Each electrode has a wire attached to it which leads to a monitor.  The participant is to remain as still and calm as possible.  This will allow for an optimal environment for ECG signals and recordings.  The entire ECG will only take a few minutes.  During these few minutes, the ECG will record electrical impulses produced by the heart and display them in the form of waves on the monitor.  This will allow us to see the differences in wave forms of the heart in athletes verse non-athletes.  

Procedure 2 -Cognitive task - Math facts

    A cognitive task will be performed before and after completing moderate exercise. This will allow us to compare each participant's cognitive functioning before and after exercise to see if there is a change. First, the participant will perform step-ups for XX minutes.  A step-up exercise is like running in place, but instead of running, the participant steps up and down from an elevated surface in place.  The participant will perform the step ups to the beat of a metronome so that the pace is kept constant.  After the participant is done perf

Del Percio, Claudio. “‘Neural Efficiency’ of Athletes' Brain for Upright Standing: A High-Resolution EEG Study.” Elseveir, 79, 193-200. (need to fix this citation)
Ebben, W., & Brudzynski, L. 2004. Motivations and barriers to exercise among college students. Journal of Exercise Physiology, 11. Retreived from https://www.asep.org/asep/asep/EbbenJEPonlineOctober2008.pdf
Hillman, C.H., Erickson, K.I., & Kramer, A.F. (2008). Be smart, exercise your heart: exercise effects on brain and cognition. Perspectives, 9, 58-65.
Jacobson, J. and Matthaeus, L. (2014). Athletics and executive functioning: How athletic participation and sport type correlate with cognitive performance. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 15, 521-527. DOI:?
Sharma, S. (2003). Athlete’s heart - effect of age, sex, ethnicity and sporting discipline. Publication of The Physiological Society, 665-669. doi:????
Teh, K.C., & Aziz, A.R. (2002). Heart rate, oxygen uptake, and energy cost of ascending and descending the stairs. Medicine & Science In Sports & Exercise, 695-699. doi:0195-9131/02/3404-0695/$3.00/0
Weingarten, G. (1973). Mental performance during physical exertion: The benefit of being physically fit. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 4, 16-26.