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Matthew B. Pontifex is a researcher affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with significant contributions to Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Clinical Psychology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The main focus areas of their research include children's physical and motor development, neural and behavioral psychology studies, obesity, physical activity, and diet. They have also worked extensively on topics related to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills, traumatic brain injury research, and heart rate variability and autonomic control.

Matthew B. Pontifex has published research in several frequent venues, including:

  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • Trends in Neuroscience and Education
  • Psychophysiology
  • International Journal of Psychophysiology
  • Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Their recent research papers cover a variety of topics in cognitive and physical development among children and adolescents. Some notable publications include:

  • Association of physical activity and fitness with executive function among preschoolers, 2023, International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology
  • Fitness, physical activity, sedentary time, inhibitory control, and neuroelectric activity in children with overweight or obesity: The ActiveBrains project, 2020, Psychophysiology
  • Look into my eyes: What can eye-based measures tell us about the relationship between physical activity and cognitive performance?, 2023, Journal of Sport and Health Science
  • Associations of meeting 24-h movement behavior guidelines with cognitive difficulty and social relationships in children and adolescents with attention deficit/hyperactive disorder, 2023, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Self-regulation moderates the relationship between fine motor skills and writing in early childhood, 2021, Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Collaboration forms a significant part of their scientific activities. Frequent co-authors include Madison C. Chandler, Charles H. Hillman, Amanda L. McGowan, Arthur F. Kramer, and Karin A. Pfeiffer.

Best Publications

  • The effect of acute treadmill walking on cognitive control and academic achievement in preadolescent children

    Charles H. Hillman;Matthew B. Pontifex;Lauren B. Raine;Darla M. Castelli

  • A neuroimaging investigation of the association between aerobic fitness, hippocampal volume, and memory performance in preadolescent children

    Laura Chaddock;Kirk I. Erickson;Ruchika Shaurya Prakash;Jennifer S. Kim

  • Effects of the FITKids Randomized Controlled Trial on Executive Control and Brain Function

    Charles H. Hillman;Matthew B. Pontifex;Darla Marie Castelli;Naiman A. Khan

  • Aerobic Fitness and Cognitive Development: Event-Related Brain Potential and Task Performance Indices of Executive Control in Preadolescent Children

    Charles H. Hillman;Sarah M. Buck;Jason R. Themanson;Matthew B. Pontifex

  • Exercise Improves Behavioral, Neurocognitive, and Scholastic Performance in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

    Matthew B. Pontifex;Brian J. Saliba;Lauren B. Raine;Daniel L. Picchietti;Daniel L. Picchietti

  • The effects of an afterschool physical activity program on working memory in preadolescent children

    Keita Kamijo;Matthew B. Pontifex;Kevin C. O'Leary;Mark R. Scudder

  • Basal Ganglia Volume Is Associated with Aerobic Fitness in Preadolescent Children

    Laura Chaddock;Kirk I. Erickson;Ruchika Shaurya Prakash;Matt VanPatter

  • A review of the relation of aerobic fitness and physical activity to brain structure and function in children.

    Laura Chaddock;Matthew B. Pontifex;Charles H. Hillman;Arthur F. Kramer

  • The Effect of Acute Aerobic and Resistance Exercise on Working Memory

    Matthew B. Pontifex;Charles H. Hillman;Bo Fernhall;Kelli M. Thompson

  • Cardiorespiratory fitness and the flexible modulation of cognitive control in preadolescent children

    Matthew B. Pontifex;Lauren B. Raine;Christopher R. Johnson;Laura Chaddock

  • The effects of physical activity on functional MRI activation associated with cognitive control in children: a randomized controlled intervention.

    Laura Chaddock-Heyman;Kirk I. Erickson;Michelle W. Voss;Anya M. Knecht

  • Physical activity and cognitive function in a cross-section of younger and older community-dwelling individuals.

    Charles H. Hillman;Robert W. Motl;Matthew B. Pontifex;Danielle Posthuma

  • Acute exercise facilitates brain function and cognition in children who need it most: an ERP study of individual differences in inhibitory control capacity.

    Eric S. Drollette;Mark R. Scudder;Lauren B. Raine;R. Davis Moore

  • Childhood aerobic fitness predicts cognitive performance one year later

    Laura Chaddock;Charles H. Hillman;Matthew B. Pontifex;Christopher R. Johnson

  • A primer on investigating the after effects of acute bouts of physical activity on cognition

    Matthew B. Pontifex;Amanda L. McGowan;Madison C. Chandler;Kathryn L. Gwizdala

  • The relation of adiposity to cognitive control and scholastic achievement in preadolescent children

    Keita Kamijo;Naiman A. Khan;Matthew B. Pontifex;Mark R. Scudder

  • Aerobic fitness is associated with greater efficiency of the network underlying cognitive control in preadolescent children.

    Michelle W. Voss;Laura Chaddock;Jennifer S. Kim;Matt VanPatter

  • A functional MRI investigation of the association between childhood aerobic fitness and neurocognitive control

    Laura Chaddock;Kirk I. Erickson;Ruchika Shaurya Prakash;Michelle W. Voss

  • Aerobic fitness is associated with greater white matter integrity in children

    Laura Chaddock-Heyman;Kirk I. Erickson;Joseph L. Holtrop;Michelle W. Voss

  • The Acute Effects of Yoga on Executive Function

    Neha P. Gothe;Matthew B. Pontifex;Matthew B. Pontifex;Charles Hillman;Edward McAuley

  • On the number of trials necessary for stabilization of error-related brain activity across the life span.

    Matthew B. Pontifex;Mark R. Scudder;Michael L. Brown;Kevin C. O'Leary

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles H. Hillman
Charles H. Hillman Northeastern University
Lauren B. Raine
Lauren B. Raine Northeastern University
Arthur F. Kramer
Arthur F. Kramer Northeastern University
Kirk I. Erickson
Kirk I. Erickson University of Pittsburgh
Edward McAuley
Edward McAuley University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tracey Covassin
Tracey Covassin Michigan State University
Alan L. Smith
Alan L. Smith Michigan State University
Ruchika Shaurya Prakash
Ruchika Shaurya Prakash The Ohio State University
Andrés Catena
Andrés Catena University of Granada
Neal J. Cohen
Neal J. Cohen University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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