Conclusion : These data suggest that sedentary behavior is not associated with changes in cognitive performance in interventions that intend to reduce sedentary behavior .
Background : It is now well-established that sedentarity has a negative impact on the physiological functioning and health of humans , whereas very little is known about the psychological repercussions , especially in cognitive functioning .
Yet , study ing the cognitive effects of the sedentary lifestyle is particularly relevant in the short term for productivity and in the long term for cognitive health ( accelerated aging ) .
This systematic review therefore aims to make an inventory of the potential cognitive effects of sedentarity at the workplace .
Methods : Pubmed , PsycINFO , Cochrane , Web of Science , and Scopus were search ed for English- language peer- review ed articles published between January 1 , 2000 and December 31 , 2017 to identify studies including sedentary behavior  and objective measures from cognitive domains ( cognitive inhibition , cognitive flexibility , working memory , etc . ) .
Exercise and working memory: an individual differences investigation.
In the current work we asked whether executive function , as measured by tests of working memory capacity , might benefit from an acute bout of exercise and , more specifically , whether individuals who are lower or higher in working memory to begin with would be more or less affected by an exercise manipulation . Healthy adults completed working memory measures in a nonexercise ( baseline ) session and immediately following a 30-min self-paced bout of exercise on a treadmill ( exercise session ) . Sessions were conducted 1 week apart and session order was counterbalanced across participants . A significant Session x Working Memory interaction was obtained such that only those individuals lowest in working memory benefited from the exercise manipulation . This work suggests that acute bouts of exercise may be most beneficial for healthy adults whose cognitive performance is generally the lowest , and it demonstrates that the impact of exercise on cognition is not uniform across all individuals
Conclusion : These data suggest that sedentary behavior is not associated with changes in cognitive performance in interventions that intend to reduce sedentary behavior .
Background : It is now well-established that sedentarity has a negative impact on the physiological functioning and health of humans , whereas very little is known about the psychological repercussions , especially in cognitive functioning .
Yet , study ing the cognitive effects of the sedentary lifestyle is particularly relevant in the short term for productivity and in the long term for cognitive health ( accelerated aging ) .
This systematic review therefore aims to make an inventory of the potential cognitive effects of sedentarity at the workplace .
Methods : Pubmed , PsycINFO , Cochrane , Web of Science , and Scopus were search ed for English- language peer- review ed articles published between January 1 , 2000 and December 31 , 2017 to identify studies including sedentary behavior  and objective measures from cognitive domains ( cognitive inhibition , cognitive flexibility , working memory , etc . ) .