay, J. M., Gunn, B. S., Torres-McGehee, T. M., & Pontifex, M. B. (2023). Increased anxiety and depression among collegiate athletes with comorbid ADHD and history of concussion. Psychology of Sport & Exercise.

Pontifex, M. B., & Coffman, C. A. (2023). Validation of the g.tec Unicorn Hybrid Black wireless EEG system. Psychophysiology.

Taylor, A., Kong, C., Zhang, Z., Herold, F., Ludyga, S., Healy, S., Gerber, M., Cheval, B., Pontifex, M. B., Kramer, A. F., Chen, S., Zhang, Y., Müller, N., Tremblay, M. S., & Zou, L. (2023). Associations of meeting 24-hour movement behavior guidelines with cognitive difficulty and social relationships for children and adolescents with Attention Deficit/Hyperactive Disorder. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 17.

Zou, L., Herold, F., Ludyga, S., Kamijo K., Müller, N. G., Pontifex, M. B., Heath, M., Kuwamizu, R., Soya, H., Hillman, C. H., Ando, S., Alderman, B. L., Cheval, B., & Kramer, A. F. (2023). Look into my eyes: What can eye-based measures tell us about the relationship between physical activity and cognitive performance? Journal of Sport and Health Science.

2021

Beidler, E., Donnellan, B., Kontos, A., Nogle, S., Pontifex, M. B., & Covassin, T. (2021). The relationship between impulsivity, sensation seeking, and concussion history in collegiate student-athletes. Athletic Training & Sports Health Care, 13(6), e402-e412.

Bullard, L. E., Coffman, C. A., Kay, J. J. M., Holloway, J. P., Moore, R. D., & Pontifex, M. B. (2021). ADHD-related self-reported symptoms are associated with elevated concussion symptomatology. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 44, 116–126.

Chandler, M. C., McGowan, A. L., Brascamp, J. W., & Pontifex, M. B. (2021). Phasic activity of the locus-coeruleus is not a mediator of the relationship between fitness and inhibition in college-aged adults. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 165, 1-7.

Chandler, M. C., McRoy, K. Z., Goodwin, S., Bowles, R. P., Pontifex, M. B., Bingham, G. E., & Gerde, H. K. (2021). Self-regulation moderates the relationship between fine motor skills and writing in early childhood. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 57, 239-250.

Delli Paoli, A. G., Smith, A. L., Pontifex, M. B., & Moser, J. S. (2021). Aerobic fitness moderates girls’ affective and working memory responses to social exclusion. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 55, 101927.

Gwizdala, K. L., Ferguson, D. P., Kovan, J., Novak, V., & Pontifex, M. B. (2021). Placebo controlled phase II clinical trial: Safety and efficacy of combining intranasal insulin & acute exercise. Metabolic Brain Disease, 36(6), 1289-1303.

McGowan, A. L., Bretzin, A. C., Anderson, M., Pontifex, M. B., & Covassin, T. (2021). Paired cognitive flexibility task with symptom factors improves detection of sports-related concussion in high school and collegiate athletes. Journal of Neurological Sciences, 117575. Try the pilot web-based application.

McGowan, A. L., Chandler, M. C., & Pontifex, M. B. (2021). Aerobic fitness relates to superior exact and approximate arithmetic processing in college-aged adults. Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 23, 100154.

McGowan, A. L., Gerde, H. K., Pfeiffer, K. A. & Pontifex, M. B. (2021). Physically active learning in preschoolers: Improved self-regulation, comparable quantity estimation. Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 22, 100150.

Pontifex, M. B., Parks, A. C., Delli Paoli, A. G., Schroder, H. S., & Moser, J. S. (2021). The effect of acute exercise for reducing alterations in cognition associated with anxiety. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 167, 47-56.

2020

Chandler, M. C., McGowan, A. L., Burles, F., Mathewson, K. E., Scavuzzo, C. J., & Pontifex, M. B. (2020). Aerobic fitness is unrelated to the acquisition of relational memory in college-aged adults. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 42, 472-479.

Chandler, M. C., McGowan, A. L., Ferguson, D. P., & Pontifex, M. B. (2020). Carbohydrate mouth rinse has no effects on behavioral or neuroelectric indices of cognition. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 151, 49-58.

Covassin, T., McGowan, A. L., Bretzin, A. C., Anderson, M. N., Petit, K. M., Savage, J. L., Stephenson-Brown, K., Elbin, R. J., & Pontifex, M. B. (2020). Preliminary investigation of enhance brain function index among high school and collegiate concussed male and female athletes. The Physician and Sportsmedicine, 48, 442-449.

