RecruitingBehavioural intervention
Cognitive Control to Boost Physical Activity Adherence
This trial is designed to develop and test the efficacy of cognitive training strategies to improve self-regulatory capacities for middle-aged adults to adopt and sustain a physically active lifestyle. The main questions it aims to answer are:
* Can cognitive training designed to improve cognitive control improve physical activity adherence?
* What are the psychological, physiological, cognitive, and sociodemographic factors that affect the impact of cognitive control on physical activity adherence?
Participants will
* Complete a 6-week home-based, computerized cognitive training program
* Complete a 6-week home-based, aerobic exercise training program with supervision of a health coach and trainer
* Complete a 6-week home-based, aerobic exercise training program prescribed by a health coach and trainer
* Visit the laboratory before and after cognitive training, and before and after physical training, to complete assessments of cognition and aerobic fitness