The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether a single session of high-intensity interval exercise (HIIT) affects cognitive performance and brain activity in older adults, and whether cardiorespiratory fitness influences these effects. The main questions it aims to answer are:
Participants will:
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All enrolled participants complete two laboratory visits. The first visit establishes cardiorespiratory fitness via a submaximal graded exercise test and familiarizes participants with the task-switching cognitive paradigm. The second visit is the experimental session: participants complete the task-switching assessment with concurrent fNIRS brain imaging immediately before and immediately after a single bout of high-intensity interval training (HIIT). Cardiorespiratory fitness is examined as a continuous moderator of pre- to post-exercise changes in cognitive and brain outcomes.
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