Hsieh, S-S., Chueh, T-Y., Kao, S-C., Westfall, D. R., Morris, T. P., Raine, L. B., Hopman, R. J., Pontifex, M. B., Castelli, D. M., Kramer, A. F., & Hillman, C. H. (2020). Greater childhood cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with better top-down cognitive control: A midfrontal theta oscillation study. Psychophysiology, 57, e13678.

Kao, S.-C., Cadenas-Sanchez, C., Shigeta, T. T., McClure, A. D., Chang, Y.-K., Pontifex, M. B., & Hillman, C. H. (2020). A systematic review of physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness on P3b. Psychophysiology, 57, 1-40.

McGowan, A. L., Ferguson, D. P., Gerde, H. K., Pfeiffer, K. A., & Pontifex, M. B. (2020). Preschoolers exhibit similar learning but greater on-task behavior following physically active lessons on the approximate number system. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 30, 1777-1786.

Mora-Gonzalez, J., Esteban-Cornejo, I., Solis-Urra, P., Migueles, J. H., Cadenas-Sanchez, C., Molina-Garcia, P., Rodriguez-Ayllon, M., Hillman, C. H., Catena, A., Pontifex, M. B., & Ortega F. B. (2020). Fitness, physical activity, sedentary time, inhibitory control and neuroelectric activity in children with overweight/obesity: The ActiveBrains project. Psychophysiology, 57, 1-18.

Raine, L. R., Kao, S. C., Drollette, E. S., Pontifex, M. B., Pindus, D., Hunt, J., Kramer, A. F., & Hillman, C. H. (2020). The role of BMI on cognition following acute physical activity in preadolescent children. Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 21, 100143.

2019

Chandler, M. C., McGowan, A. L., Payne, B. R., Wray, A. H., & Pontifex, M. B. (2019). Aerobic fitness relates to differential attentional but not language-related cognitive processes. Brain and Language, 198 (104681), 1-9.

Eliakim, A., Falk, B., Armstrong, N., Baptista, F., Behm, D. G., Dror, N., Faigenbaum, A. D., Janz, K. F., Jürimäe, J., McGowan, A. L., Nemet, D., Pianosi, P. T., Pontifex, M. B., Radom-Aizik, S., Rowland, T., & Rowlands, A. V. (2019). Expert’s choice: 2018’s most exciting research in the field of pediatric exercise science. Pediatric Exercise Science, 31, 1-27.

Gunnell, K. E., Poitras, V. J., LeBlanc, A. G., Schibli, K., Barbeau, K., Hedayati, N., Pontifex, M. B., Goldfield, G. S., Dunlap, C., Lehan, E., & Tremblay, M. S. (2019). Physical activity and brain structure, brain function, and cognition in children and youth: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Mental Health and Physical Activity, 16, 105-127.

McGowan, A. L., Bretzin, A. B., Savage, J. L., Petit, Kyle M., Covassin, T., & Pontifex, M. B. (2019). Acute and protracted disruptions to inhibitory control following sports-related concussion. Neuropsychologia, 131, 223-232.

McGowan, A. L., Chandler, M. C., Brascamp, J. W., & Pontifex, M. B. (2019). Pupillometric indices of locus-coeruleus activation are not modulated following single bouts of exercise. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 140, 41-52.

Mora-Gonzalez, J., Esteban-Cornejo, I., Cadenas-Sanchez, C., Migueles, J. H., Molina-Garcia, P., Rodriguez-Ayllon, M., Henriksson, P., Pontifex, M. B., Catena, A., & Ortega, F. B. (2019). Physical fitness, physical activity, and the executive function in overweight and obese children: A cross-sectional study from The ActiveBrains project. Journal of Pediatrics, 208, 50-56.

Mora-Gonzalez, J., Esteban-Cornejo, I., Cadenas-Sanchez, C., Migueles, J. H., Rodriguez-Ayllon, M., Molina-Garcia, P., Hillman, C. H., Catena, A., Pontifex, M. B., & Ortega FB. (2019). Fitness, physical activity, working memory and neuroelectric activity in children with overweight/obesity. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 29, 1352-1363.

Pontifex, M. B., McGowan, A. L., Chandler, M., C., Gwizdala, K. L., Parks, A. C., Fenn, K., & Kamijo, K. (2019). A primer on investigating the after effects of acute bouts of physical activity on cognition. Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 40, 1-22.

