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Phillip D. Tomporowski

Phillip D. Tomporowski

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Psychology

D-Index
45
Citations
16589
World Ranking
6533
National Ranking
3542

Overview

Phillip D. Tomporowski is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research spans primarily across the fields of Medicine, Psychology, and Neuroscience, with a focus on several subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Epidemiology.

The main topics of their work cover areas such as:

  • Children's Physical and Motor Development
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Memory Processes and Influences
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

The scientist has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications, frequently appearing in venues such as:

  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • Psychology of Sport and Exercise
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Sports Medicine
  • Memory & Cognition

Some of the recent research papers include:

  • "The Influence of Motor Competence on Broader Aspects of Health: A Systematic Review of the Longitudinal Associations Between Motor Competence and Cognitive and Social-Emotional Outcomes" (2023) in Sports Medicine
  • "Martial arts, combat sports, and mental health in adults: A systematic review" (2023) in Psychology of Sport and Exercise
  • "Effects of acute exercise on memory: Considerations of exercise intensity, post-exercise recovery period and aerobic endurance" (2022) in Memory & Cognition
  • "Cognitive-Motor Dual Task Interference Effects on Declarative Memory: A Theory-Based Review" (2020) in Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Acute and Chronic Exercise Effects on Human Memory: What We Know and Where to Go from Here" (2021) in Journal of Clinical Medicine

Throughout their career, Phillip D. Tomporowski has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, most notably:

  • Daphne Schmid (9 joint publications)
  • Ahmed Qazi (8 joint publications)
  • Caterina Pesce (6 joint publications)
  • Nathan M. Scott (6 joint publications)
  • Eivind Aadland (3 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Physical activity, fitness, cognitive function, and academic achievement in children: A systematic review

    Joseph E. Donnelly;Charles H. Hillman;Darla Castelli;Jennifer L. Etnier

  • Effects of acute bouts of exercise on cognition.

    Phillip D. Tomporowski

  • Exercise and Children’s Intelligence, Cognition, and Academic Achievement

    Phillip D. Tomporowski;Catherine L. Davis;Patricia H. Miller;Jack A. Naglieri

  • The effect of exercise-induced arousal on cognitive task performance: a meta-regression analysis.

    Kate Lambourne;Phillip Tomporowski

  • Exercise improves executive function and achievement and alters brain activation in overweight children: a randomized, controlled trial.

    Catherine L. Davis;Phillip D. Tomporowski;Jennifer E. McDowell;Benjamin P. Austin

  • Effects of exercise on cognitive processes: A review.

    Phillip D. Tomporowski;Norman R. Ellis

  • Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Overweight Children's Cognitive Functioning: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

    Catherine L. Davis;Phillip D. Tomporowski;Colleen A. Boyle;Jennifer L. Waller

  • Effects of physical activity interventions on cognitive and academic performance in children and adolescents: a novel combination of a systematic review and recommendations from an expert panel

    Amika S. Singh;Amika S. Singh;Emi Saliasi;Emi Saliasi;Vera Van Den Berg;Vera Van Den Berg;Léonie Uijtdewilligen

  • Physical activity interventions and children's mental function: an introduction and overview.

    Phillip D. Tomporowski;Kate Lambourne;Michelle S. Okumura

  • Exercise and children's cognition: The role of exercise characteristics and a place for metacognition

    Phillip D. Tomporowski;Bryan McCullick;Daniel M. Pendleton;Caterina Pesce

  • Associations between objectively measured physical activity and academic attainment in adolescents from a UK cohort

    Josie Booth;Sam D Leary;Carol J Joinson;Andy R Ness

  • Cognitive and Behavioral Responses to Acute Exercise in Youths: A Review

    Phillip D. Tomporowski

  • Exercise, sports, and performance arts benefit cognition via a common process.

    Phillip D Tomporowski;Caterina Pesce

  • Systematic review of acute physically active learning and classroom movement breaks on children's physical activity, cognition, academic performance and classroom behaviour: understanding critical design features.

    Andy J Daly-Smith;Stephen Zwolinsky;Jim McKenna;Phillip D Tomporowski

  • Acute aerobic exercise and information processing: energizing motor processes during a choice reaction time task.

    Michel Audiffren;Phillip D. Tomporowski;James Zagrodnik

  • Deliberate Play and Preparation Jointly Benefit Motor and Cognitive Development: Mediated and Moderated Effects

    Caterina Pesce;Ilaria Masci;Rosalba Marchetti;Spyridoula Vazou

  • An 8‐month randomized controlled exercise trial alters brain activation during cognitive tasks in overweight children

    Cynthia E. Krafft;Nicolette F. Schwarz;Lingxi Chi;Abby L. Weinberger

  • Physical Activity, Fitness, Cognitive Function, and Academic Achievement in Children

    Joseph Donnelly;Charles Hillman;Darla Castelli;Jennifer Etnier

  • Effects of a physical education intervention on cognitive function in young children: randomized controlled pilot study

    Abigail Fisher;James M. E. Boyle;James Y. Paton;Phillip Tomporowski

  • Acute aerobic exercise and information processing: Modulation of executive control in a Random Number Generation task

    Michel Audiffren;Phillip D. Tomporowski;James Zagrodnik

  • Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Overweight Childrenʼs Cognitive Functioning: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Phillip D. Tomporowski;Catherine L. Davis;Mathew Gregoski

Frequent Co-Authors

Caterina Pesce
Caterina Pesce Sapienza University of Rome
Michel Audiffren
Michel Audiffren University of Poitiers
Carol Joinson
Carol Joinson University of Bristol
Jack A. Naglieri
Jack A. Naglieri University of Virginia
Patricia H. Miller
Patricia H. Miller San Francisco State University
Terry McMorris
Terry McMorris University of Chichester
Jennifer L. Etnier
Jennifer L. Etnier University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Charles H. Hillman
Charles H. Hillman Northeastern University
L. Stephen Miller
L. Stephen Miller University of Georgia
Jennifer E. McDowell
Jennifer E. McDowell University of Georgia

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