Prolonged visual reaction time after strenuous endurance exercise: higher increment in male compared to female recreational runners

ConclusionPrevious studies suggested exercise lengthened SVRT due to an exercise intensity-related reduced post-exercise cerebral oxygenation that decreases cognitive processes efficiency. In our results, this reduction seemed higher in men. The sex-related response accuracy might be due to different estrogen effects in brain areas implicated in information processing, motor performance, and attention and to different processing and attention focus strategies between the sexes or anticipatory strategies in females.
Source: Sport Sciences for Health - Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research