Themanson, J. R., Bing, N. J., Sheese, B. E., & Pontifex, M. B. (2019). The influence of pitch-by-pitch feedback on neural activity and pitch perception in baseball. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 41, 65-72.

Vasold, K., Parks, A. C., Phelan, D. M. L., Pontifex, M. B., & Pivarnik, J. (2019). Reliability and validity of commercially available low-cost bio-electric impedance analysis. International Journal of Sport Nutrition & Exercise Metabolism, 29, 406-410.

2018

Adjepong, M., Yakah, W., Harris, W. S., Annan, R. A., Pontifex, M. B., & Fenton, J. I. (2018). Whole blood n-3 fatty acids are associated with executive function in 2 to 6-year-old Northern Ghanaian children. Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, 57, 287-293.

Drollette, E. S., Pontifex, M. B., Raine, L. R., Scudder, M. R., Moore, R. D., Kao, S. C., Westfall, D. R., Wu, C. T., Kamijo, K., Castelli, D. M., Khan, N. A., Kramer, A. F., & Hillman, C. H. (2018). Effects of the FITKids physical activity randomized controlled trial on conflict monitoring in youth. Psychophysiology, 55, e13017, 1-15.

McGowan, A. L., Bretzin, A. C., Savage, J. L., Petit, K. M., Parks, A. C., Covassin, T., & Pontifex, M. B. (2018). Preliminary evidence for differential trajectories of recovery for cognitive flexibility following sports-related concussion. Neuropsychology, 32, 564-574.

Pontifex, M. B., Gwizdala, K., Weng, T. B., Zhu, D. C., & Voss, M. W. (2018). Cerebral blood flow is not modulated following acute aerobic exercise in preadolescent children. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 134, 44-51.

Raine, L., Kao, S.-C., Pindus, D., Westfall, D. R., Shigeta, T. T., Logan, N., Cadenas-Sanchez, C., Li, J., Drollette, E. S., Pontifex., M. B., Khan, N. A., Kramer, A. F., & Hillman, C. H. (2018). A largescale re-analysis of childhood fitness and inhibitory control. Journal of Cognitive Enhancement, 2, 170-192.

Tremblay, M. S., Vanderloo, L. M., Cairney, J., Choquette, L. Collet, J. P., Davies, T., Faulkner, G., Gitimoghadam, M., Glossop, E., Goldowitz, D., Gunnell, K. E., Kwan, S., Leo, J., Markham, C., McManus, A., Moore, S., Pontifex, M. B., Walsh, J., & Zwicker, J. G. (2018). Expert statement on physical activity and brain health in children and youth. ParticipACTION.

2017

Brassell, A. A., Shoulberg, E. K., Pontifex, M. B., Smith, A. L., Delli Paoli, A. G., & Hoza, B. (2017). Aerobic fitness and inhibition in young children: Moderating roles of ADHD status and age. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 46, 646-652.

Delli Paoli, A. G., Smith, A. L., & Pontifex, M. B. (2017). Does walking mitigate affective and cognitive responses to social exclusion? Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 39, 97-108.

Kamijo, K., McGowan, A. L., & Pontifex, M. B. (2017). Effects of physical activity on cognition in children and adolescents. In M. Anshel, & S. Petruzzello (Eds.). APA handbook of sport and exercise psychology.

Kao, S-C., Westfall, D. R., Parks, A. C., Pontifex, M. B., & Hillman, C. H. (2017). Muscular and aerobic fitness, working memory, and academic achievement in children. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 49, 500-508.

Kao, S-C., Drollette, E. S., Scudder, M. R., Raine, L. B., Westfall, D. R., Pontifex, M. B., & Hillman, C. H. (2017). Aerobic fitness is associated with cognitive control strategy in preadolescent children. Journal of Motor Behavior, 49, 150-162.

Pontifex, M. B., Gwizdala, K., Parks, A. C., Billinger, M., & Brunner, C. (2017). Variability of ICA decomposition may impact EEG signals when used to remove eye blink artifacts. Psychophysiology, 54, 386-398.

Pontifex, M. B., Miskovic, V., & Laszlo, S. (2017). Evaluating the efficacy of fully automated approaches for the selection of eye blink ICA components. Psychophysiology, 54, 780-791.

Raine, L. B., Khan, N. A., Drollette, E. S., Pontifex, M. B., Kramer, A. F.,& Hillman, C. H. (2017). Obesity, visceral adipose tissue, and cognitive function in childhood. Journal of Pediatrics, 187, 134-140.

