Table 4 Correlation coefficients (r) between change (Δ) in attentional variable scores, in salivary C concentration (nmol/L) and lesson time for both curricular and cognitively demanding PE lessons.

From: How the time and type of physical education lessons affect attention capacity and cortisol levels in primary school children

 

Curricular PE lesson

Cognitively demanding PE lesson

Variable

ΔC

Lesson time

ΔC

Lesson time

Δ Total number of items processed (score)

− 0.036

− 0.194*

− 0.134

− 0.161*

Δ Percentage of errors (score)

0.037

− 0.052

− 0.107

0.091

Δ Concentration performance (score)

− 0.018

− 0.205*

− 0.031

− 0.158*

ΔC (nmol/L)

 

0.265*

 

0.241*

  1. * p < 0.05.
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