Charles Hillman 

Sponsor: UMass

Breaking prolonged sitting with high-intensity interval training to improve cognitive and brain health in older adults: A pilot feasibility trial 

The study will address three aims: (1) to assess feasibility, acceptability, fidelity and safety of HIIT breaks to improve neurocognitive function in middle-aged and older adults; (2) to quantify the differences between conditions in the change in the amplitude and latency of the P3b component of event-related potentials (a marker for frontoparietal function) and (3) to explore the differences between conditions in attentional control, episodic memory and FC of the FPN and DMN in middle-aged and older adults.