Research Article

Aerobic Exercise Intervention Alters Executive Function and White Matter Integrity in Deaf Children: A Randomized Controlled Study

Table 2

Performance for three fundamental aspects of executive function ().

Control groupExperimental group
PretestPosttestPretestPosttest

RT (ms)
Inhibition17.80 ± 20.7029.88 ± 21.5538.93 ± 16.979.80 ± 5.22
Working memory651.30 ± 104.04622.51 ± 93.36724.09 ± 112.13607.53 ± 71.53
Shifting277.50 ± 206.72339.87 ± 160.79278.43 ± 50.00225.69 ± 60.81
Accuracy (%)
Inhibition
 Congruent88.75 ± 12.0888.13 ± 14.6493.50 ± 6.5595.20 ± 4.13
 Incongruent87.13 ± 11.4587.13 ± 12.4087.40 ± 13.6091.00 ± 7.12
Working memory64.00 ± 26.7968.00 ± 19.2483.80 ± 20.4790.10 ± 8.48
Shifting
 Homogeneous80.00 ± 11.4673.34 ± 24.4980.20 ± 15.8384.50 ± 16.22
 Heterogeneous53.25 ± 17.9146.88 ± 20.3248.30 ± 30.3963.30 ± 33.20