简介:Sincethe1960's,hundredsofarticleshavebeenpublishedontheeffectsofexerciseoncognitionandmorerecentlyonexecutivefunctions.Alargevarietyofeffectshavebeenobserved:acuteorlong-lasting,facilitatingordebilitating.Severaltheoreticalframeworkshavebeenproposedtoexplaintheseeffectswithplausiblemechanisms.However,asyetnoneofthesemodelshassucceededinunifyingalltheobservationsinasingleframeworkthatsubsumesalleffects.Theaimofthepresentreviewistorevisitthestrengthmodelofself-controlinitiatedbyBaumeisterandhiscolleaguesinthe1990'sinordertoextenditsassumptionstoexercisepsychology.Thismodelprovidesaheuristicframeworkthatcanexplainandpredicttheeffectsofacuteandchronicexerciseoneffortfultaskstappingself-regulationorexecutivefunctions.Areconsiderationofexerciseasaself-controltaskresultsfromthisperspective.Anewavenueforfutureresearchisdelineatedbesidesmoretraditionalapproaches.