| Effects of physical activity interventions on cognitive and academic performance in children and adolescents: a novel combination of a systematic review and recommendations … AS Singh, E Saliasi, V Van Den Berg, L Uijtdewilligen, RHM De Groot, ... British journal of sports medicine 53 (10), 640-647, 2019 | 531 | 2019 |
| Exercise and children's cognition: The role of exercise characteristics and a place for metacognition PD Tomporowski, B McCullick, DM Pendleton, C Pesce Journal of Sport and Health Science 4 (1), 47-55, 2015 | 526 | 2015 |
| Physical activity and mental performance in preadolescents: Effects of acute exercise on free-recall memory C Pesce, C Crova, L Cereatti, R Casella, M Bellucci Mental Health and Physical Activity 2 (1), 16-22, 2009 | 477 | 2009 |
| The effect of physical activity interventions on children’s cognition and metacognition: A systematic review and meta-analysis C Alvarez-Bueno, C Pesce, I Cavero-Redondo, M Sanchez-Lopez, ... Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 56 (9), 729-738, 2017 | 473 | 2017 |
| Academic achievement and physical activity: a meta-analysis C Álvarez-Bueno, C Pesce, I Cavero-Redondo, M Sánchez-López, ... Pediatrics 140 (6), 2017 | 435 | 2017 |
| Shifting the focus from quantitative to qualitative exercise characteristics in exercise and cognition research C Pesce Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology 34 (6), 766-786, 2012 | 409 | 2012 |
| Socio-economic determinants of physical activity across the life course: A" DEterminants of DIet and Physical ACtivity"(DEDIPAC) umbrella literature review G O’Donoghue, A Kennedy, A Puggina, K Aleksovska, C Buck, C Burns, ... PloS one 13 (1), e0190737, 2018 | 298 | 2018 |
| More than one road leads to Rome: a narrative review and meta-analysis of physical activity intervention effects on cognition in youth S Vazou, C Pesce, K Lakes, A Smiley-Oyen International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology 17 (2), 153-178, 2019 | 262 | 2019 |
| Cognitively challenging physical activity benefits executive function in overweight children C Crova, I Struzzolino, R Marchetti, I Masci, G Vannozzi, R Forte, C Pesce Journal of sports sciences 32 (3), 201-211, 2014 | 262 | 2014 |
| Deliberate play and preparation jointly benefit motor and cognitive development: mediated and moderated effects C Pesce, I Masci, R Marchetti, S Vazou, A Sääkslahti, PD Tomporowski Frontiers in Psychology 7, 349, 2016 | 252 | 2016 |
| Enhancing cognitive functioning in the elderly: multicomponent vs resistance training R Forte, CAG Boreham, JC Leite, G De Vito, L Brennan, ER Gibney, ... Clinical interventions in aging 8, 19, 2013 | 232 | 2013 |
| Disentangling the relationship between children’s motor ability, executive function and academic achievement M Schmidt, F Egger, V Benzing, K Jäger, A Conzelmann, CM Roebers, ... PloS one 12 (8), e0182845, 2017 | 219 | 2017 |
| Exercise, sports, and performance arts benefit cognition via a common process. PD Tomporowski, C Pesce Psychological bulletin 145 (9), 929, 2019 | 214 | 2019 |
| Effects of physical-cognitive dual task training on executive function and gait performance in older adults: a randomized controlled trial S Falbo, G Condello, L Capranica, R Forte, C Pesce BioMed research international 2016, 2016 | 182 | 2016 |
| Through the looking glass: A systematic review of longitudinal evidence, providing new insight for motor competence and health LM Barnett, EK Webster, RM Hulteen, A De Meester, NC Valentini, ... Sports Medicine, 1-46, 2021 | 180 | 2021 |
| Determinants of the intention to use doping substances: an empirical contribution in a sample of Italian adolescents. F Lucidi, C Grano, L Leone, C Lombardo, C Pesce International journal of sport psychology, 2004 | 172 | 2004 |
| Psychological determinants of physical activity across the life course: A" DEterminants of DIet and Physical ACtivity"(DEDIPAC) umbrella systematic literature review C Cortis, A Puggina, C Pesce, K Aleksovska, C Buck, C Burns, G Cardon, ... PloS one 12 (8), e0182709, 2017 | 161 | 2017 |
| Searching for cognitively optimal challenge point in physical activity for children with typical and atypical motor development C Pesce, C Crova, R Marchetti, I Struzzolino, I Masci, G Vannozzi, R Forte Mental Health and Physical Activity 6 (3), 172-180, 2013 | 156 | 2013 |
| Prefrontal hyperactivity in older people during motor planning M Berchicci, G Lucci, C Pesce, D Spinelli, F Di Russo Neuroimage 62 (3), 1750-1760, 2012 | 149 | 2012 |
| Focusing of visual attention at rest and during physical exercise in soccer players C Pesce, A Tessitore, R Casella, M Pirritano, L Capranica Journal of sports sciences 25 (11), 1259-1270, 2007 | 149 | 2007 |