Westfall, D. R., Kao, S-C., Scudder, M. R., Pontifex, M. B., & Hillman, C. H. (2017). The association between aerobic fitness and congruency sequence effects in preadolescent children. Brain and Cognition, 113, 85-92.

2014

Chaddock-Heyman, L., Erickson, K. I., Holtrop, J. L., Voss, M. W., Pontifex, M. B., Raine, L. B., Hillman, C. H., & Kramer, A. F. (2014). Aerobic fitness is associated with greater white matter integrity in children. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8(584), 1-7.

Drollette, E. S., Scudder, M. R., Raine, L. B., Moore, R. D., Saliba, B. J., Pontifex, M. B., & Hillman, C. H. (2014). Acute exercise facilitates brain function and cognition in children who need it most: An ERP study of individual differences in inhibitory control capacity. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 7, 53-64.

Hillman, C. H., Pontifex, M. B., Castelli, D. M., Khan, N. A., Raine, L. B., Scudder, M. R., Drollette, E. S., Moore, R. D., Wu, C-T., & Kamijo, K. (2014). Effects of the FITKids randomized controlled trial on executive control and brain function. Pediatrics, 134, e1063-e1071.

Khan, N. A., Raine, L. B., Drollette, E., Scudder, M. R., Pontifex, M. B., Castelli, D. M., Donovan, S. M., Evans, E. E., & Hillman, C. H. (2014). Impact of the FITKIDS physical activity intervention on adiposity in prepubertal children. Pediatrics, 133, e875-e883.

Kamijo, K., Pontifex, M. B., Khan, N., Raine, L., Scudder, M., Drollete, E., Evans, E., Castelli, D., & Hillman, C. H. (2014). The negative association of childhood obesity to the cognitive control of action monitoring. Cerebral Cortex, 24, 654-662.

Pontifex, M. B., Fine, J. G., Parks, A. C., da Cruz, K. & Smith, A. L. (2014). The role of physical activity in reducing barriers to learning in children with developmental disorders. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 79, 93-118.

Pontifex, M. B., Kamijo, K., Scudder, M. R., Raine, L. B., Khan, N. A., Drollette, E. S., Evans, E. M., Castelli, D. M., Frank, K. A., & Hillman, C. H. (2014). The differential association of adiposity and fitness on cognitive control in preadolescent children. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 79, 72-92.

Pontifex, M. B., Parks, A. C., O’Neil, P. C., Egner, A. R., Warning, J. T., Pfeiffer, K. A., & Fenn, K. M. (2014). Poorer aerobic fitness relates to reduced integrity of multiple memory systems. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 14, 1132-1141.

2012

Chaddock, L., Erickson, K. I., Prakash, R. S., Voss, M. W., VanPatter, M., Pontifex, M. B., Hillman, C. H., & Kramer, A. F. (2012). A functional MRI investigation of the association between childhood aerobic fitness and neurocognitive control. Biological Psychology, 89, 260-268.

Chaddock, L., Hillman, C. H., Pontifex, M. B., Johnson, C. R., Raine, L. B., & Kramer, A. F. (2012). Childhood aerobic fitness predicts cognitive performance one year later. Journal of Sport Sciences, 30, 421-430.

Drollette, E. S., Shishido, T., Pontifex, M. B., & Hillman, C. H. (2012). Maintenance of cognitive control during and after walking in preadolescent children. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 44, 2017-2024.

Hillman, C. H., Kamijo, K., & Pontifex, M. B. (2012). The relation of ERP indices of exercise to brain health and cognition. In H. Boecker, C. H. Hillman, L. Scheef, & H. K. Struder (Eds.). Functional neuroimaging in exercise and sport sciences (pp. 419-446). Springer: New York, NY.

Hillman, C. H., Pontifex, M. B., Motl., R. W., O'Leary, K. C., Johnson, C. R., Scudder, M. R., Raine, L. B., & Castelli, D. M. (2012). From ERPs to academics. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 2S, S90-S98.

Kamijo, K., Khan, N. A., Pontifex, M. B., Scudder, M. R., Drollette, E. S., Raine, L. B., Evans, E. M., Castelli, D. M., & Hillman, C. H. (2012). The relation of adiposity to cognitive control and scholastic achievement in preadolescent children. Obesity, 20, 2406-2411.

Kamijo, K., Pontifex, M. B., Khan, N. A., Raine, L. B., Scudder, M. R., Drollette, E. S., Evans, E. M., Castelli, D. M., & Hillman, C. H. (2012). The association of childhood obesity to neuroelectric indices of inhibition. Psychophysiology, 49, 1361-1371.

