Figure 2.

Effect sizes for the chronic neural effects after movement interventions. The mean (solid circle) and 95% CI of the Hedges' g effect sizes were provided for studies assessing the chronic effects of physical activity/movement interventions. The data on the left side shows the effect sizes for within-group comparisons (pre vs. post), while the data on the right side shows effect sizes for between-group comparisons (Experimental group vs. control group); ^aShows that the 95% CIs of within-group comparisons does not include 0; ^bShows that the 95% CIs of between-groups comparisons does not include 0. Shaded variable indicates that the 95% CIs of between and/or the within-group comparisons does not include 0. FA, Fractional anisotropy; MD, Mean diffusivity; L, left; R, right; EC, Eyes closed; EO, Eyes opened; Go, the go condition during the Go-no-go task; No go, the no go condition during the Go-no-go task; CON, Congruent condition during the Flanker task, IN, incongruent condition during the Flanker task; Success, the trials when the participants successfully inhibited the impulses; Fail, the trials when the participants failed to inhibit the impulses; SA, selective attention; Fz, Cz, Pz, FCz, CPz refer to the locations on the head according to the international 10–20 system; amp, amplitude. Please note that to ensure accuracy and to allow between-study comparisons, this table only includes the effect sizes of the outcome variables for which the means, standard deviation/standard error of means, and study sample sizes were provided by the original papers.