Measures obtained included self-reports about health status and educational level, an estimate of the VO2max (Rockport 1-Mile Walk Test), indirect estimate of physical activity (the Modifiable Activity Questionnaire) and several categories of psychometrics tests. Thirteen active and thirteen inactive men and women aged between 60 and 70 years old were recruited from the community to participate in this study. The purpose of this study was to summarize the relationship between physical activity and performances on a large panel of psychometric tests assessing the main categories of cognitive processes (i.e., based on the broad level of the three stratum model of human cognitive abilities, developed by Carroll in 1993). Moreover, assessment methods to measure physical activity are diverse (i.e., direct method with VO2max or indirect method with questionnaires). Studies simultaneously addressing the main categories of cognitive functions are rare. However, the majority of studies in this domain separately investigated categories of cognitive functions (e.g., attention, executive functions, visuospatial abilities). Many transversal studies show a positive relationship between physical activity and a large panel of cognitive functions.

Cognitive speediness