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Lion Tracks EEG Pilot: Understand Cognitive Responses to CrossFit in Mother-Child Dyads
Sponsor: Penn State University
Summary
The purpose of this study is to examine how participating in exercise together versus separately influences brain function, cognitive performance, mood, and parent-child connection in mother-child dyads. Mothers and their children will complete two fitness class visits at a participating community fitness facility/CrossFit affiliate. During one visit, mothers and children will exercise in separate age-appropriate classes, and during the other visit they will exercise together in a shared class. Before and after each exercise session, participants will complete brief assessments of cognition, mood, and brain activity using a portable electroencephalography (EEG) device. Findings from this pilot study will help determine the feasibility of conducting community-based neuroscience research and may inform future family-centered physical activity programs designed to support brain, emotional, and social health.
Official title: Lion Tracks EEG Pilot
Key Details
Gender
FEMALE
Age Range
3 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
20
Start Date
2027-01-01
Completion Date
2028-03-01
Last Updated
2026-07-02
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Family-Based Functional Fitness Exercise
A supervised mother-child functional fitness exercise session conducted in a community fitness setting. Mothers and children participate together in approximately 60 minutes of age-appropriate exercise activities.
Independent Functional Fitness Exercise
Participants will complete an approximately 60-minute functional fitness exercise session in a community fitness setting. Mothers will participate in an instructor-led adult fitness class while children simultaneously participate in an age-appropriate youth fitness class. Sessions may include warm-up activities, movement skill instruction, strength or conditioning exercises, games, and cool-down activities. Mothers and children will exercise separately throughout the session and will not participate in the same class activities. This condition is designed to examine the effects of exercise performed independently compared with exercise performed together as a mother-child dyad.