International Journal of Human Movement and Sports Sciences Vol. 8(1), pp. 37 - 42
DOI: 10.13189/saj.2020.080105
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Effect of Physical Exercise and Gender on Information Processing and Choice Reaction Time of University Students

Said Lotfi ¹, Imane Elmoutaraji ^2,*, Mohammed Talbi ^2
1 Laboratory of Education and Training Sciences, University Hassan II Casablanca, Morocco
² Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry and Physico-chemistry of Materials, University Hassan II Casablanca, Morocco

ABSTRACT

The study aimed to examine the impact of a team sport match on the cognitive coding-decoding system and the psychomotor reaction time on university students. Twenty-one healthy university learners (average age = 21.5 ± .3 years) were administered the WAIS-IV scales and Leed Test psychomotors before and after a single bout of exercise. The exercise treatments consisted of a 5-min warm-up, a 5-min cooldown, and handball game for 20 min. The means were compared by ANOVA at the .05 significance level. The results revealed that exercise treatment resulted in significantly enhanced performance across Speed of information processing (p<.000), visual perception (p<.005) and choice reaction time (p <.040). Furthermore, under the effect of gender, the performances of males in total reaction time were significantly (p<.05) higher than females at rest and after exercise. But no significant difference was noted in the speed of treatment information and visual perception time. It is suggested that physical activity can be used as a means of stimulating cognitive skills and student development in university training programs in order to optimize certain cognitive functions and improve learning.

KEYWORDS
Information Processing, Visual Perception, Reaction Time, Physical Exercise, Gender

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Said Lotfi , Imane Elmoutaraji , Mohammed Talbi , "Effect of Physical Exercise and Gender on Information Processing and Choice Reaction Time of University Students," International Journal of Human Movement and Sports Sciences, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 37 - 42, 2020. DOI: 10.13189/saj.2020.080105.

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Said Lotfi , Imane Elmoutaraji , Mohammed Talbi (2020). Effect of Physical Exercise and Gender on Information Processing and Choice Reaction Time of University Students. International Journal of Human Movement and Sports Sciences, 8(1), 37 - 42. DOI: 10.13189/saj.2020.080105.