Pontifex, M. B., Broglio, S. P., Drollette, E. S., Scudder, M. R., Johnson, C. R., O’Connor, P., & Hillman, C. H. (2012). The relation of mild traumatic brain injury to chronic lapses of attention. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 83, 553-559.

Pontifex, M. B., Scudder, M. R., Drollette, E. S., & Hillman, C. H. (2012). Fit and vigilant: The relationship between poorer aerobic fitness and failures in sustained attention during preadolescence. Neuropsychology, 26, 407-413.

Scudder, M. R., Drollette, E. S., Pontifex, M. B., & Hillman, C. H. (2012). Neuroelectric indices of goal maintenance following a single bout of physical activity. Biological Psychology, 89, 528-531.

Themanson, J. R., Rosen, P. J., Pontifex, M. B., Hillman, C. H., & McAuley, E. (2012). Alterations in error-related brain activity and changes in post-error behavior over time. Brain & Cognition, 80, 257-265.

2011

Chaddock, L., Pontifex, M. B., Hillman, C. H., & Kramer, A. F. (2011). A review of the relation of aerobic fitness and physical activity to brain structure and function in children. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 17, 1-11.

Kamijo, K., Pontifex, M. B., O’Leary, K. C., Scudder, M. R., Wu, C., Castelli, D. M., & Hillman, C. H. (2011). The effects of an afterschool physical activity program on working memory in preadolescent children. Developmental Science, 14, 1046 - 1058.

O’Leary, K. C., Pontifex, M. B., Scudder, M. R., Brown, M. L., & Hillman, C. H. (2011). The effects of single bouts of aerobic exercise, exergaming, and videogame play on cognitive control. Clinical Neurophysiology, 122, 1518-1525.

Pontifex, M. B., Raine, L. B., Johnson, C. R., Chaddock, L., Voss, M. W., Cohen, N. J., Kramer, A. F., & Hillman, C. H. (2011). Cardiorespiratory fitness and the flexible modulation of cognitive control in preadolescent children. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 23, 1332-1345.

Themanson, J. R., Pontifex, M. B., Hillman, C. H., & McAuley, E. (2011). The relation of self efficacy and error-related self regulation. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 80, 1-10.

Voss, M., Chaddock, L., Kim, J., VanPatter, M., Pontifex, M. B., Raine, L. B., Cohen, N., Hillman, C. H., & Kramer, A. F. (2011). Aerobic fitness is associated with greater efficiency of the network underlying cognitive control in preadolescent children. Neuroscience, 199, 166-176.

Wu, C. T., Pontifex, M. B., Raine, L. B., Chaddock, L., Voss, M. W., Kramer, A. F., & Hillman, C. H. (2011). Aerobic fitness and response variability in preadolescent children performing a cognitive control task. Neuropsychology, 25, 333-341.

2009

Broglio, S. P., Pontifex, M. B., O’Connor, P., & Hillman, C. H. (2009). The Persistent effects of concussion on neuroelectric indices of attention. Journal of Neurotrauma, 26, 1463-1470.

Hillman, C. H., Buck, S. M., Themanson, J. R., Pontifex, M. B., & Castelli, D. (2009). Aerobic fitness and cognitive development: Event-related brain potential and task performance indices of executive control in preadolescent children. Developmental Psychology, 45, 114-129.

Hillman, C. H., Pontifex, M. B., Raine, L. B., Castelli, D. M., Hall, E. E., & Kramer, A. F. (2009). The Effect of acute treadmill walking on cognitive control and academic achievement in preadolescent children. Neuroscience, 159, 1044-1054.

Hillman, C. H., Pontifex, M. B., & Themanson, J. R. (2009). Acute aerobic exercise effects on event-related brain potentials. In T. McMorris, P. D. Tomporowski, & M. Audiffren (Eds.), Exercise and cognition (pp. 163-180). Wiley Publications: Indianapolis, IN.

Pontifex, M. B., Hillman, C. H., Fernhall, B., Thompson, K. M., & Valentini, T. A. (2009). The Effect of acute aerobic and resistance exercise on working memory. Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise, 41, 927-934.

Pontifex, M. B., Hillman, C. H. & Polich, J. (2009). Age, physical fitness, and attention: P3a and P3b. Psychophysiology, 46, 379-387.

Pontifex, M. B., O’Connor, P., Broglio, S. P., & Hillman, C. H. (2009). The Association between mild traumatic brain injury history and cognitive control. Neuropsychologia, 47, 3210-3216.

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