Hypothesized Mechanisms of Cognitive Impairment During High-Intensity Acute Exercise

This chapter is devoted to elucidating the potential mechanisms that underlie cognitive impairmentImpairment, cognitive during high-intensity exerciseExercise. After discussing exerciseExercise-induced cognitive impairmentImpairment, cognitive, we introduce the transient hypofrontalityHypofrontality theoryTheory, followed by an overview of studies that have evaluated the transient hypofrontalityHypofrontality theoryTheory in the exerciseExercise context. ReducedCerebral blood flow, CBF cerebral blood flowFlow, alterations in critical neurotransmittersNeurotransmitter, and psychological attentionAttention, psychological will guide future researchResearch to shed additional insight on the mechanisms through which cognitionCognition declines during high-intensity exerciseExercise.